https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2662e488-b6ff-437d-9c7d-c51493b44db3 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Here is a group of 1970s and 1980s television commercials. It includes a number of defunct and existing companies including: Ship’n Shore, McDonalds and Yoplait Yogurt. Squire Fridell appears as McDonald’s Ronald McDonald and Herb Vigran as the Kellogg Graham Cracko’s Cereal Milkman. These commercials highlight various marketing techniques, targeting the ever busier lifestyle trends of the 70’s and 80’s. Many of these commercials were produced by J. Walter Thompson advertising, founded in 1864. JWT became one of the most influential agencies pioneering various aspects of advertisement including print, radio, television, trademark and brand management, market research and demographic lifestyle trends. 00:00 Mobil 1 and the 1980’s Lake Placid Winter Olympics flashing highlights of Olympic’s past including 1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland (:11), 1952 Helskini (:14) and 1966 Montreal (:17). K-Tel sells Fun Ski’s (:53). K-Tel crossed various industries including music and kitchen gadgets. AC&R’s logo appears (1:30); a New York based advertising company founded in the 1960’s. The Ship’n Shore store follows (1:35). Ship’n Shore’s history in fashion began in 1916 under the name ‘Susquehanna Waist Company’ by Samuel Netsky. The brand became ‘Ship’n Shore’ in 1939. By the 1970’s they achieved iconic status. General Mills purchased Ship’n Shore in 1977. Progresso Soup’s focus was on homemade taste and authenticity with the “Make it Progresso or Make it Yourself” slogan (2:41). Top Job Liquid Cleaner (3:07) was a Proctor and Gamble product. Top Job would merge with Mr. Clean as part of a consolidation strategy. Oglivy & Mather’s logo (4:21); a New York based British advertising agency founded in 1850 by Edmund Mather. Mather merged with Oglivy; founded in 1948 by David Oglivy. The pair have since separated. Squire Fridell (6:21) stars alongside Hamburglar, Grimace and Mayor McCheese. Ronald McDonald’s character first aired on television in 1963. Fantasy World friends appeared in 1971. A Toro Company ad (7:14) shows snowblowers clearing Main Street (7:32) following the April 1984 blizzard in Red Lodge, Montana. Hand written script reads Tri-Ominos prior to the Du Rona logo indicating this was likely an early commercial cut (7:34). Pressman Toy Corp. produced Tri-Omino’s in 1965 (7:47). Pressman, founded 1922, still sells toys today as part of Goliath Games. Herb Vigran stars as Kellogg’s “George the Milkman” for a Graham Cracko’s commercial (11:30). Midas (12:17) ad’s featured the “Midas-ize that car” tag line (12:31). Jovan launched Man and Woman cologne (13:57) in 1976. Squire Fridell reappears as the friendliest MC in Town (14:29). Barrelhead Root Beer (16:49) was originally manufactured by Dr. Pepper and Snapple Group. Ice in the commercial was symbolic of Barrelhead’s strong flavor (16:57). Vanity Fair; now part of Kimberly Clark, boasts the softest toilet paper (18:37). The 1970’s saw the rise of premium toilet paper. Lanier Business Products advertise the Action Line and Dictation Machine (19:06). Cascade detergent (20:34) was a spin off of Tide laundry detergent marketed by Proctor and Gamble. Bergman Film Associates Inc (22:16) precedes Doyle Dane Bernbach Inc (23:04), founded in 1949. Dupont sells Dacron (24:00), the first commercially marketed polyester fiber introduced in the form of men’s suits in 1951. Van de Kamps sells fish sticks (24:40). The LA company began as a chip stand expanding into a restaurant chain specializing in batter fried halibut. Mrs. Grass’s Homemade Soup Starter package mix follows (25:22). An early Yoplait ad highlights their French heritage (26:02). Hoppity Balls, initially a European toy, was first marketed in the US by the Sun Company (27:14). JWT’s logo (28:05) precedes Kodak Film (28:13) and the 1977 release “Savage Surrender” by Natasha Peters (29:15) offered by Ace Books. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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