Close N'Play by Kenner Commercial 1972

Gotta love the little girl lite-headbanging to the music :)
Fast-forward to 2009:
"This is the new iTunes, boys and girls!
When you close it, it stops.
When you open it, it usurps half your memory ... "

Does anyone remember a Kenner toy commercial starring Geoffrey Holder? When I was 6 years old, during the Christmas season of 1976, there was a commercial that must have been at least 5 minutes long, showcasing all of the Kenner "must-haves" of that season, and Geoffrey Holder was the star of the commercial. He talked about all the different toys and played with them with the children who were in the commercial with him. I have looked everywhere for this commercial and can't find it. Anyone?

Miles sure was a cool kat!

Oh my Lord... I was 3 when this commercial aired, and I had one and loved it. I feel ancient watching this ad ! We carried around ONE 45, our kids carry around 1,000 songs on their iPods... *sigh*

Another one I forgot all about..!

Right after the commercial ended, the kids' eyes glowed and they beat the guy to death with the close and play. "Get us a real record player!" they chanted. When I was a kid I had my dad's old record player and all his old 45's from when he was a kid.

OMG... This was the FIRST record player I ever had, my sister (12 years OLDER) Bought it for me Christmas 1972.. and the RECORD she got me for it? Melanie Safka, "Brand New Key"... (She gor me the battries too!!! LOL)

That's because the've never seen phonograph records, only CDs and iPods.
Records are available at Goodwill and Salvation Army Thrift Store.

I thought this was the coolest thing. It was the seventies "walk-man" LOL!!! When you were a kid and had one, you thought you were IT!!!

My friend had one of these! ^_^