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| Ed McMahon for AMC New Apr 29 |
For American Motors Corporation (AMC).
Looking young and dapper in his '70s garb, here's Ed selling Gremlins and Hornets.
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time 0:33 size 599 kb aired 1976
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| AMC Gremlin |
Gremlin drops in 6 cylinders; Pinto, 4.
Can you imagine comparing a Gremlin to a Pinto? Even at those prices, I'd still take an old Edsel.
Gremlins were discontinued in '78; AMC was gobbled up by Chrysler back in the '80s.
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time 0:33 size 622-653 kb aired 1976
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| Ford, for 1960 |
Beautiful, exciting, wonderful new world of 1960!
If you long for the days of big Hollywood musicals, watch this promotion. You half expect Eliza Doolittle to burst out singing at any moment.
An awesomely retro ad, in Technicolor.
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time 3:00 size 2.2-2.4 mb aired 1960
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| Ford Mustang |
Excitingly versatile, unexpectedly practical.
Of course the Ford Mustang is an American classic, especially the 1964 version. And get a load of the 1964 price...talk about sticker shock...I'll take 20, please.
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time 1:02 size 774-816 kb aired 1964
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| Esso Gasoline |
Fill up with Esso Extra and GO!
A Canadian ad from Imperial Oil, complete with that wacky '50s flare.
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time 0:54 size 155 kb aired 1950s
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| National Airlines |
This ad is from 1953, but National had been flying since the mid-1930s.
National filed bankruptcy in December 2000. The week of November 6, 2002, National closed its doors, putting 1500 people out of work. A lot of customers lost their money.
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time 0:28 size 81 kb aired 1953
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| VISTA (O.J. Simpson) New May 23 |
If you are thinking seriously, think about VISTA.
OJ has an astounding emotional range in this ad, everything from A to...er...A. Good God, it doesn't get any worse than this.
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time 0:14 size 207 kb aired 1970s
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| Federal Express |
When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.
Featuring the fastest talker in the world, John Moschitta, Jr. Probably one of the most famous, if not funniest, Federal Express commercials ever made (and they made a bunch of them).
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time 0:59 size 740-772 kb aired 1982
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| Hertz |
Let Hertz put you in the driver's seat...
Get a look at New Orleans in the early '60s in this one, as well as the flying couple.
I always wondered how they got those people to fly down from the sky and into the moving vehicle. Look at the car on the road, and you'll see that it was just a stationary vehicle superimposed over a moving picture of a road trip. Pretty cool effect for this time period, and not nearly as dangerous as it appeared.
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time 1:03 size 1.1-1.2 mb aired early 1960s
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| ZIP Code |
Mail moves the country; ZIP Code moves the mail.
I noticed that she's including the ZIP code on the mailing address, but she omitted it from her return address.
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time 0:12 size 151-176 kb aired 1967
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| U.S. Air Force |
1959, and the U.S. Air Force wants you!
Earn $5000 a year, and be one of the knights of the sky.
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time 1:05 size 183 kb aired 1959
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| New York |
1951 vacation guide to New York state.
This must have been broadcast on WBZ TV in Boston.
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time 1:06 size 365 kb aired 1951
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