Compilation of several classic television shows with American Band by Grand Funk Railroad. TV shows include The Beverly Hillbillies(Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer, Nancy Kulp, Raymond Bailey), The Muppet Show(Connie Stevens, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem), Married with Children(Christina Applegate, Amanda Bearse, David Faustino, Anthrax), The Monkees(Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork), Gilligan’s Island(Dawn Wells, Tina Louise, Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Russell Johnson, Mosquitoes, Honey Bees ), Bewitched(Elizabeth Montgomery, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) and The Munsters(Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, The Standells).
These commercials aired on ABC on October 5th, 1980. 1. Erlanger (Those brats are finally out of the house! For once I can drink beer and sleep with my wife in peace!) 2. Promo for “Jeremiah Johnson” 3. WLS News Update 4. WFYR 5. WLS News Update 6. 1981 Monte Carlo 7. Whatchamacallit (The candy bar made by hillbillies, for hillbillies) 8. JC Penney MCS Series (I had no idea they sold and produced their own Stereo systems…) 9. Phillips Petroleum 10. “Jaws” End Credits 11. “Jaws” Commercial Bumper 12. ABC Sports Baseball Promo 13. Pepsi-Cola World Series Scorecard Game 14. LeGant Diamonds At Montgomery Ward 15. Bowl Gard (For four months!)
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cornerstone2012
November 18, 2012 at 3:01 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
America was so different back then. I like it the way it was back then.
23mistakes
November 18, 2012 at 3:19 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Now that’s cool.
ThePadywhako
November 18, 2012 at 3:23 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
WHAT!
ekreppssr72elk
November 18, 2012 at 3:54 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
That was awesome:D
leolady29100
November 18, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Awesome video…such memories!!
Michael Relano
November 18, 2012 at 4:31 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
cool video
woodensoul
November 18, 2012 at 5:26 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hilliarious!
pianoTanna
November 18, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
it still ain’t ginger
carrieJoe1000
November 18, 2012 at 6:51 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Could Elizabeth Montgomery be more stunningly beautiful ? I think not
carrieJoe1000
November 18, 2012 at 7:51 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
From the 90’s on the kids were faking it
szewell0556
November 18, 2012 at 8:29 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
GREAT JOB…That Was Neato…
meanwiddlekid
November 18, 2012 at 9:08 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Very clever. Long live the Mosquitoes.
BobCfav
November 18, 2012 at 9:10 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Excellent video editing to a classic GFR tune! Bravo!
Bultacoproteenie
November 18, 2012 at 9:18 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
It also nearly the identical riff to the Doobie Brothers “China Grove” And Steve Miller Rockn me- that’s the identical riff to Free’s- Allright Now.
Katie Hass
November 18, 2012 at 9:53 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Supernatural anyone?
laynieboy1
November 18, 2012 at 10:09 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
That one on here with married with children that was Anthrax S P E E D M E T A L legends
LAYNIEBOY
andrewsaccount09
November 18, 2012 at 10:38 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
is it just me or does Steve Miller Band’s “Keep On Rockin Me Baby” sound like this?
Dave Barton
November 18, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
What episode of Gilligan’s Island had this song?
swlabr21
November 18, 2012 at 11:37 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
More Fuckin Cowbell Damit!
truthserum2000
November 18, 2012 at 11:56 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Hey guys, check out my video for “Were An American Band” I think you’ll like it, take care.
youtube.com/watch?v=tlzyG3iV6Sk
RetroTVCentral
November 18, 2012 at 12:12 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
and he’s in an american band.
stecklein7
November 18, 2012 at 1:02 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Thanks for the BIG smiles and shares all around
stecklein7
November 18, 2012 at 1:18 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
WELL DONE!!
purplehazed54
November 18, 2012 at 1:22 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
COOL!!!
seltaebgirl
November 18, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart @ 2:24!
Jensuarezgonzalez
November 18, 2012 at 2:12 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
The Astros won the tiebreaker over the Dodgers 7-1 to clinch their first N.L. West division pennant. Joe Niekro pitched a complete game in which he had 6 strikeouts.
Jensuarezgonzalez
November 18, 2012 at 2:46 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
“Tomorrow starting at 4:00 eastern, the Houston Astros meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first National League division tiebreaker ever. Today Ron Cey strokes his 28th home run of the season to lead the Dodgers over the Astros 4-3. Tomorrow, the game that will decide the Western division champion. Live on ABC.”
Snagman67
November 18, 2012 at 3:28 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Bowl Guard kills 99.5% of germs…….and my cat after it drank from the toilet….keep that lid shut folks.
sageguitar70
November 18, 2012 at 4:23 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I had an 81 Monte Carlo with that undersized V6…what a piece of shit that car was.
IluvDonnieandJordan
November 18, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I remember going to Montgomery Ward when I was kid. I love going to that store.
rlwieneke
November 18, 2012 at 5:38 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I’m heading to a 24 hour Walmart to get some Bowl Guard.
chemistryguy
November 18, 2012 at 5:39 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Where are the kids?
With my mother.
Time to get hammered on import beer.
mitch19872
November 18, 2012 at 5:41 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Thanks for uploading these! My dad worked at Pacific 66 ( Canada’s Phillips 66) from the mid to late 70s. And the glass bottles were still the best….everyone had a keychain with a bottle opener on it back then.
Clay3613
November 18, 2012 at 6:14 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Take 5, way better than Whatchamacallit…
barber747
November 18, 2012 at 6:14 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Wow…Mary Ann Childers on Channel 7…years before she and hubby Jay Levine moved to CBS 2 in 1994.
funkmex75
November 18, 2012 at 6:51 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
man do i miss pepsi’s in glass bottles.
DanZero77
November 18, 2012 at 7:41 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
70s beer sure had funny bottles and glasses!
JC Penney (and Sears) did sell their own branded stereo equipment — except they did not manufacture it. That was usually up to Technics and Radio Shack’s manufacturer for the JC Penney MCS line, which was considered top of the line in its heyday.
Remember when they showed end credits to movies on network TV?
Tigercat919
November 18, 2012 at 8:11 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I lived in Chicago throughout the 1990s and remember watching May Ann Childers on TV. And I remember 103.5 not as WFYR but as Rock 103.5 and eventually 103.5 the Beat (i was more of a Q101 guy…rest in peace!).
Montgomery Ward, a Chicago institution…so was Marshall Fields.
Aphytus
November 18, 2012 at 8:23 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yeah, the cheapest gas I can remember was when it was the period in the late 90’s when for a while there it was 98-99 cents a gallon.
Ooooh the good old days when we could fill up our small car for about $11. And our big one for maybe $30, $35 max.
Benjamin Edge
November 18, 2012 at 9:11 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
The diesel version sold from 1982 to 1984 did not sit well with many due to the infamous Oldsmobile 5.7 diesel V8, although the 4.3 V6 cut-down version, ironically considered more reliable than its V8 counterpart, was also sold in the first two years of the diesel Monte Carlo’s existence.
80sCommercialVault
November 18, 2012 at 9:33 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Gas hasn’t been 50 cents a gallon since the early 70’s. The average price for a gallon of gas in 1980 was $1.25, not too far off from the national average today when accounted for inflation.
Jason Voorhees
November 18, 2012 at 10:03 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yeah but gas was probably 50 cents a gallon, so i guess it kind of evens out
BanzaiM50
November 18, 2012 at 10:56 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Tampa Bay got shutout the next day 23-0 against the Bears. Man, with the way the Astros are playing this season, its amazing they were that competitive. But then again, it hasn’t been that long ago that they were in a world series, how far we’ve fallen.
Holly Helms
November 18, 2012 at 11:26 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
OMG, these commercials aired about two months before I was born, but I certainly remember Mary Ann Childers as a Chicago news anchor as a kid! NOW I feel old!
ClassicTVful
November 18, 2012 at 11:58 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Ha Ha. I love the Monte Carlo. Do they sell whatchmacallits?
pika23
November 19, 2012 at 12:29 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yeah…just take the cards off all of em at the stores and scratch away!
japaneseninjaguy
November 19, 2012 at 1:15 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
LOL Whatchamacallit XD
blugreen123
November 19, 2012 at 1:56 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
It’s a shame that Macy’s seems to have swallowed up all those dept. stores, such as Montgomery Ward
Are Whatamacallits still made?