Ah the good old days when wives wanted to get away with their hubbies instead of being a dowdy housewife, after all, it was the sixties and the women’s movement was happening at the time so attitudes were changing. The advertising agency that was responsible for the United campaign happened to be Leo Burnett in Chicago who also had some very cool clients including Green Giant, Oldsmobile, Allstate Insurance and more
Travel synergy: not just selling another airline seat, but extending hotel and car bookings into the weekend, and moving the flight to the weekend -- maybe on both ends of the trip.
I'm wondering if the wife might have been singer/dancer/actress Helen Gallagher who had been on Broadway in "Sweet Charity" a few years before. Need someone familiar to confirm it's her.
Hello. Cool! I hope someone would digitally restore and remaster this old United commercial in 4K by removing dirts and scratches. Thank you for sharing.
Wish they made commercials like this...today!!! Lol
Commercials were way better back then.
Helen Gallagher’s a real trooper!
Ah the good old days when wives wanted to get away with their hubbies instead of being a dowdy housewife, after all, it was the sixties and the women’s movement was happening at the time so attitudes were changing. The advertising agency that was responsible for the United campaign happened to be Leo Burnett in Chicago who also had some very cool clients including Green Giant, Oldsmobile, Allstate Insurance and more
They also had Kellogg's, whom they did a lot of classic commercials for. Those commercials were real classic gems.
It's nice they let them sit together.
Was this directed by Michael Cimino, like the main "Take Me Along!" ad? Looks like it.
Bingo!
Travel synergy: not just selling another airline seat, but extending hotel and car bookings into the weekend, and moving the flight to the weekend -- maybe on both ends of the trip.
Great footage of a Douglas DC-8 at the end.
I'm wondering if the wife might have been singer/dancer/actress Helen Gallagher who had been on Broadway in "Sweet Charity" a few years before. Need someone familiar to confirm it's her.
Boy, she sure does look like it. IMDB says she's alive but I found an obituary from 2017 that looks a bit like her same name but in PA
That is definitely Helen. No other person like her. And yes, she is still alive. Helen will be 98 in 2024. Still has that spunk.
Of course it's Helen Gallagher who is is well and alive in NYC
The good old days when you bought your wife a new hat and left her home. She was so happy!
Hello. Cool! I hope someone would digitally restore and remaster this old United commercial in 4K by removing dirts and scratches. Thank you for sharing.