70's Levis 501 jean Commercial

[kd4adv]

Remember the 80s Levi's commercial with the Shogun in battle attire that would say "Levi's"?

[kd4adv]

Remember the 80s Levi's commercial with the Shogun that would say "Levi's".

[voivittujen]

Does anyone know anything about the animation studio that made this?

[16X9hidef]

@voivittujen

Produced by the legendary Chris Blum in San Francisco - he put together all the groovy levis spots...

[JamesIII]

They must have been "influenced" by "Magic Mountain"

[TheKidwonder08]

trippy. didnt know what the man was talking about but it was cool, im going to buy some levis now!

[archangle81]

This is a horror story, I swear I read this book in grade 8

[dLimboStick]

This is when Levi's were made with acid in them, and you would trip just wearing them. Then they started washing all the acid out in the 80's with the "Acid Washed" Levi's. Levi's have never been as good since.

[chemistryguy]

@dLimboStick Fantastic comment.

[TM967CL]

Who is this announcer?

[fronio89]

The one and only Ken Nordine..........

[CreativeCritisizm]

Beautiful music, I'm going to play this to my new wife as we cruise down route 66 as the sun is about set !

[Dreaded88]

No wonder why I grew up to be brain damaged!

Thanks Levi's!

[redeyedol]

LOL

[Del655]

That background moaning could give anyone nightmares.

[nelson3300]

throat singing, which by the way sounds exactly like the harmonic frequency of Jupiter... look it up :)

[motodude1]

God that is efffing cool...I had a flashback just watchin it....

[0Tohru0Honda0]

501's weren't popular in the seventies--- they have tapered legs, not the flared bell bottoms being advertised in this commerical...

[TwistedCommercials]

Levis made some of the COOLEST adds.

They were very inventive

[nitedrive]

Visit my town, pants man.

[laprofessorapai]

When exactly did this commercial air?

[rootsm3]

uh the 70's

[Lismar31]

whoa!!

[marquee6]

The voice over is by Ken Nordine. He did some cool beat stuff about colors.

[CromwellDamuuga]

quite possibly the freakiest commercial ever seen by human eyes. i'm FREAKING OUT MAN!

love nordine

[JoeSmoeX]

Me too...

[locksmithite]

funny commercial sure, but think of it this way. 30 yrs from now, kids will be laughing at your clothes and even YOU will be saying "i don't believe we actually wore that crap."

that's just how life is.

[TCCPC]

Im a teenager, and I think those clothes rock. I wish everybody felt the way I did so I could walk about in supreme style.

[peppoman]

The Man in this Video and the Magic Voice is none other than Ken Nordine. (who still does a radio show in Chicago) I e-mailed a few years ago looking for this very video.

The animation was done by a friend of his in San Francisco. If time travel were possible, I'd be back in the 70s wearing those coll funky clothes and enjoying the free love.

It was WAY FUN.

[fronio88]

Yeah that would be cool if they made a tv series based on this commercial where Ken could wonder from town to town solving and stopping crime by changing everybodys attire with his psychedelic levis powers.I could see this coming on right after Quincy.

[chapeauetbarbe]

I would prefer 70's 501's.

[Hickboy]

wow. fucking awesome

[mackhine]

Trippy! Clothes were ridiculous back then, but we didn't know any better.

[ProtoCosmos]

Clothes are ridiculous today too

[youtub1111]

I remember when people used to wear that crap.

[Biksco]

Cripes I'm old. I remember this one. :-/

[babu357]

I used to love these commercials..especially the land of the blue.

[rtmillic]

Wow that ad couldn't get more 70's. Psychedelic effects, evil deadpan narration, and pants that would put Elton John to shame made from the world's itchiest fibers. Thank you Levis.

[living4reality]

Now I never again have to wonder what Lorne Greene would look like as a psychedelic anime. Sweet!

[orangetiki]

Hand done rotoscoping. Nice

[danielthomas]

Masterfully subversive! Nowadays, the drugs the corporations try to sell you are all terrible and soul-numbing. And doesn't that man look like Timothy Leary? Tune in, turn on...and buy some Levi's.

[retardis2002]

Cool clip! Sounds like the magnificent Ken Nordine doing the voiceover...

[Cachaito]

Amazing ad!