1977 ads

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Entertainment

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• 1970's
• hawaii

[vintagehawaiitv]

That milk commercial ran nationwide. I think including tax, the most I've seen milk in Hawaii is closer to $9 and most of it now comes from California. Only in the last few years have several milk dairies closed in Hawaii.

[vintagehawaiitv]

Not VCR recordings, rather 3/4 inch tape.

[vintagehawaiitv]

Yes that is Vicki Lawrence.

[luckyvet]

Love it. Today women in commercials always have some sort of power trip attitude while some guy is @ the brunt end of a bad joke / put down.

[paktype]

I can think of a couple of uses for Johnson's Baby Lotion that aren't mentioned in that ad.

[JohnQ1127]

This was actually taken from a Honolulu television station so that would explain the milk commercial. Milk is extremely expensive in Hawaii because about 80% of it comes from the mainland. I think milk costs about $7.00 dollars a gallon in 2011 so I would imagine people in Hawaii are always looking for ways to save money on milk.

[ilovebobgunton]

@vintagehawaiitv she was so funny as Mama Harper.

[7389]

@luckyvet You can thank the idiots that write the commercials for that. I feel that most of today's commercials are insulting to their audience's intelligence.

[chalklounge]

1:25 is absolutely high as a kite.

[moxie96]

@chalklounge I remember this commercial and did not get why mix fake milk with real milk. My family was so severly poor we just had the powdered milk but dad never added enough mixture in the water (budget stretching cheap bastard when it comes to family but all the money on himself!) to make it be white enough so it was bluish and a tad lumpy...

[4RTVOZMI]

holy shit ! , lipton ?!

[thebleedingjeans]

@floooky1

I lived in Mobile, Alabama as a kid. We had a milk delivered then. But yeah, that's still funny (milk bill). lol

[sirbruce1970]

@floooky1 While it's true that few if any places still had door-to-door milk delivery in the late 70s thanks to advances in pasteurization technology, what you may not know is that many grocery stores only stocked canned and dry goods! Before the spread of supermarkets to rural areas, you often went to the *dairy* store for stuff like milk, eggs, and ice cream. So yes, you had a "milk bill" seperate from your grocery bil! One of my uncles ran a dairy store well into the 80s.

[luckyvet]

@BlankParty follow the money trail. 80% consumer purchases now made by women who now hold 65% of the wealth. Commercials, programming etc cater to women. Damage is done to self esteem of young boys for years now. Only 1/3 of collage applicants are young men for last few years now.