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The Great Gassers Toy Racers - tune 'em up (1973)

"Race 'em along with your son" was the jingle.

General Motors - 'Car roofs' (1973) (USA)

Because we want you to drive what you like, and like what you drive.

Polaroid SX-70 - Laurence Olivier and a bowl of fruit (1973) (USA)

Laurence Olivier invites us to watch a beautiful performance where the cast of characters is a bowl of fruit.
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Liquid Prell Shampoo - Come to isle of green - (1973)

Could this ad be any trippier? With white-dressed fairy-like ladies seemingly floating above green water, and the voices then.
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Love's Baby Soft - Because innocence is sexier than you think (portrait)

Somewhere, in a clients boardroom in America, someone thought this was a good idea. The seventies were pretty different huh?

Tropicana Orange Juice - Hostess / Pool party (1973) (USA)

He asked me to squeeze him some more.

Ford Pinto Wagon with Squire Option Ad (1973) - Three basic reasons why the Pinto Wagon is the best-selling economy wagon in America.

Three basic reasons why the Pinto Wagon is the best-selling economy wagon in America.

We built Ford Pinto to live up to Dr. Gibson's indestructible Model T. (1973) printad (USA)

We built Ford Pinto to live up to Dr. Gibson's indestructible Model T.

Smirnoff - The Ice Pick -- 1972 - printad (USA)

The Ice Pick. (Smirnoff and iced tea.)

We built Ford Pinto to follow in the steps of the rugged old Model T. (1973) printad (USA)

We built Ford Pinto to follow in the steps of the rugged old Model T.

The Pinto Runabout. It's the rugged Model A all over again, with a lot more carrying space. (1973 printad)

The Pinto Runabout. It's the rugged Model A all over again, with a lot more carrying space.
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Noxzema Joe Namath / Farah Fawcett(1973) 0:30 (USA)

Dodge Charger - Ladies day (1973) 0:30 (USA)

Dodge Trucks - Any length - (1973) 0:30 (USA)

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Goodyear- Steel Guard - (1973) 0:60 (USA)

Mutual Funds - (1973) 0:30 (USA)

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Schick - Mustache Henry Winkler / The Fonz - (1973) 0:30 (USA)

Look, it's Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli with a mustache! His mother is played by Frances Sternhagen.

General Electric - Give her July for Christmas (1972) printad (USA)

Give her a GE Sunlamp. Everything for a tan but the sand. 

Virginia Slims - Mr. McLellan's smoked hams (1972) print (USA)

"Slimmer than the fat cigarettes men smoke"

Canada Dry Club Soda - This bottle / Lasts 48 hours (1972) (USA)

This bottle of Canada dry was opened 48 hours ago. And if I hadn't been here for two days, I wouldn't have believed it.

RC Cola - Snack Bar / "It's right for you" (1972) :60 (USA)

Here's a great example of an ad shown at cinemas, enticing you to go get a snack at the snack bar.

Hanes - Unforgettable women / Mystrece

Campbell's Soup - Cost of living got you down? / Dody Goodman (1972) (USA)

"Cost of living got you down?" asks the jingle.  "Prices are so high, I take a ladder to go shopping!" replies Dody Goodman.

Nunn Bush - A man needs a choice - 1972

Another nude lady with shoes. To think, that in itself was a campaignable idea in the 1970s. Wild. 

Nunn Bush - Not for everybody - printad 1972

Here's a little scandalous ad from 1972, where a woman's nude body serves as the backdrop for three different shoes.

Kelloggs - Frosted mini-wheats cereal (1972) (USA)

America is waking up to a great new breakfast idea!

Smirnoff - The Hot Adam's Apple (1972) print ad (USA)

The Hot Adam's Apple (Smirnoff, boiled cider and spices.)

Southwest Arlines - Remember / Plane Lover - (1972) :30

"Remember What It Was Like Before There Was Somebody Else Up There Who Loved You?"

Smirnoff - The White Elephant (1973) print (USA)

The White Elephant (Smirnoff, white creme de cacao. milk)

Smirnoff - The Madras (1972) printad (USA)

(How to do what we couldn't)

Lady Schick Speed Styler - "and it's fast!" - (1972)

Bounty the Quick Picker Upper - Rosie The Waitress (1972) :30 (USA)

The lady who says "Come now Rosie".. Didn't we see her in The Sopranos later in her career? Livia Soprano played by Nancy Marchand?

Dawn - Grease Grabber & "Gail Strickland" (1972) 1:00 (U.S.A.)

Gather 'round kids and listen to the story of the 1970's. Now, in the 1970's drugs were very popular.

Kotex - Be John's wife. Be Kathy's mother. Be your own woman. (1972) print

"Be John's wife. Be Kathy's mother. Be your own woman. But be sure"
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Sears Kenmore Trash Compactor -a week (1972) (USA)

"For men who hate to be garbage men"

Pinto Wagon is the basic wagon idea all over again: lots of space for little money. (1972) printad (USA)

When you get back to basics, you get back to Ford.

Smirnoff - Jungle Jim Drink (1972) print ad (USA)

The Jungle Jim. (Smirnoft creme de banana. milk.)

Vicks Cough Drops - Aldo Ray / Lick a little cough - (1972) (USA)

Lick a little cough

Southwest - Remember? (CA classic) 1972 - 0:30 (USA)

Remember What It Was Like Before There Was Somebody Else Up There Who Loved You? (1972)

Southwest - Spreadin' Love (CA classic) 1972 - 0:30 (USA)

We're spreadin' love - all over Texas - Spreadin' love, for you and me.

Kodak - Skiing print ad 1972 USA

"Would you risk this moment on anything less than Kodak film?" Owning the "Kodak moments" was the strategy for years. 

Cutex creme - "famous Paris label" - printad, 1972 USA

"We think every woman should own something with a famous Paris label"

Allstate - young mans insurance (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Arco - a little more mileage (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Black and Decker - Powertools (1972) 0:60 (USA)

Black and Decker - Car Building - (1972) 0:60 (USA)

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Black and Decker - Charlie Jones- (1972) 0:60 (USA)

Black and Decker - Weekend Chores - (1972) 0:60 (USA)

Black and Decker - Shrub and Hedge -(1972) 0:60 (USA)

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Dutch Masters - Latin America - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Ford Galaxie - what you want - (1972) 0:60 (USA)

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Full Service Bank (1972) 0:60 (USA)

Gillette - Track 2 - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Gillette - Dry Look - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Gillette - Face Saver - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Goodyear - Radial Tire - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

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Lombardi - Cancer Cause -(1972) 0:27 (USA)

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Lonestar beer - Big Country - (1972) 0:60 (USA)

Pabst - Highwheelers - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Personna 74 - Tungsten steel - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

Right Guard - Fire yours - (1972) 0:30 (USA)

“Lee can change your image”, printads, 1971

Instead of paying a handsome famous model, the creatives opted for a lion head. “Lee can change your image” the line reads.

Landlubber Clothes Nude Hitchhiker 'Nothing is better' print ad, 1971

I'd rather be naked than not wear X is an ad strategy as old as time.

TAB - Be a mind sticker (1971) :30 (USA)

"Be a mind sticker" and the way to do that is to stay forever young and slim apparently because he loves "the shape you're in"

Kraft - Parkay Margarine Countryfresh flavor (1971) (USA)

Kraft Parkay Margarine  (1971)

Cornsilk - What does it take to make a girl blush these days" 1971

Nowadays, if a couple of sweet "nothings" whispered in her ear won't bring a natural glow to a girl's complexion, a little bit of

Smirnoff - Smirnoff introduces the Summer Martini - (1971) print ad (USA)

Smirnoff, a splash of soda, a squeeze of lime.

Fresca - Splashy, Bouncy, Bold / Boat race - (1971) :60 (USA)

This is what Fresca is, splashy, bouncy, bold. Comes out fighting. Don't you want a soda that fights?

Alpha Bits: Jackson 5 (1971) :30 (U.S.A.)

Jackson 5 make a cameo for alpha bits cereal, and their special prize inside: stuff to pimp your bicycle.

Sugar Crisp: Jackson 5 (1971) :30 (U.S.A.)

The Jackson 5 sing their hit for an insanely edited commercial for Sugar Crisp cereal.

7 Up - The Uncola (1970) :60 (USA)

The first uncola ad

Brunswick Billiard Tables - Your turn! - (1971) (USA)

It's your turn ma! Fun for the whole family!

Ty-D-Bol - Improved plastic package - (1971)

TV pitchman Dan Resin gets a new boat!

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