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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #70 on: August 09, 2011, 10:28:55 AM »
How's this for a loaded up image:


Topps - Candy Industry trade ad - August 1974 by JasonLiebig, on Flickr

Funny how there are no wackys in the picture since all the sports card packs are from 1973. Maybe wackys weren't that popular yet when the picture was taken?

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #71 on: August 09, 2011, 02:49:11 PM »
Funny how there are no wackys in the picture since all the sports card packs are from 1973. Maybe wackys weren't that popular yet when the picture was taken?

Good observation.  This came from Candy & Snack Industry magazine, which was targeted more at the manufacturing crowd, and was placed in the mags anniversary issue.  I wonder if they wanted to focus on Topps items that had been more evergreen at the time?  

Or maybe Wackys were just too edgy to be included for this target market.  This was the era of the Cease & Desists, after all, and some of the folks sending those letters were likely also involved with advertising in this magazine.  Maybe the mag itself told them not to include Wackys for that reason...
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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #72 on: August 10, 2011, 08:33:19 AM »
this is way more than just 1973 - but I saw this listed in the latest Abrams Books catalog and it looks pretty cool. coming out Oct 1.
looks to be another large heavily illustrated book for dirt cheap - like the wacky books.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810997991/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0CBRD6XYCJ08BQS5YQMX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846


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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #73 on: August 12, 2011, 11:07:10 AM »
this is way more than just 1973 - but I saw this listed in the latest Abrams Books catalog and it looks pretty cool. coming out Oct 1.
looks to be another large heavily illustrated book for dirt cheap - like the wacky books.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810997991/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0CBRD6XYCJ08BQS5YQMX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

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Thanks for posting that book. I then did some more searching and ended up ordering these 3 books
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580089844
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966212304
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811835898

a couple of the books should be here today. They should be fun! I'm sure Jason L already has these.

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #74 on: August 12, 2011, 02:51:05 PM »
Thanks for posting that book. I then did some more searching and ended up ordering these 3 books
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580089844
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966212304
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811835898

a couple of the books should be here today. They should be fun! I'm sure Jason L already has these.


I have all three of those books Brad. Great stuff and really great print and paper quality I'm really looking forward to this new one in the fall. 
Another fun one is this here - http://tinyurl.com/Wham-O-Super-Book
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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #75 on: August 13, 2011, 12:07:05 AM »
Thanks for posting that book. I then did some more searching and ended up ordering these 3 books
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580089844
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966212304
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811835898

a couple of the books should be here today. They should be fun! I'm sure Jason L already has these.

I own them all.  I even get a "special thanks" in AdBoy.  Which was nice of them.

Also don't forget Dan Goodsell and Steve Roden's "Krazy Kids Food".  Another gem.
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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #76 on: August 13, 2011, 06:40:04 AM »
Nothing says the 1970's like this actress.
As a kid in early 1970's, couldn't stop thinking of her.
When I saw the Golden Voyage of Sinbad on the big screen then, loved the movie and of course Caroline Munro.

Did anyone else see this movie in theatres?

Around this time, also saw the Phantom of the Paradise with Paul Williams. Other movies I remember were the Dirty Harry movies and Planet of the Apes.



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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #77 on: August 16, 2011, 07:02:16 PM »
Nothing says the 1970's like this actress.
As a kid in early 1970's, couldn't stop thinking of her.
When I saw the Golden Voyage of Sinbad on the big screen then, loved the movie and of course Caroline Munro.

Did anyone else see this movie in theatres?

Around this time, also saw the Phantom of the Paradise with Paul Williams. Other movies I remember were the Dirty Harry movies and Planet of the Apes.





Yep, Frank, I saw all of them. Totally forgot about Phantom Of The Paradise though; I just looked and it's available from Netflix so I just added it to the top of the DVD queue.

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #78 on: August 20, 2011, 04:38:27 PM »
I think this collection of ABC television show promos was actually from 1970 but many of these shows were still around in 1973. I remember almost all of these except THE IMMORTAL. One show promo-ed about 4.5 minutes into this video was called THE YOUNG REBELS. I remember our family actually watching this MOD SQUAD like show set in the revolutionary war days. This show reeked  of 1970s bad television. Also, interesting to see how they advertised THE ODD COUPLE at this time. The BAREFOOT IN THE PARK promo also looks like classic bad 70s tv.


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« Reply #79 on: September 01, 2011, 10:26:05 AM »
I believe this is 1972 vintage... but it's one I rarely see, and maybe you guys haven't seen it before.  Anyone remember this box?


Topps - Bazooka bubble gum box - marching band kids - Football Feature No 1 - 1970's by JasonLiebig, on Flickr
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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #80 on: September 02, 2011, 11:53:33 AM »

I wonder what happened to these 3 kids. Is one guy a barback at Hooters?

Maybe Mikey is shooting smack under a bridge somewhere.

Did one fellow become a priest? I need to research this.

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #81 on: September 02, 2011, 12:20:51 PM »
I wonder what happened to these 3 kids. Is one guy a barback at Hooters?

Maybe Mikey is shooting smack under a bridge somewhere.

Did one fellow become a priest? I need to research this.

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Mikey the Freckly-faced Kid - In 1971, the Doyle, Dane & Bernbach Agency created an ad campaign for Life Cereal starring three young brothers (The Gilchrist brothers), all freckled and all very cute. The now classic TV spots (which ran from 1972 through 1987) showed two of the boys (Michael & Tommy) wrestling with the decision of whether to try a new cereal (Life) that was supposed to be good for you. "I'm not gonna try it. You try it," they argued. Suddenly, the boys slid the bowl of cereal in front of their little four-year-old brother, Mikey (John Gilchrist), who according to the commercial "hates everything." To their surprise, Mikey liked it ("He likes it! Hey, Mikey!") and the commercial message that Life Cereal was good for kids was complete. Quaker Oates moved Life's Cereal's Mikey Campaign to the BBDO ad agency in 1974.

In 1986, Mikey returned as a college student to continued this cereal saga for the Quaker Oats Company. In addition to Life Cereal, John Gilchrist (a.k.a. "Mikey") appeared in more than 250 commercials for such products as Pepto Bismol, Skippy Peanut Butter, and Jell-O before quitting in 1988.

In later years, the Gilchrist brothers joked about how they did all the talking, yet their brother John got all of the recognition. John's standard answer to this discussion "Well, I was the cute one."

The three Gilchrist brothers are now successfully employed: John as an advertising executive; Michael as a labor negotiator, and Tommy as an account executive.
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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #83 on: September 06, 2011, 08:49:50 AM »
Not to get too far off-topic, but I thought someone might get a kick out of these two boxes I recently posted (I have a Life cereal "Mikey" collection going) - hard to believe so many years have gone by since the 70's:


Quaker - Life - Remember Me, Mikey - Life Magazine photo trivia - cereal box - 1986 by JasonLiebig, on Flickr


Quaker - Life - Big Face Mikey - Back on TV - Mikey watch offer - cereal box - 2001 by JasonLiebig, on Flickr
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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #84 on: September 09, 2011, 06:09:32 PM »
Jason
Great stuff

Thanks for showing

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #85 on: September 10, 2011, 06:16:40 AM »
Not to get too far off-topic, but I thought someone might get a kick out of these two boxes I recently posted (I have a Life cereal "Mikey" collection going) - hard to believe so many years have gone by since the 70's:

Fun stuff, thanks for posting it!

I'd like to see Quacker continue to trot out Mikey every decade or 2 (for his entire life) until they have to have someone chew his cereal for him, Pre-Chewed Charlie's style (a skit from the early SNL days). "Hey Mikey! It agrees with him!"

It probably wouldn't help sales much, however.

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #86 on: February 11, 2012, 07:29:34 PM »
1973 gave most of us our first real introduction to Wackys, but nothing says 1973 quite like this...

Everything about this video sums it up for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0iuaxvkXv4

Gotta love it...or not!

Recently d/l this on Rhapsody--far out!

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #87 on: February 11, 2012, 09:42:18 PM »
"Hey Mikey! It agrees with him!"


I like it! Clinging To Life Cereal.

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #88 on: February 12, 2012, 07:28:43 AM »
I've never even heard that song before just now...

that was my first thought.  Until I read this thread I have never even heard of them.  I thought it would be something like this:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKOq7-mNeaE


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« Reply #89 on: February 12, 2012, 08:24:58 AM »
I like it! Clinging To Life Cereal.

Ha, Clinging to Life Cereal, perfect!

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #90 on: February 14, 2012, 05:31:03 PM »
"....................of the Paradise"

Anyone know the movie?

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« Reply #91 on: February 14, 2012, 05:35:50 PM »
"....................of the Paradise"

Anyone know the movie?

Paradox? Wherein two anesthesiologists hit Vegas to play craps and in losing, come out winners?


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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #92 on: February 14, 2012, 05:40:50 PM »
"....................of the Paradise"

Anyone know the movie?

Wasn't there a PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE... a musical written by Paul Williams? DePalma flick kinda like ROCKY HORROR meets PHANTOM OF THE OPERA sort of thing.
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« Reply #93 on: February 14, 2012, 05:57:15 PM »
Si, repuesta correcta

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #94 on: February 14, 2012, 09:22:09 PM »
Man, I saw this movie in the theater as a kid. It was pretty weird for a yungin' such as myself.

Logan's Run was much more interesting! ;)

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« Reply #95 on: February 15, 2012, 08:59:56 PM »
Man, I saw this movie in the theater as a kid. It was pretty weird for a yungin' such as myself.

Logan's Run was much more interesting! ;)

I just got a movie that I haven't seen since 1973. I saw this in the movie theater with my cousin and I was 11 years old at the time. It still is a great movie. Westworld. It's funny how in the 70's a lot of the actors were very talented with their acting skills and did not rely so much on the editing and special effects. They knew their part in the story and portrayed the part very well and convincing. You could read so much on their faces from a certain look or stare without any dialog. And even with the limited special effects available, some of the studios did a super job at making the most with what they had to work with as well.
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« Reply #96 on: February 16, 2012, 12:46:31 AM »
Yes! That's another great movie I saw in the theater. Still a classic and one of those I will always watch if it comes on TV late night.  :great:

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #97 on: March 09, 2012, 04:03:56 PM »
Guys,

I own a sales manual from the folks who designed and built the first McDonalland setups in the early 70's.  The booklet states that a film reel was available.


McDonalds - McDonaldland Setmakers Promo packet - Cover - 1972 by JasonLiebig, on Flickr

A few weeks ago, someone found me on Flickr to let me know they had the reel and would be transferring it. Today they did.  It's a corny early 70's sales film, but also incredibly awesome.

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #98 on: March 09, 2012, 04:19:49 PM »
One word..."Cool"!
Here's a link with some interesting additional info about the playland concept.

http://www.lib.niu.edu/1972/ip721106.html

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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #99 on: March 12, 2012, 12:06:13 AM »
Guys,

I own a sales manual from the folks who designed and built the first McDonalland setups in the early 70's.  The booklet states that a film reel was available.

A few weeks ago, someone found me on Flickr to let me know they had the reel and would be transferring it. Today they did.  It's a corny early 70's sales film, but also incredibly awesome.




Wow! Thanks for posting this Jason. It's amazing how something can be so cool and so frightening simultaneously.
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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #100 on: March 18, 2012, 02:28:55 PM »
Did anyone notice the voice of Ronald sounds like John Candy? Love the old cars in this film. I'm contacting Setmakers for a Mayor Mac Cheese roundabout. The characters in Mac Donald Land always reminded me of H.R. Puff and Stuff people. That cartoon was really wacked out. I remember as a kid thinking, "what the hell just happened here". It always left you off like it just ended abruptly without rhyme or reason. Like a bad ending to a movie. Now I realized the whole studio and cast must of been doing some heavy drugs because there was no sense or storyline, just a bunch of stuff going on with no direction. Crazy. Guess they thought the kids watching wouldn't notice.
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« Reply #101 on: March 18, 2012, 05:18:33 PM »
Now I realized the whole studio and cast must of been doing some heavy drugs because there was no sense or storyline, just a bunch of stuff going on with no direction.
Why do you think it was called "Pufnstuf" (Puffin' stuff)?

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« Reply #102 on: March 19, 2012, 11:16:38 AM »
The characters in Mac Donald Land always reminded me of H.R. Puff and Stuff people.

Famous legal case is the one in which Sid and Marty Krofft sued McDonald's for ripping off the look-and-feel of H.R. Puffnstuff, and won.

From the Wiki - and I'm not sure if all of this is 100% accurate - it IS Wikipedia after all.  I don't think that "magical place" was phased out of the commercials due to the lawsuit.  But, regardless of any inaccurate statements, this contains the story. 

Lawsuit

Needham Harper & Steers, an ad agency (now known as the Omnicom Group) vying for McDonald's advertising accounts had originally hoped Sid and Marty Krofft, the creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, would agree to license their characters for commercial promotions. After the McDonaldland promotion went forward, the Kroffts were dismissed without being credited or paid.[2]

In 1973, the Kroffts successfully sued McDonald's, arguing that the entire McDonaldland premise was essentially a ripoff of their television show. Specifically, the Kroffts claimed that the character Mayor McCheese was a direct rip-off of their character, "H.R. Pufnstuf" (a mayor himself). McDonald's initially was ordered to pay $50,000. The case was later remanded as to damages, and McDonald's was ordered to pay the Kroffts more than $1,000,000 when the case was finally settled in 1977. As a result of the lawsuit, the concept of the "magical place" was all but phased out of the commercials, as were many of the original characters.
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Re: Nothing says 1973 like this...
« Reply #103 on: March 19, 2012, 05:29:49 PM »
Famous legal case is the one in which Sid and Marty Krofft sued McDonald's for ripping off the look-and-feel of H.R. Puffnstuff, and won.

From the Wiki - and I'm not sure if all of this is 100% accurate - it IS Wikipedia after all.  I don't think that "magical place" was phased out of the commercials due to the lawsuit.  But, regardless of any inaccurate statements, this contains the story. 

Lawsuit

Needham Harper & Steers, an ad agency (now known as the Omnicom Group) vying for McDonald's advertising accounts had originally hoped Sid and Marty Krofft, the creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, would agree to license their characters for commercial promotions. After the McDonaldland promotion went forward, the Kroffts were dismissed without being credited or paid.[2]

In 1973, the Kroffts successfully sued McDonald's, arguing that the entire McDonaldland premise was essentially a ripoff of their television show. Specifically, the Kroffts claimed that the character Mayor McCheese was a direct rip-off of their character, "H.R. Pufnstuf" (a mayor himself). McDonald's initially was ordered to pay $50,000. The case was later remanded as to damages, and McDonald's was ordered to pay the Kroffts more than $1,000,000 when the case was finally settled in 1977. As a result of the lawsuit, the concept of the "magical place" was all but phased out of the commercials, as were many of the original characters.
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