Today, Peter Pan peanut butter is one of a zillion products under the ConAgra banner.
Back in 1972, it was still manufactured by Derby Foods, whose advertising agency felt the product needed a live-action mascot.
Enter Alan Sues (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), who donned the green costume for a series of spots, including this one.
One week ago, Supertramp co-founder, co-vocalist, and songwriter Rick Davies had passed away. In his memory, we present "Goodbye Stranger", off 1979's "Breakfast in America", as presented on The Midnight Special.
Sometime in the 70's---no one's exactly sure, it seems---Johnson Wax (now SC Johnson) added a lemon scent to its line of Glade air fresheners. The couple depicted in the ad look & sound like they might've migrated from a certain yellow brick road...........
The Houndcats get a rematch with The Raven (Michael Bell in a dual role), who's after some government plans after escaping prison.
The Lone Ranger (William Conrad) meets up with some lumberjacks in "Tall Timber".
What happens when prisoners try to escape? Chaos, sure, but also some silliness, in "Bars & Stripes Forever".
Warden Paws is modeled after Hugh Herbert, a popular comedian of the day, and this wouldn't be the last time Herbert was used as a model for a character.
Haaaaiiiii-yaaaaaahhhhh!!
USA Network had something when they decided to bolster their Saturday afternoon block with Kung Fu Theatre, with all the high impact, high camp martial arts adventure you could ever want. If memory serves me, USA would schedule 2 movies every Saturday afternoon, a practice adopted by the now-defunct El Rey network a few years ago when owner Robert Rodriguez wanted to pay homage to the cult favorite block of the 80's.
