Haw haw!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

It can't be a celebration of '70s clothing ads without this. This was my favorite TV commercial of 1972 (yeah, I'm old), and I still love it today. This is a long-form (full minute) ad for Levi's jeans that was known for its stop-motion photography and earworm-inducing soundtrack. Not very many TV spots these days run for a full minute, save for Super Bowl advertising (think the wonderful Budweiser ads), mostly because networks want to cram as much advertising (and ad revenue) into a commercial break as they can. I wish this was a better quality video. Enjoy!

Comments

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this; it's one of the ads that shaped my childhood.

You know what else is telling about the vintage ads? Original jingles. Barry Manilow (who went to Juilliard) wrote hundreds of familiar jingles, including "I Am Stuck on Band-Aid 'Cause Band-Aid's Stuck on Me."

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Yep, I remember these well too. It was a simpler time, eh? ;ol

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

That was perfectly delightful and goofy :-) I love the optimism in the ad too!

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Loved it! So happy!

[progbear.livejournal.com]

The Levi’s ad I remember was “Travis! You’re years too late!”

Confusing then. Confusing now.

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

Le-he-he-he-he vis! Shucks, just from reading the title of your post, I ended up with that song going through my head.