Television Commercials of 7th September 1968 on CBS

[nassmatic]

The announcer's the same in the first commercials

[7pledger]

A shorter version of the "Bold" commercial with Jo Anne Worley is on "The Mothers-In-Law" complete series set, and in color!

[halfinterested]

Wanna get back into that bikini? Put some sugar on your Special K!

[moussiagilda]

I love Jo Anne Worley. It's good to have unusual tastes, isn't it?

[slyflight]

"Gets the red out", Keeps the red bright (as in JoAnne Worley), and all of it in living black & white!

[farnumbp]

I remember most of these ads. I must be old. :(

[level242]

I am confused was tv in the USA in color or in black and white?

[funboy7979]

@level242 Both. By the late 1960s most network shows were broadcast in color, and by the early1970s all shows were in color, when color television sets came down in price sufficiently to be standard in most US households. There were a few "special" shows broadcast in color in the 1950s, but few could afford early color television sets then, so networks continued with mostly black and white in the 1950s and well into the 1960s.

[hotprofdude]

I'll bet visine did very well in the year 1968. Lots of red stoner eyes.

[RichieEastside]

When did they ban cigarette commercials? I thought it was in the 50's.

[loyaltubist]

I once wrote a haiku in junior high school English based on a Marlboro cigarette commercial. The teacher loved it. My parents were embarrassed.

[IwshIcldstrtover]

I never thought I would ever see the Pop Tarts commercial that is included in this video! I always loved the way the man pushing the cart was singing "Strawberries, blueberries, cherries". Thank you for posting this great video!!!! It brought back a very pleasant memory.

[nozcr]

I KNEW IT! Nobody believes me that Energizer batteries were originally made by Ever Ready, but this video proves it! It says right there: Ever Ready Energizer Alkaline batteries! I knew it!

[laurentheko]

I love the "red red red" song that is black and white.

[AtheistCitizen]

do you have/recall the Geritol ad where the husband says 'my wife I think I'll keep her'?.. No that's classic.

[zekepig]

today's ads are rancid

[vraydio]

All I remember about hai karate is that it smelled terrible.

[hpmc9]

from union carbide - gassing those bastards before they steal your jobs

[amuslima99]

Boy, you'll never see a cigarette commerical on TV again. Mind you, back then people smoked on panel game shows. First time I had seen JoAnne Worley was the Bold commericals-way before Laugh-In.

[jsilence418]

later in September 1968,With Hey Jude playing on the radio.

[DrHogfan]

started 1st grade Sept.'68

[titanicpiano14]

Check out my rendition of the 1967 Lassie theme!

[matman8540]

Also, the construction worker in the Glad commercial was Bob Hastings, most well known for his role on McHale's Navy.

[wiedep]

the special k v.o, is - larry haines !

[Sheri451]

Why is the commercials in B&W? This was 1968.

[moxie96]

@Sheri451 because it was still a time of transition and it was cheaper to film the commercials in b/w because color was still pricey for some companies to deal with yet the television programs were manditory to be in color since september 1966 so I guess a lot of people were adjusting their eyes from the black and white when the color popped back on which was very saturated technicolor back then. Dunno why it's tamed down now.

[retunerman]

@halcaannen It's all the ads from one show edited together.

[elc1960]

That Marlboro ad - "Come to where the flavor is . . . Come to carcinoma country!"

[bluecatky]

tegrin commercial

[regressing2apes]

i was born aug 9th 1968. i rememba them all...

[Worldsofwonder2007]

It's great to watch these commercials, which aired 3 months before I was born. Thanks for collecting them...what a cool hobby! Commercials are interesting reflections of society and culture.

[gta1172]

yay i was born on 7th of september

[romzom666]

You know it makes no sense, of today's world, you can't see a commercial about cigarettes but you can sure see beer commercials, how screwed up is that?

[bruno640]

I could "see" that RED, on Jo Anne even then! And the Marlboro-man: Priceless!!!

As for the Glad Sandwich Bags? They'd never "fly" in todays' world, anymore---too damned complicated to close.....☺!!!

[mildredchester]

OMG back to my junior high days,amazing how we absorbed this view of America back then

[tbear4pa]

I was just starting third grade back then, and we still had a black and white TV set back then and would of seen those commercials on there as is(in B&W) because of that.

[larryn77]

That's Jo Ann Worley from Laugh-In in the Bold commercial, BTW...

[madtv99]

I turned 7 yrs old on this day.

[warlaker]

This is pretty deep. It was exactly 1 week before I was born. Any material on 9/14?

[nanlisa]

This was two days before I started a new school year.

[jerone2003]

I wonder why most of the mens voices announcing the commercial sound deep with a rasp...like they're smokers. Is it the sound quality of those times?

[gore53]

The male VO actors of the era fit the temper and mood of the time, e.g., they were unabashedly male. The emasculation of the American male didn't begin full force until the 1980's. Think of the Michael Gross character in "Family Ties" and you can see the (180) directional change, no longer assertive, or manly, more non-threatening and effete, even gay sounding (but not too gay).

The research began to show women were behind the previously thought big order male purchases of the era.

[ebonics4everyone]

It's weird how the whole culture was melting down in 1968, and the commercials present a view of America as wholesome as what you would have seen in 1959.

[scotpens]

I assume you weren't yet born in 1968. Who taught you that "the whole culture was melting down"? True, that was the year that RFK and MLK were assassinated, the Vietnam war was dividing the country, there were race riots, and San Francisco was full of hippies. But the economy was strong, people had jobs, and the mood of most Americans was positive and optimistic. It wasn't like the whole country was about to plunge into anarchy.

[gore53]

Could not agree with you more. The damage, in terms of melting down economically, came a bit later... early 1970's with the remvoval of the gold standard in favor of a fiat currency. The changes (poor ones, at that) within public education certainly contributed to the decline. Again, early '70's. Been there. Hated it.

[classictv12]

1968 was my favorite year.

[duckman531]

Yet many would say 1968 was a bad year (two major assasinations, war, etc.) It's amazing how the joy of childhood can put rose-colored glasses on even the worst of times! Isn't childhood wonderful?

[LastTree]

Pop tarts tasted a lot better then..they actually had real fruit!  and the outer layer was more Graham cracker like...

[MightySaturn5]

That Joanne Worley (3:05) commercial was great...never knew she could sing like that.

[nostalgiajunkie70]

My parents got married in 68 also. I love to watch these old commercials.

[Bradat26]

I can't believe that it's been almost 40 years since I've seen that Bold Detergent commercial. I loved that one, plus all of their other musical ones that they did. Thnak you for posting it.

[bellier20]

McHale's Navy as Binghamton's butt-kisser Lt. Elroy Carpenter, too.

[rwmackey61]

Guy playing the husband in the last spot is Bob Hastings, who appeared on "All in the Family" and briefly hosted "Dealer's Choice".

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

...and longtime cast member on "As The World Turns" and played Archie (that's right, the comic book character) on the 1940s radio sitcom "Archie Andrews".

[fromthesidelines]

"PBS" began its existance as "NET" [National Educational Television] in the mid-'50s, as a jerry-rigged consortium of independent "educational" TV stations sharing and sending programs to its "sister stations". Not until WNDT [Channel 13] signed on in September 1962 did the network have a New York "flagship" station. Eventually, they had access to coaxial cable, enabling "live" programming feeds to its "affiliates", and became "PBS" [Public Broadcasting Service] in October 1970.

[fromthesidelines]

"SHOWTIME" was the 1968 summer replacement for "THE RED SKELTON HOUR" [Tuesdays, 8:30-9:30pm(et)], and was originally telecast in color {this is from a black & white kinescope film of the broadcast}. Philip Morris [Marlboro] was also one of Red's regular sponsors; they also owned the American Safety Razor Co. [Personna] at the time. JoAnne filmed the Procter & Gamble "Bold" ad while she first appeared on "ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN" that year. Eveready and "Glad" were Union Carbide products...

[hamish777371]

can you tell me please, which television channels from about '66 onwards had commercials on them? i'm from australia and i dont know much about U.S. tv. thanks

[kimosabi6180]

All American TV networks have had commercials since broadcasting began in the late 40's. The only exception is "PBS" (Public TV) which is funded by the government and private donations, that network started in the 60's.

[Beatles0223]

From the days of commercials being events to the present-day - where they consist of nothing but music from the 60s to the early 2000s.  Ah, originality! Thanks for posting.

[PeerlessPaavo]

Woman from "Laugh-In" in Bold commercial is JoAnne Worley.

Nice post

[retunerman]

Excellent. Thanks PeerlessPaavo. I knew the face, but couldn't place the name.

[halcaannen]

@retunerman Hey was the whole 5 min. as part of one continuous commercial set or seperate commercials during the tv show?

[steadfastcoward]

@retunerman She's so wonderfully RED, Or whichever shape of grey red was. I feel sorry for the monochrome set, as I'll bet she was RED!

[tcaddone]

@PeerlessPaavo My Father Thomas Scott Cadden (Mr. Clean fame) wrote, produced and directed the Bold Commercial. He liked working with JoAnne Worley. Very nice and professional.

[PeerlessPaavo]

@tcaddone My compliments to your father. What a talent! Obviously, JoAnne's lip-synching here. Do you know if she did the actual soundtrack? Thanks for the recollections. Great stuff.

[tcaddone]

@PeerlessPaavo I believe she actually did sing on the track. It was recorded in Chicago at Universal Studios with loads of reverb.