Channel Surfing the 1960s TV Wave: Rare openings, promos, commercials

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  • @farnumbp
    @farnumbp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives. For those of us who remember watching these promos when they aired for the 1st time, there is not much sand left in that hour glass

  • @allanegleston13
    @allanegleston13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    @ 2:44 that psa for seat belt song still echoes in my head till this day:) another one was the chevrolet car ad song see the usa in a chevvy.

  • @darlenebeckman2859
    @darlenebeckman2859 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I was so happy when I saw Bruce lee

  • @paktype
    @paktype 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm old enough (52) to remember the very end of the cigarette TV ad era. I believe cigarette ads were banned from TV around 1971 or so.

  • @robertwatson425
    @robertwatson425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    HEY Fred thanks for all the great videos they spark an old memory and help keep us feeling young and thinking Young.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome, Robert.

  • @not-so-smartaleck8987
    @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SO NICE to take a break from watching videos (& TV news) about Coronavirus and police brutality, and watch something that stirs up fond memories. WHEW!

  • @DrunkenUFOPilot
    @DrunkenUFOPilot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    These old 60s TV compilations are great for finding out which neurons in my skull have managed to survive beer, quantum field theory, thousands of hours driving to work and back, and shocking news from Washington D.C.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Daren, you think like I do. I don't know if that's good or bad, but I like it.

  • @melvinas6523
    @melvinas6523 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lots of those clips brought back memories.

  • @ysmigraarzygler8387
    @ysmigraarzygler8387 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice clip of Tiny Tim. I met him and hung out with him for about 20 minutes at a show he did about six months before he died in late 1996. He talked about music of the early 20th century and about three or four times pulled out his ukulele and started playing some old song. Tiny was an absolute authority on old music from the early years of the 20th century. Also, of all the celebrities I have ever met, he was far and away the kindest and most polite one I ever met. He was a really weird guy, but also very nice.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice comment, Ysmigra. I first saw Tiny Tim on Laugh-In, like a lot of people. I've always liked the old songs and his album God Bless Tiny Tim was the first album I ever bought. I still listen to some of those ditties today. I'm glad to hear he was a nice guy.

    • @dusterdude238
      @dusterdude238 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have that album today! sometimes I'll take it out and give it a play, just to reminisce :)
      "Tip toe through the tulips" and "The Viper", the best :)

    • @lesliegmn3927
      @lesliegmn3927 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The last year I was young enough to trick or treat, I was Tiny Tim, ukulele performances, falsetto and all... the hit of our ‘burb!!!?!

  • @26MECH
    @26MECH 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm 40 and I miss these old types of broadcasts...even tho I grew up in the 80s my parents were 8 years old and grandparents just graduated in 1960...I have my grandmother's high school yearbook when she was a senior and the schools were still segregated...the book still smells like an old library...life is precious man these videos are like time capsules....we might not have had phones but we had our families on one accord..waiting for a good show or watching scary movies together on the t.v....

  • @PeterLee-jd5np
    @PeterLee-jd5np 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss the innocence of the 1950s, yes I went THERE!

  • @jsteveoespo6758
    @jsteveoespo6758 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    that seat belt theme should had been in cars, Keeps playing till you buckle up!

  • @williebowen9516
    @williebowen9516 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1960's TV and pop Culture were the best.We had good TV shows and you had a choice of music to listen too.

  • @fhb3
    @fhb3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The Star Trek promos were pretty cool.

    • @dmnemaine
      @dmnemaine 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, I thought the promos were kind of bland and boring. Seems that NBC didn't have much faith in it right from the start.

    • @kennysherrill6542
      @kennysherrill6542 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dmnemaine I can say I saw these back in the day, ya I'm that old, it was new and cool not like the hair raising promos of today.

    • @dmnemaine
      @dmnemaine 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kennysherrill6542 I'm almost that old. Born in '63. I grew up with late 60s, early 70s Star Trek reruns. I may have seen the original run, but was too young to remember it. Anyway, what I meant were that the promos seemed like they were advertising something other than a sci-fi/adventure series. It was like, "Yeah, we've got this show with this Spock guy. You can watch it if you want, but you probably don't want to."

  • @tbone9603
    @tbone9603 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Amazing how everything was so nice back then. I really wish I could live in the past, things just suck in America anymore in today's world. I was around then and I'm around now and then was better a lot better.

    • @Zoggy970
      @Zoggy970 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah no blacks drinking out of the same water faucet and cigarette ads in kid cartoons but yeah I'm just stupid

    • @Zoggy970
      @Zoggy970 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Proximity Symbol I'm a moron for pointing out dumb shit from 50 years ago? No wonder you got so upset and started name calling now come back with an answer that doesn't make you look like a complete dipshit

    • @boobzac
      @boobzac 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Amen T bone. Amen!

    • @tedpeterson1156
      @tedpeterson1156 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Zoggy What's weird though - the "liberals" are bringing segregation back!
      "Colored Only" is consequently making a comeback in academia - are you cool with that?

    • @chloemotsinger2987
      @chloemotsinger2987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everyone has rights u racist bigets

  • @blessOTMA
    @blessOTMA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    On man, that was a rocket blast down memory lane! Thanks.

  • @kingbee1500
    @kingbee1500 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wonderful stuff-promos, sponsor breaks, bumpers and such-you thought they were lost forever! FredFlix is THAT MAN....I had forgotten all about Peter Potamus, BTW (LOL)!!!!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Poor Peter was seldom syndicated.

    • @DrunkenUFOPilot
      @DrunkenUFOPilot 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peter Potamus seems vaguely familiar. Did it air in the Detroit market back in its day, or did I see it somewhere else later?

    • @allenjones3130
      @allenjones3130 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You just HAD to show one of "Lost In Space"'s famous cliffhangers, didn't you?

  • @gerrynightingale9045
    @gerrynightingale9045 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I can't see or hear the "Mighty Mouse" theme without the image of Andy Kaufman in my head...a great talent who was gone far too soon.

  • @taggett666
    @taggett666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh My God... Thanks so much for listing this.

  • @RGC198
    @RGC198 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video finishing with a short piece from "Lost In Space". Then the excellent test card. Well done.

  • @randydelaney7804
    @randydelaney7804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish I had a time machine, I was born in 73 so I missed that whole decade. I barely remember the 70s now. Thanks for a great channel.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome, Randy.

  • @JeffFrmJoisey
    @JeffFrmJoisey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OK, I'll admit it, that damn "Buckle Up For Safety" song still pops into my head 50+ years later!! I can finally get all the words to the song and compare them to the version I've been brain singing forever! Now it's gonna really be stuck in my head!!!

  • @Bill23799
    @Bill23799 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh wow!!! I never saw those Star Trek promos when i was a kid in the 60's.
    I never saw Star Trek in color until I saw it in reruns again in the 70's

  • @SDK-im8sl
    @SDK-im8sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your collections are always so excellent, for content and editing. It's amazing that I remembered Peter Potamus saying "Brought to you byyyyy..." I'm sure I hadn't thought of that even once in over 55 years! Amazing that our brains can hold a little, trivial memory like that for so long without calling on it.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's why I'm here, SDK....to shake loose those ancient memories.

  • @FrogTVJoe
    @FrogTVJoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow such a beautiful, memorable collection here!!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, Joe.

  • @frankst-denis9190
    @frankst-denis9190 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    times are a changing wow thanks for the time travel back

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome.

  • @csfan65
    @csfan65 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the memories, FredFlix!

  • @nancycampbellgibson2634
    @nancycampbellgibson2634 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How realistically do commercials and TV shows depict life today?

  • @RainbowMilk1996
    @RainbowMilk1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's nice to watch vids like these, but makes me nostalgic for a time period I never knew

  • @jml4040
    @jml4040 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great stuff, nicely done, thanks for putting this together.

  • @capttheo1
    @capttheo1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good lord, the memories come aflooding back!

  • @dougmontgomery1868
    @dougmontgomery1868 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That animated bit with Elizabeth Montgomery (no relation, so far as I know) came near the end of the program. My younger brother was a toddler then, and seeing her twitch her nose always scared him. He has grandchildren now.

    • @JasonDelarosa2000
      @JasonDelarosa2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought all little boys had a crush on Elizabeth Montgomery!

  • @twold4this
    @twold4this 8 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    A programme for adults involving adventures in space? Do they think we are stupid? Mark my words, it will not catch on!!

    • @paktype
      @paktype 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      No one - and I mean NO ONE - thought that Star Trek would be alive and well 50 years after the series went on the air. Well, maybe Gene Roddenberry did.

    • @spencerhardy8667
      @spencerhardy8667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I expected we'd have bases on Mars and holidays on space stations long before we had hand held communication devices that could access all human knowledge.

    • @caatcher
      @caatcher 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not only that, they said the premiere would be September 15. It was actually September 8, and my 13-year-old ass was plopped down in front of the TV, watching the salt vampire. (Adult adventures in space. Heh.)

    • @caatcher
      @caatcher 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe he didn't. In 1970, Paramount offered to sell Gene Roddenberry all the rights to Star Trek for $150k. He declined. The story went around that he couldn't afford it. I don't believe that, though. I think Gene felt that Trek had played out and, in 1970, it sure looked that way.

    • @bb22602
      @bb22602 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gene was known for being pretty cheap, though.

  • @starey1
    @starey1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR...UNDERDOG IS HERE!"

    • @roadmaster720
      @roadmaster720 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and bullwinkle the FUBAR MOOSE, "WATCH ME PULL A RABBIT OUT OF MY HAT",ROCKY --"NOT AGAIN!!!!!"

    • @dusterdude238
      @dusterdude238 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Back in the 60's when i was a little kid, my friends and I used to say "There's no need to fear. Underwear is here!"

  • @richelliott9320
    @richelliott9320 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the crazy Guggenheim clip been looking for one for a long time

  • @not-so-smartaleck8987
    @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:12 Apparently, before there was a federal law mandating the use of seat belts in a vehicle, they had public-service ads like this one just "encouraging" people to do it (National Safety Council, etc., 2:42). Also, the seat belts in this ad were just the "belts", no shoulder strap.

  • @robertcaldwell707
    @robertcaldwell707 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done! Thanks Fred.

  • @billm4330
    @billm4330 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Didnt take long to channel surf when there were only three stations.

    • @matthewkeefe1377
      @matthewkeefe1377 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ron m
      That and no remote controls

    • @boobzac
      @boobzac 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In NY we had a whopping SIX channels! The 3 majors (7ABC, 4NBC, 2CBS) & 3 local NY stations - WNEW ch5 (which down the road became FOX), WOR ch9 & WPIX ch11. AND if you could get the rabbit ears just right you could get 2 UHF stations! PBS on ch13 & WLIW ch21. You needed a tv with a UHF channel knob for 21.

    • @roadmaster720
      @roadmaster720 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tv back in the early 1960's in western north carolina where i grew up----- the mountains screwed with tv reception unreal. some places you could get 1 tv station only(no surfing there) the local station ch 13 ,abc in asheville,nc on others greenville,sc ch 4 nbc, spartanburg, sc ch7,cbs. sometimes ch5 nbc bristol,tn and ch 3, cbs in charlotte,nc. some places you get all networks, others 1 or 2. in some of the coves and valleys, you could get the distant stations i mentioned but not the local in asheville,nc. i remember cruddy pictures, rotating the antennas trying to improve same. in 1964 the stations ch 4,7,13 set up translators on high mountain tops to amplify and rebroadcast the shows so everyone could see them. i remember watching the olympics and other shows beamed by satelite first time ever in the us in 1964. people then thought that was amazing. still only 3--5 channels counting the ones out of state. i thought it was neat with my baby sister and baby brother to surf thru 3 channels of saturday morning cartoons and eat our cereal while we watched. we didn't squabble over the channels, our likes were similar. underdog,bullwinkle,mighty mouse,the local kiddy show with mr. bill on ch 13( anybody that grew in that area remembers mr. bill,his cartoons and other features on his show)and others( bullwinkle, a" fubar "moose always screwing up pulling a rabbit out of his hat). no uhf stations in the area then. they had major problems broadcasting in the wnc mountains. only one that tried wise-tv ch 62,asheville was on the air from 1953 to 1963 and shut down in that year because of the problems and negative cash flow. first pbs station in that area went online in 1970 on uhf channel 33 with translators thru the mountains. technology improved the statons ability to to send out a better picture then. my daddy was a part time tv repairman who would get frustrated about the reception before the translators and the local channel. a lot of people bought expensive tv's, disapointed in the reception and called him to help. other than tweaking the antenna, not much else he could do.he worked a job in the local paper mill on rotating shifts and squeezed tv repair in when he could. i remember my dad working on a tv on saturday's and laughing about bullwinkle like us kids. the rabbit out of the hat made him laugh hard and cuss bullwinkle for being fubar. we had a self rotating tv antenna. you went out and rotated it yourself for some channels at marked intervals.now we have cable,satelite,u-verse,etc. 200 channels to surf thru by remote and still can't find anything. the remote control back in the '50's and '60's was me and my siblings.i have made a long post here but it sums up tv back when in the '50's and '60's.our devices,satelite communications for our devices,etc was dick tracy science fiction or ray bradbury's devices in some of his books were science fiction then but reality now.still love the old cartoons. pull them up on you tube now. they are still funny.watching them now at my desk pc with a bowl of cereal like back when. cherrios and bullwinkle the fubar moose. perfect combo. age 63 now going on 8. lol. i guess part of getting old is rambling about the past, comparing then to now.

    • @DVincentW
      @DVincentW 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      But I don't wanna get off the couch and change it.. Rock scissors paper!?

    • @robertromero8692
      @robertromero8692 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@boobzac We had 5 in Denver: The three networks, plus an independent channel, and the educational channel.

  • @MrSteve24fps
    @MrSteve24fps 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great array of clips!

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, Steve.

  • @jellison7
    @jellison7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great compilation! Thanks :)

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're welcome.

  • @chocomanger6873
    @chocomanger6873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Channel surfing was a little different back then. You had to sit right in front of the big wooden piece of furniture with the tube TV in it and turn the dial, ka-chunk, from one channel to the next.

  • @willdrucker4291
    @willdrucker4291 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Be sure to watch Bruce Lee in The Green Hornet this Fridays on ABC...

  • @TimelordR
    @TimelordR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Don't know what was more hazardous, all those cigarette ads or the Chevrolet Corvair. And Thanks again, for the Screen Gems "sticks o' death".

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My first car was a Corvair. I sold it for $25.

    • @DrunkenUFOPilot
      @DrunkenUFOPilot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cigarettes containing asbestos? I hadn't heard that one before! Brilliant invention, no doubt patented, no doubt made plenty of money for makers of "double death cancer sticks" :D

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cigarettes were a lot more dangerous than the Corvair. By the standards of the time they were about as safe as anything and safer than some. Yep, they would do "trailing throttle over steer" if you did something really stupid, but that wasn't NEARLY as common as Ralph Nader would have us believe.

    • @glendamcdonald1931
      @glendamcdonald1931 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      would be funnier if it wasn't true! so TRUE.. don't forget the Bud in hand too.. wow but ya know we really haven't come very far in all these years. same people ..different addictions. something like that.

    • @glendamcdonald1931
      @glendamcdonald1931 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BTW my husbands family traveled back and forth from CA to Indiana and the car blew up. bye bye Corvair! they had all their stuff in it too even lost documents.. wow .. see and my dad smoked Kent in the late 60's.. yeah won't say what happened to him.. RIP daddy

  • @williebowen9516
    @williebowen9516 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    the 1960,s cartoons are superior to cartoons that,s on TV now.

    • @bobjimenez4464
      @bobjimenez4464 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Cool Daddy-O"
      my friend's dad was a cartoon artist back then....true talent drawing Bugs Bunny and others.
      He made enough to raise a good family in a nice house and all of the kids went to private schools in Los Angeles.......Without a college degree or even a high school diploma.

  • @joiedevivre7376
    @joiedevivre7376 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow...neurons in my brain that hadn't fired in 50 years were poppin'!

  • @Interfect727
    @Interfect727 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Half Earthling, half Vulcanian. What? Trackless journey? What? Unbelievable.

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Greatest Homes , Cars And Toys , were during the 1960’s !!!! Women Were Real . 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @jb888888888
    @jb888888888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:40 I just happen to be watching this on April 4, 2018.

  • @gregwilliams3120
    @gregwilliams3120 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh, the Lost In Space weekly cliffhangers made for an agonizing week of waiting!

  • @pamelamiller3480
    @pamelamiller3480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Fred!

  • @ScientistCat
    @ScientistCat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Underdog totally destroyed that building's face and potentially killed a few neighbors. And we don't even know if he actually succeeded in saving the o's of Cheerios. Feh!

    • @BrianandSnoopy1
      @BrianandSnoopy1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and if you noticed the window in his apartment was opened. but did he use it...no he flew away from it. Bad Dog!!!

  • @agirlwholovesjesus
    @agirlwholovesjesus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Frank Fontaine doing his crazy Guggenheim character!

    • @richelliott9320
      @richelliott9320 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've been trying to find a clip of him for a while on TH-cam until now no luck

    • @mikeries6930
      @mikeries6930 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That man could sing...

    • @kennysherrill6542
      @kennysherrill6542 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was always the best part of the show, we kids all tried to out do each other doing his voice. 😅

  • @improperbostonian6722
    @improperbostonian6722 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rabbit Ear Antennas On Top Of The B/W Philco TV By Ford . We Had May Be 4 Channels. But There Was Plenty Good Stuff To See.

  • @budgarner3522
    @budgarner3522 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Mighty Mouse clip brought back memories and oh those magpies! Joe the bartender and Crazy Guggenheim, too! A great mid-60s platter of goodness.The Gorn, Horta and Uncle Walter, too. Was a sophomore for his tragic announcement. Marlin Perkins, June Lockhart, and Chuck Conners; you're too nice to us Fred.

  • @clifftaylor6864
    @clifftaylor6864 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the comments here; if only people could understand why life became "messed up" and by whom. Knowing things are worse today is a positive first step...I hope it's not too late.

  • @DVincentW
    @DVincentW 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I amzamazed at these videos thanks!

  • @P-Bass_Pete
    @P-Bass_Pete 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Mmmm the cigarettes are a breath of fresh air! and so healthy thanks to that recessed filter!

    • @roadmaster720
      @roadmaster720 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Proximity Symbol ++agree with you. tobacco is the boy getting whipped today unfairly. whether you smoke or not is your business. as you say most smokers DO NOT develop lung cancer from smoking.most of the info is a lie. i never heard of anybody buying a pack of camels, smoking 2-3 and going home to beat the hell out of his wife or kids under the influence of nicotine. the nut and berry people will keep at it until a smoker gets busted "under the influence of nicotine". but when we mention alcohol,OMG we have committed a crime. drunk drivers maim and kill, go home and beat the hell out of their spouse's and kids,kill and murder. can't smoke but ok to get blitzed to abuse,maim and kill their families or have a crash maiming and killing innocent people.alcohol ought to be taxed like cigarettes and other tobacco products in proportion. i still remember in 2000 when a master agreement on tobacco was made. the price of cigarettes tripled overnite. that was b.s.tax alcohol including beer the same way and see what kind of hell breaks loose.i've smoked unfiltered camels since i started smoking 49 yrs ago at 14 yrs old and it hasn't killed me yet.

    • @sambradley2975
      @sambradley2975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ironic how cigarettes are a "breath of fresh air ".😆😆

    • @maralisil
      @maralisil 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@roadmaster720 I smoked far less than my folks, but caught stage 4 tongue cancer (nonviral) anyway. It isn't fun! Lost 3/4 of my tongue and soon the rest of my teeth! Cancer not common in my family, and the very LAST thing I expected!

  • @lesliegmn3927
    @lesliegmn3927 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How many ads feature concertinas??!? ( Bel-Air cigarettes, around :55.)

    • @not-so-smartaleck8987
      @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is a concertina?

    • @lesliegmn3927
      @lesliegmn3927 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Not-so-smart aleck It’s a smaller version of an accordion, with handles at each end, and a pleated middle to push in and out to make (hopefully) music.

  • @miriamjewett5438
    @miriamjewett5438 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Where do you get all this great stuff?? Lol.
    I REMEMBER most of it. 😨😁

  • @BETTERWORLDSGT
    @BETTERWORLDSGT 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to see Episodes of the Jackie gleason show shown here so bad, But it s nowhere to be found on TH-cam. about 1981 they were playing it in Reruns where I was living all the time.

  • @elc1960
    @elc1960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Here's an old sea chantey my mother used to sing me: Smoke BelAir/Smoke twice as refreshed/Because the filter's recessed/In new BelAir..." (sniff) Sorry, Freddie old man...that one always brings a tear to my eye...

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very sentimental, elc1960!

  • @crazyrobot10
    @crazyrobot10 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So does anyone know if underdog saved the cheerios?

    • @kennysherrill6542
      @kennysherrill6542 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes he did I'm glad to say, he was a hound dog and cried all night.👍😅

  • @willdrucker4291
    @willdrucker4291 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ahhhhh...so that's why when I opened my box of Cheerios, there was nothing but tiddlywinks inside.....lol

  • @Musicradio77Network
    @Musicradio77Network 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first clip is part of the intro to "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" with a rare introduction that you don't see in the 1965-66 color version at 0:18. I don't know why this intro exists, the color version that has this rare introduction at 0:18 is tough to find.

  • @Sheri451
    @Sheri451 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Norma McMillan was the voice of Polly Purebred in the Underdog cartoons and Casper, and Wendy and Davey in Davey and Goliath cartoons, she was also the mother of Alison Arngrim from Little House On The Prairie.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great info, Sheri451.

    • @gabespetit1006
      @gabespetit1006 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sheri451 - Wally Cox was Under Dog

    • @MaxStax1
      @MaxStax1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Didn't know that was Nellie's Mother who did those voices.I remember when I was in the 4th 5th and 6th grades I would walk home at noontime everyday for lunch, usually a bowl of soup and a bologna sandwich.On TV was always either Underdog, Popeye or Tennessee Tuxedo I must have seen every episode of all of them dozens of times.

    • @Sheri451
      @Sheri451 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She was a very talented actress. She passed away a while back. Alison wrote an autobiography called Tales Of A Prairie Bitch. I bought it and it's a very good book about her. Her parents were originally from Canada. Alison and Melissa Gilbert were best friends in real life.

    • @MaxStax1
      @MaxStax1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like it would be an interesting read.My brother bought the whole Little House series on DVD a while back,I recently borrowed and watched the 2 hour pilot episode,I don't think I had seen that before,it was really good.

  • @starey1
    @starey1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    what show is that cliffhanger ending from; at 10:50?

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That is from the first episode of Lost in Space "The Reluctant Stowaway"

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If I'd been Captain Robinson I'd have shoved Smith out the air lock in the first episode!

  • @jpsned
    @jpsned 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember that Screen Gems bit at the end and its music! 👍

  • @UNOwen1
    @UNOwen1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ah; Simon bar-sinister (2:50)! For those who may not know. Underdog was created by Total Television, which, was - for all intents and purposes run by General Mills, the cereal company, an not the general ). They also gave the world Tennessee Tuxedo (with Chumley), King Leonardo, and a who gaggle of others.
    Just looking at how NBC was pushing Star Trek showed they really didn't understand it (5:19). It looks like it's nothing more serious than any of the movie serials, or the b-films which took place in space.

  • @ddoyle11
    @ddoyle11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What?! Johnny Carson dancing? And he was damn good!

    • @tomservo56954
      @tomservo56954 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not quite good enough...Dick Van Dyke was considered more versatile, which is why he beat out Carson for the role of Rob Petrie.

    • @bookbill
      @bookbill 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wonder how Van Dyke would've done as a talk show host.

    • @tomservo56954
      @tomservo56954 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Since he had a short stint hosting THE MORNING SHOW--the Eye's answer to THE TODAY SHOW--perhaps not that much.

    • @fromthesidelines
      @fromthesidelines 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM" {October 22, 1963}.

  • @robertmoore2402
    @robertmoore2402 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Happy days , yes

  • @videosuperhighway7655
    @videosuperhighway7655 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow immediately I recognized the Mighty Mouse tune, Heckel and Jeckell. Remember watching that back in the days.

  • @paulakpacente
    @paulakpacente 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks. I remember them all.

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome, Paula.

  • @AngryHybridApe
    @AngryHybridApe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:50 Frank Fontaine as "Crazy Guggenheim". Jeez. Thats about as far back as I can remember.

  • @john-lenin
    @john-lenin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have this strange urge to start smoking.

  • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
    @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    April 4,1968. One of the worst days in human history!

    • @not-so-smartaleck8987
      @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The recent (late May of 2020) police-brutality murder of George Floyd, in it's own way, was another one. :(

  • @alan1963
    @alan1963 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Remember this commercial @ 2:13....if you're doing everyday driving, don't forget to buckle up your seat belt....it's the law!!

    • @not-so-smartaleck8987
      @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They didn't say "it's the law" in the ad, though. The federal law mandating seat belt use didn't come till later (70s?), I think. The seat belts in the ad you mention just had the "belts", no shoulder strap.

  • @boobzac
    @boobzac 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OUTSTANDING Fred! I'm so glad (& lucky!) that I grew up in the 60s & 70s. I have no recollection of The Rebel. Don't know how that can be. And isn't it a shame they don't make women like June Lockhart anymore?

    • @not-so-smartaleck8987
      @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My impression is that so-called TV "westerns" had their heyday in the 60s (probably going back to the 50s). As far as I know they don't have shows like that anymore.

  • @dayofthedaleks1524
    @dayofthedaleks1524 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    1960's: let's smoke some cigs their so good for us
    2017: smoking is bad and should be banned
    MAKE UP YO DAMN MIND AMERICA

    • @brianarbenz7206
      @brianarbenz7206 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Learn grammar. Then people may take you seriously. Not until.

    • @812558
      @812558 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's almost like we learned new things in 60 years.

    • @greeneye2037
      @greeneye2037 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brianarbenz7206 fuck off nazi

    • @save_bandit
      @save_bandit 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dayofthedaleks152 they did. smoking is bad

    • @god5535
      @god5535 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Back when cancel culture was used for good....

  • @TabithaReminiec3399
    @TabithaReminiec3399 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All tobacco ads were banned ...there weren't any seat belts in the cars of the 60s..my mother owned a 1965 Oldsmobile Delta 88,and that car didn't have have seat belts !

    • @not-so-smartaleck8987
      @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tobacco ads weren't banned until the 70s, I think. In the ad at 2:12, the seat belts were merely the "lap" belts, no shoulder harnesses (those probably started in the 70s(?)).

  • @Moo01100
    @Moo01100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I dunno... I just think life was better back then.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Moo01100 oh yeah polio was great. haha

    • @patrickeh696
      @patrickeh696 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hey MORON (aka Kevin) the vaccine for polio was available when those shows were on the air.

    • @brandonrosales5820
      @brandonrosales5820 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Patrick EH and so was segregation..😕

    • @Zoggy970
      @Zoggy970 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brandon Morhange ha

    • @belisariocastillo8695
      @belisariocastillo8695 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If you was white. We are living the best of times

  • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
    @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So what happened to the Cheerios, Fred? Don't leave us hanging!

  • @mikeries6930
    @mikeries6930 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I noticed the Rebel was directed by Irvin Kushner...Who went on to direct other films, most notably The Empire Strikes Back..

  • @davidgardner8707
    @davidgardner8707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the Cool memories 👍🏻

  • @not-so-smartaleck8987
    @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, those 60s cars (at least the Chevys) were UGGGG-LY! Particularly the one shown at 4:20, with "Jet-Smooth Ride" under it.

  • @markedwards5904
    @markedwards5904 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THANK YOU

  • @LeslieGMN
    @LeslieGMN 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who’s the schmuck with the concertina in the cigarette ad at 00:56? I can’t get him out of my head!

    • @not-so-smartaleck8987
      @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was going to ask you what a "concertina" is, but there's only one guy in that picture anyway. I'd be interested to know who all those actors/actresses were (in that ad), actually--which ones (if any) might've actually been known for acting in TV shows and/or movies, either before or (probably) after this ad.

  • @jeffreygrimm7532
    @jeffreygrimm7532 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the memories. Was Peter Potamus really sponsored by Viceroy? That must have been how he got his Hurricane Hippo Holler LOL

    • @stevejacks8389
      @stevejacks8389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Uhhhh, yeah... I noticed that, too. Not the best juxtaposition of two spots.

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember Crazy Guggenheim from a Malto Meal commercial when I was a kid in the 60's.

    • @tonycanabal1659
      @tonycanabal1659 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Magilla Gorilla was sponsored by Ideal Toys, Peter Potamus probably the same . Both shows from 1964.

  • @nataliekashyap3273
    @nataliekashyap3273 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love vintage commercial s

  • @improperbostonian6722
    @improperbostonian6722 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Live From Miami Beach It's The Jackie Gleason Show!

  • @danielmorse6597
    @danielmorse6597 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun stuff.

  • @thomasrsunday8945
    @thomasrsunday8945 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stuff!!!!

  • @jsteveoespo6758
    @jsteveoespo6758 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A lot of these are on again like Me TV heroes and icons

  • @smittykins
    @smittykins 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've always gotten a kick out of the part at 2:30(the antique car with the then-modern seat belt).

  • @g86jn1
    @g86jn1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ahhh the good ole days , when Speed Racer and Gigantor we’re back to back . But my 1st memory of a cartoon was , Coco the Clown .

    • @not-so-smartaleck8987
      @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't remember Gigantor, but I loved Speed Racer ("he's the demon on wheels!")

  • @skummtoons6686
    @skummtoons6686 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a care free era back then. What happened to America??

    • @not-so-smartaleck8987
      @not-so-smartaleck8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lots of racism too, though. Slightly less today. Not very many "minorities" in these ads/promos, Bruce Lee being a notable exception.

  • @jb888888888
    @jb888888888 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:02 Clear picture of William Shatner's stunt double in the promo for _Star Trek_.

  • @jurr47
    @jurr47 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Belair jingle reminds me "all my loving" .

  • @tiger.6509
    @tiger.6509 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    How does one get a hold of all this old commercials and TV shows I know some TV shows are rerun but still where do you get commercials

    • @FredFlix
      @FredFlix  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, I've been collecting TV clips for over 40 years. I get a lot of shows with originals commercials that came off 16mm prints of the original network airings. I also buy DVD collections of commercials and some clips I download from TH-cam itself.

  • @alcoholic2412
    @alcoholic2412 ปีที่แล้ว

    We didn't do a lot of channel surfing because we only had 3 channels and no remote control, that is us kids WERE the remote control lol

  • @Sheri451
    @Sheri451 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was almost three years old.