70's Commercials Vol. 105

These commercials aired on NBC on August 5th, 1978

1. TV Spot for "National Lampoon's Animal House" (It's awesome to post a commercial for this classic movie that aired during an episode of SNL no less! At this point it had only been in theaters for about a week in a limited release in the New York area and would go on to become the third highest grossing film of 1978 and the highest grossing comedy film of all time until the release of "Ghostbusters" in 1984)
2. Quirst (Mentioned in the last volume: A lemon-lime soft drink produced by 7up launched in May of 1978 that also came in Orange, Grape and Fruit Punch flavors. In the summer of 1978 they were sued by Squirtco, the parent company of Squirt, claiming it was too similar to their product name and would lead to confusion among customers. A 1979 ruling ordered 7up to withdraw the Quirst product name and the product was discontinued by 1980)
3. Perdue Oven Stuffer Roaster (With owner Frank Perdue)
4. Memorex (With Ella Fitzgerald)
5. Schlitz Malt Liquor
6. Dodge Challenger (This was the second generation Challenger and was actually a rebadged Mitsubishi Galant Λ from Japan)
7. TV Spot for "Foul Play"
8. "Saturday Night Live" Commercial Bumper
9. The Moody Blues "Octave" (Released after a six year hiatus, this album went Platinum in the U.S.)
10. Body On Tap Shampoo (With Kim Basinger)
11. McDonald's Go Bananas Shake
12. WNBC NewsCenter 4 Promo
13. Promo for "Saturday Night Live"
14. Promo for "The Deadly Game"
15. Promo for "Sha Na Na!" (With Bobby Vee. BTW, "Take Good Care of My Baby" is actually from the early 60’s and was released in 1961)
16. Promo for "Donahue" (Featuring Bill Cosby)
17. PCP PSA (With Robert Blake...gee I feel like we wandered down a dark alley with these last two ads)
18. Promo for "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert"
19. Playtex Free Spirit Bra (Awkwaaard)
20. Playtex Plus Tampons (Even more Awkwaaard)
21. Woolite
22. California Jam 2 (Just yesterday Aerosmith announced they were retiring from touring. This music festival was held in Ontario, CA on 3/18/78 and was a sequel to the original California Jam held in 1974)
23. U.S. Army
24. Ultra Brite Toothpaste
25. Quiz Wiz
26. Genya Ravan "Urban Desire"
27. Maybelline Super Shiny Lip Color
28. Maybelline Nail Color
29. Milk
30. TV Spot for "Eyes Of Laura Mars" (Story written by John Carpenter)
31. "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" Commercial Bumper
32. Immunization PSA (This should be aired again today)
33. Metric Education/U.S. Office Of Education PSA (Part of the Metric conversion act signed into law by Gerald Ford in 1975. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_... The United States Metric Board responsible for promoting the metric system to industries and educating the public was abolished by Ronald Reagan in 1982)
34. Sam Ash Pre-Inventory Sale
35. Promo for "Sha Na Na!"
36. Smitty
37. Agree Shampoo (Fighting the greasies, at eleven)
38. Dynamints
39. Freshen-up Gum
40. Playtex Instead Bra (Instead of what?)
41. Dentyne
42. Giants Stadium Concert (Partial. Featuring Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Journey and Mahogany Rush. These same acts sans Journey played at the California Jam II music festival seen earlier)