Getting Older Stinks

In the early 1970s, Pringles were only available in select markets and were called Pringles Newfangle Potato Chips. Once they went national, the "Newfangle" tag was dropped and they were simply called Pringles. This is more than likely one of the very first Pringles ads.

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And so on…

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70’s sex-kitten Joey Heatherton for Serta.

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These Burger King Glasses were made out of real glass. They didn’t last very long but they were cool.

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Remember this animated commercial from the world’s greatest toy store, Toys R Us. Geoffrey, Gigi and Baby Gee!

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A Bicentennial Minute from the summer of 1975 starring Jessica Tandy. She looked old in 1977, pre Driving Miss Daisy.

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Hello Larry, or goodbye career. You pick.

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I so forgot all about this show. The intro brought back memories of cuties is skin tight tops waitressing.

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A cut from the TV series "McCloud" in 1975. Barbi Benton sings.

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They even go to a slo-mo version of the running of the gals.

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Old time commercial where Farrah Fawcett sings and lathers up Joe Namath.

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This is from 1978, taken from the Star Wars Holiday special that didn’t actually exist unless of course you go on ebay.

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See the opening credits for the show that launched the Simpsons, and the faces of some famous voices for the following 20 years.

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The year is 1987, and NASA launches the last of America’s deep space probes…

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