My life is almost back to normal so thank you for your patience. I hope that I will be back to Monday-Friday posting again soon. Today I am posting a couple of commercials that I remembered over the weekend.
If wrinkly pantyhose was the number one clothing issue in the 70s I am guessing (from the number of these commercials I was exposed to as a child) that ring around the collar was the second greatest clothing horror!
I did a quick research on this and it doesn’t appear that Action Jackson was based on a real or mythical person. It looks to be Mego’s attempt to compete with Hasbro’s G.I. Joe.
Action Jackson from 1972
(Check out those sideburns!)
I had a chuckle when I was reading the description of the Action Jackson figure. It says that the uniforms are flame resistant. Had this been a problem in the past? Hah!
The toy line has a remote control Jumping Jeep, but sadly the Jeep doesn’t jump. It only goes forwards and backwards. (How misleading!) There is also a Scramble Cycle with the same movements as the Jeep, and additional “flame resistant” uniforms.
Now the last thing I have to remark on is the helmet. It is obvious that there is so much weight on one side of the helmet that it sits lopsided on the kids head! Lol. I would have loved it anyway. 
A visitor had posted a comment that asked if I remembered Tang. I do indeed remember Tang. Tang, of course, is the drink that the astronauts used.
This is the commercial I watched in the 70s:
How it became the astronaut drink is kind of interesting. During the Mercury space program, one of the byproducts of the life support system was H2O. The astronauts didn’t like the taste of the water, due to the byproducts, so they started mixing it with Tang to make it taste better. This, in turn, made Tang very popular.
Wiki Tidbit: The creator of Tang, William A. Mitchell, also invented Pop Rocks, Cool Whip, a form of instant-set Jell-O, and other convenience foods.
Wow! Yesterday got away from me and I did not get a chance to post before the day came to an end. My apologies to any who may have shown up for a 70s flashback.
It has been a while since I have posted anything for the doll lovers, so today I am posting the well know Rub-A-Dub Dolly. The ad is from the 1974 JCPenny Christmas catalog.
Rub A Dub Dolly from 1974
Isn’t this an eye opener for how much our society has changed. When I was a kid this commercial was considered harmless. Today, this commercial would cause quite the controversy.
When you think of 70s commercials, you can’t help but think of K-Tel.
Paraphrased from Wiki: Philip Kives formed K-Tel in 1968. He was a door to door salesman that sold products created by Seymour Popeil. (Seymour Popeil is the father of Ron Popeil, who in turn is the founder of Ronco. I found that interesting.) In 1965 Philip had sold one million of the “Feather Touch Knives” (which were produced by Seymour) in Australia within a five month period!
Of course after you have bought several of the K-Tel records you need something to hold them!
And don’t forget you have to keep them clean. Ronco to the rescue!
Do you remember, I think it was 1976, during the US presidential elections when they wanted the kids to vote whether the rabbit could have Trix cereal or not?
I couldn’t find the 70s version but this from 1984.
I didn’t eat Trix, so I did not vote, but that was one of the cereal commercials that I remember. Here are a couple more commercials from the 70s.
Remember when Kool-Aid came to the rescue in the 70s?
I don’t think my mom was a big fan of Kool-Aid. I really don’t remember ever drinking it except at kids parties. Our family always drank water and unsweetened ice tea. Towards the end of the 70s and early 80s my folks were a lot better off and we usually had Coke in the house too.
