Thank 9M (formerly GM), sponsor of both shows. At the time most shows had A SINGLE SPONSOR and companies paid handsomely for that privilege. And, since GM was the LARGEST COMPANY IN US (nobody invested more in advertising than them as well, not even P&G) back then...
My older brother and I used to look forward to the Chevrolet commercials on Bewitched and Bonanza, especially in the early fall when the new models were being introduced. Our dad had a 1960 bubble top Impala and was getting ready to buy a new one. He finally pulled the trigger on a new 68 fastback Impala. It was light years ahead of the 1960 in ride and comfort. Style too. I was never a fan of the rear wings on the 60 Impala. After all the years that have passed, I am still a Chevy guy. I have to give credit to my beloved dad for that. I am 69 now and have many wonderful memories of those times and how simple they were compared to now. Great video, thanks for sharing.
@@jimmadonna1436 You're right Jim. The Kardashians aren't the Gabors. With the Gabors atleast they knew the President length of term was 4 years. With Kim and Kanye they congratulated Obamba on his win even though he was just 2 years into his term.
This was a good time for America, when we made most of our cars here and paid workers a living wage to take care of there families and then the wife did not need a job except for taking care of the kids at home and we did not have to Depend on China for the manufacturing of our automobiles and aspirin and excetra.
Seen this before.. Love this commercial and these actors. Always watched Bonanza and Bewitched when I was a kid. My uncle purchased a 65 Impala coupe in August of 1965. He stopped over and took us for a ride. The seats still had the plastic on them.
This extended commercial was originally seen at the end of the September 27, 1964 "BONANZA" episode, "The Hostage". There was a period during the 1960's when Chevrolet, "BONANZA"'s sponsor, would present this kind of commercial at the beginning of a new season to showcase their new models for the coming year. Lorne Greene would advise viewers at the beginning of the episode that it would be presented without commercial interruption, and to be SURE to stay turned for "an important message" from Chevrolet at the end of the program. During the 1964-'65 season, they also sponsored "BEWITCHED" {with Quaker Oats}, and partially sponsored "THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E." .
Yes, I remember seeing it. And being in Detroit, this was a big deal. Incidentally, it was the Campbell-Ewald advertising agency that handled the Chevrolet account. They were located then in a building on Second Avenue, across the street from General Motors Headquarters when they were on West Grand Boulevard between Third and Second Avenues.
Bewitched was one of my favorite TV shows, and my parents always watched Bonanza; this ad sure brought back memories!! What a great bit!! Thanks for posting it!! *smile*
1963-64 (3G last 2 years, the "very square ones") and 1965-70 (all of the 4G) Impalas have been the "wet dream" of many "low-rider" fans for decades... The '65 Sport Coupe in particular is a "classic"...
The original colors of Endora’s robes from Bewitched seasons 1 and 2. Though they were colorized to green and purple back in 2000, they were actually different shades of lavender.
Poorly designed and constructed cars, sold based on superficial appearance rather than on functionality and quality. Bewitched was one of the most obnoxious television series I ever saw. The premise was stupid. The scripts were asinine. It had nothing of value to offer. Meanwhile, In the real world, where people couldn't move objects by twitching their nose, there was the Vietnam "police action," here young US men, some of whom were forced to go there, terrorized the local farmers and villages, and killed them reasoning that they might be harboring "enemies." As long as they were killing farmers and villagers they found it hard to avoid killing little children too. Then when they came back to the states, they found it hard to find employment. Not because of anything they did in Vietnam but because unlike people who had not fought in Vietnam, hearing a firecracker go off startled them
I had no idea such ads existed. With the actors in a weird combination of in-character/costume yet using their real names. They don't do anything like this anymore and all traces were removed from the syndicated reruns.
I was only about 10 years old then but I remember commercials like that. They used popular actors to sell things then, I can't imagine that ever happening again.
This is hilarious - I love how all of them are presenting the designated cars "in character"! 🤣Just about lost it when Pernell pulled up in that Corvette.
We had a white 1965 Lincoln Continental back then. That was really a nice car. Of course being a rambunctious 7 year old I was always playing with those push button windows.
Very cool, too bad the video quality isn't better. The disk brakes on the Corvette were a good thing, but Studebaker put them on the Avanti two years earlier.
It didn't have to be high resolution because people had roof antennas. You got a lot of snow and most people were happy sitting around watching TV together as a family.
@@oscarfairley4779 Yes, but ABC had at least two color shows by the 1962-63 season, the Flintstones and the Jetsons. The Flintstones was presented in black and white for the first two seasons, so the Jetsons was ABC's first color series from the first episode on.
@@joelgoldenberg1100 yes I knew that. The Jetsons lasted one season, most remember it from the reruns. I remember how surprised I was when years later, I saw the early seasons of the Flintstones in color.
@@oscarfairley4779 I was born in 1963, so I only started watched the Flintstones in syndication in the 1970s, albeit on a black and white TV. But because the syndication version omitted the intro and ending credits of the first two seasons, I knew the series was in color because of the "Color by Pathé" identification.
@@oscarfairley4779 Speaking of NBC, did you know that Elvis Presley's 1956 appearances on the Milton Berle and Steve Allen shows were in color? This was unfortunately before the days of videotape (both programs were shot live) and they only survive via black and white kinescopes.
The Chevrolet brand was so big in those days that they were the SOLE sponsor of Bonanza and before that the Dinah Shore show .Those were big days for GM that individual brands could do that type of advertising support . Ford could do a half hour show with distant cousin Tennessee Ernie Ford variety show and a couple of years with their other distant cousins Hazel sitcom .
I always knew Adam was the Pinnacle of Bonanza always wearing black law degree oldest son owner of the Corvette beat it Little Joe I got a real sports car to drive
Pretty cool commercial Bonanza and Man from Uncle were on the NBC network and Bewitched was an ABC network show. I wonder how Chevrolet worked that out.
Chevy sponsored all 3 shows (... UNCLE and Bewitched partially and Bonanza in full) and GM was the largest US advertiser back then (P&G wasn't yet there, but would be in the Top 5) and the largest Company in the world, so they had PULL...
Bonanza and Man from UNCLE were on NBC. Bewitched was on ABC. It seems so unusual back then for a network (NBC, if this was truly aired on Bonanza) to be advertising another network's show by allowing the sponsor to showcase "Bewitched".
How about having ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN TURBOCHARGED ENGINES* EVER? That '65 Corvair Monza Coupe had an optional 180hp (gross) T-2.7L H6 (yes, a "boxer" engine, like the Porsche 911 or most Subarus). That's how BALLSY was GM with their tech in the Corvair... BTW, by '65 (start of the 2G Corvair) most / all of the OG's "suspension bugs" have been exorcised from the rear-engined Chevy. * along with the Olds version of the all-aluminum Buick 3.5L V8 (only Olds turbocharged it), the same engine GM sold its' machinery and blueprints to BMC (British Motor Corp.) and became a guest in many engine bays of their vehicle brands, including Land Rover and Jaguar until sometime in the 2010's (by then uprated to 4.6L)
I believe the tubrbo was introduce in 63, but only up to 150 hp. I had a 64 with 110 and 4spd; it was a hoot to drive! Much better handling than my 63 or 64 novas.
Dale gracias a que General Motors (fabricante de Chevrolet) era EL PRINCIPAL AUSPICIADOR de ambas series en DIFERENTES TELEVISORAS EN EEUU (y parcial de la tercera que apareció alguien, EL HOMBRE DE CIPOL).
This shows just how much clout advertisers had when their sponsorship was exclusive to an entire show, before program airtime was sold to multiple companies. Makes me wonder if the SAG union also got involved, demanding that performers not be obliged to shill for products to this extent. Think of how much TIME went in to shooting this extended promotional piece…!!
It is so strange seeing characters from totally diverse programs interacting with each other!! It's almost like attending a Prime Time TV Party!!
Thank 9M (formerly GM), sponsor of both shows. At the time most shows had A SINGLE SPONSOR and companies paid handsomely for that privilege. And, since GM was the LARGEST COMPANY IN US (nobody invested more in advertising than them as well, not even P&G) back then...
When we had all kinds of cool stuff, cool cars, cool TV shows, cool actors!!! So cool for 1965~~!!
My older brother and I used to look forward to the Chevrolet commercials on Bewitched and Bonanza, especially in the early fall when the new models were being introduced. Our dad had a 1960 bubble top Impala and was getting ready to buy a new one. He finally pulled the trigger on a new 68 fastback Impala. It was light years ahead of the 1960 in ride and comfort. Style too. I was never a fan of the rear wings on the 60 Impala. After all the years that have passed, I am still a Chevy guy. I have to give credit to my beloved dad for that. I am 69 now and have many wonderful memories of those times and how simple they were compared to now. Great video, thanks for sharing.
This is fun because it combines the old West with modern days, plus it forces Endora to not only be kind, but flattering towards others-a true rarity.
Endora was usually friendly and cordial towards the other mortals, just not Durwood.
Agnes Moorhead was apparently really nice. She was deeply religious, and had a social conscience. She really looked after people.
@@hypnotistraywilliams Durwood, Durweed, Dum Dum, Donald, What's his name.. anything other than Darrin.. except in 2 episodes I believe.
@@hypnotistraywilliamsthat's darrin to her.
@@PARADISE7670which episodes?
Wow this is great to see, these really were the good old days, great cars, great actors, great TV...its all gone to pot big time!
This was a great time to be ALIVE. Hollywood was much better. Today we have the Kardashian's.
Anything's better than the decadence of the present!
@@jimmadonna1436 The Kardashians are the 21st Century version of the Gabor sisters...
@@spiff8862 I disagree Robert.
@@jimmadonna1436
You're right Jim. The Kardashians aren't the Gabors.
With the Gabors atleast they knew the President length of term was 4 years.
With Kim and Kanye they congratulated Obamba on his win even though he was just 2 years into his term.
my first corvair is a 65 ,,still have it,,,,now have 6,,,they grow on you
The cars and the stars were classic back then. Great post!
All new to me as a kid who hung out at Chevy. Dealer
Here I am all nostalgic over an era, cars, actors, atmosphere, civility, etc. that I wasn’t even alive for.
Beautiful ppl of my childhood. All sadly gone! Thanks for posting, great memories
This was a good time for America, when we made most of our cars here and paid workers a living wage to take care of there families and then the wife did not need a job except for taking care of the kids at home and we did not have to Depend on China for the manufacturing of our automobiles and aspirin and excetra.
That was great to watch. Especially Elizabeth Montgomery.
Seen this before.. Love this commercial and these actors. Always watched Bonanza and Bewitched when I was a kid. My uncle purchased a 65 Impala coupe in August of 1965. He stopped over and took us for a ride. The seats still had the plastic on them.
What I like, was that Bewitched was on ABC, and Bonanza was NBC.
This extended commercial was originally seen at the end of the September 27, 1964 "BONANZA" episode, "The Hostage". There was a period during the 1960's when Chevrolet, "BONANZA"'s sponsor, would present this kind of commercial at the beginning of a new season to showcase their new models for the coming year. Lorne Greene would advise viewers at the beginning of the episode that it would be presented without commercial interruption, and to be SURE to stay turned for "an important message" from Chevrolet at the end of the program. During the 1964-'65 season, they also sponsored "BEWITCHED" {with Quaker Oats}, and partially sponsored "THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E." .
Very informative!
I forgot that I read that Chevrolet also sponsored partly U.N.C.L.E. a few years ago.
Very Cool thanks for sharing.
Yes, I remember seeing it. And being in Detroit, this was a big deal. Incidentally, it was the Campbell-Ewald advertising agency that handled the Chevrolet account. They were located then in a building on Second Avenue, across the street from General Motors Headquarters when they were on West Grand Boulevard between Third and Second Avenues.
Fabulous! Miss real true cars like these and ol' commercials like this, just wish this was clearer! Thanks for the memories!
Bewitched was one of my favorite TV shows, and my parents always watched Bonanza; this ad sure brought back memories!! What a great bit!! Thanks for posting it!! *smile*
That was great! Corvair...ha ha ha! Pernell Roberts...yes !
What a wonderful video!
The 1965 Chevrolet Impala was such a good car. So good, in fact, that over a million of them were sold in 1965 alone.
1963-64 (3G last 2 years, the "very square ones") and 1965-70 (all of the 4G) Impalas have been the "wet dream" of many "low-rider" fans for decades...
The '65 Sport Coupe in particular is a "classic"...
The original colors of Endora’s robes from Bewitched seasons 1 and 2. Though they were colorized to green and purple back in 2000, they were actually different shades of lavender.
J.p. your right! WOW!
Thanks for mentioning this. I had no idea as we had B&W TV still at the time, and I've only ever known them in the purple & green.
Wish I lived in those days... great cars, great tv!
Poorly designed and constructed cars, sold based on superficial appearance rather than on functionality and quality. Bewitched was one of the most obnoxious television series I ever saw. The premise was stupid. The scripts were asinine. It had nothing of value to offer. Meanwhile, In the real world, where people couldn't move objects by twitching their nose, there was the Vietnam "police action," here young US men, some of whom were forced to go there, terrorized the local farmers and villages, and killed them reasoning that they might be harboring "enemies." As long as they were killing farmers and villagers they found it hard to avoid killing little children too. Then when they came back to the states, they found it hard to find employment. Not because of anything they did in Vietnam but because unlike people who had not fought in Vietnam, hearing a firecracker go off startled them
@@soilmanted Thanks dad, 9 years later 🙄 my comment was not that deep. Get some therapy lol
@@maren02 Hey me too, my comment was also "not that deep." What's with the "dad" appellation? What does that even mean?
@@soilmanted Unsolicited history lesson 😆
@@soilmanted Lasted 6 seasons.
The Chevy II was so dependable, some people drove them for 300,000 miles. A few years later, GM put more planned obsolescence in their cars.
those days were better than 2021
Great 😃👍 Memories from 1965. Legendary TV Series. RIP to ALL and Thank You Very Much for Sharing your Talent Ma'am and SIR.
well i was having a bad day but this made it a little better
Wow, I was one year old in 1965. Seems like yesterday. Now I'm old enough to be someone's grandma. 😞
I had no idea such ads existed. With the actors in a weird combination of in-character/costume yet using their real names. They don't do anything like this anymore and all traces were removed from the syndicated reruns.
Can I please go back to 1965!
Very clever commercial! I don't think I was quite born yet when this was made.
Sigh. Let me go back to this time please!
MAGA!
This was the fall of 1964. It wasn't the 1950s, but hadn't turned into the 1960s we remember it for yet.
I was only about 10 years old then but I remember commercials like that. They used popular actors to sell things then, I can't imagine that ever happening again.
Popular actors in TV commercials is definitely still a thing.
@@kwb377 Yes but not usually in-costume.character of a popular show.
@@kwb377 I saw my fav movie star in a car commercial.Unexpected,but not complaining.
Since I was only 3 when this originally aired, you will believe me for not remembering such a rememberable commercial.
Same here. We lived through some of the best times to be a kid.
I got to ride in most of these cars as a child ...
I remember seeing this commercial ! Forgot about the telescoping steering wheel feature!!!
I still own a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa 180 HP Turbo Charged Coupe😉.
I was 10 years old
I still remember seeing this
Thank`s a lot for sharing! I was and still I am a big fan and these commercials clips are not available in germany.
that was back when you could watch a TV show with young children in the room. Not anymore
American muscle and motorcycles always age like wine
I remember this when it was on TV in 64, does that make me old? 🥴👍❤🇺🇸
Funny, Robert Vaughn these days promoting ambulance chasing law firms!
"Tell them....You Mean Business!!". LOL
The best year for Chevy
Nope 67 to 69. Shark Bette and the camaro and BB. Cnevelles
Chevy sold over one million Impalas that year!!!! Shows what a great car it was...
@@gojoe2833 All of those were great unlike the Garbage Motors of today!!!!.
1965. Those were the day's
♡♡♡
Boy if those cars are still around today restored they would be high priced collectables.
This is hilarious - I love how all of them are presenting the designated cars "in character"! 🤣Just about lost it when Pernell pulled up in that Corvette.
MAY we all watch TV, and. UA-cam! RIP,,,everyone. ,THanks!
I believe Agnes Morehead would like to test out the back seat with Dan Blocker
Probably was in the Impala lol
Is the '65 Impala in Evening Orchid (a rare '65-only color)?
When ads had class, huh?
I was 1 month old when the 65 model year Chevy's were realeased.
The '65 Impala was a beautiful car, great lines.
This is the first time I’ve heard Elizabeth Montgomery say Dick York’s name
Elizabeth was on the 1960s Password a lot with Allan Ludden. She probably said his name there, too.
We had a white 1965 Lincoln Continental back then. That was really a nice car. Of course being a rambunctious 7 year old I was always playing with those push button windows.
Bewitched and Bonanza?!😱 Together?!😳Now I’ve seen everything!😝lol
Forgot The Man from UNCLE as well...
I'm as old as these cars. R I P to all those old time tv folks.
Very cool, too bad the video quality isn't better. The disk brakes on the Corvette were a good thing, but Studebaker put them on the Avanti two years earlier.
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Elizabeth Montgomery
What a Girl❤
It didn't have to be high resolution because people had roof antennas. You got a lot of snow and most people were happy sitting around watching TV together as a family.
Cool commercial, the year I graduated high school and joined the Army.
I wish they still can make that those type of TV commercials
My gawd this looks so ancient, I lived through this!
This should have shamed ABC into presenting Bewitched "in cullah" (as Elizabeth Montgomery would pronounce "color") sooner than the third season.
NBC did color first, remember Bonanza, and Walt Disney as a kid.
@@oscarfairley4779 Yes, but ABC had at least two color shows by the 1962-63 season, the Flintstones and the Jetsons. The Flintstones was presented in black and white for the first two seasons, so the Jetsons was ABC's first color series from the first episode on.
@@joelgoldenberg1100 yes I knew that. The Jetsons lasted one season, most remember it from the reruns. I remember how surprised I was when years later, I saw the early seasons of the Flintstones in color.
@@oscarfairley4779 I was born in 1963, so I only started watched the Flintstones in syndication in the 1970s, albeit on a black and white TV. But because the syndication version omitted the intro and ending credits of the first two seasons, I knew the series was in color because of the "Color by Pathé" identification.
@@oscarfairley4779 Speaking of NBC, did you know that Elvis Presley's 1956 appearances on the Milton Berle and Steve Allen shows were in color? This was unfortunately before the days of videotape (both programs were shot live) and they only survive via black and white kinescopes.
When actors were actors
They did a ‘65 Chevrolet Impala commercial featuring Abner and Gladys Kravitz shopping downtown!
1965 was the only year you could get the 409 and 396 V8.
MISS THOSE DAYS...😥😥.
They were the best ❤️
We had the chevy II station wagon and the corvair i was 6
Thx for the memories
The Chevrolet brand was so big in those days that they were the SOLE sponsor of Bonanza and before that the Dinah Shore show .Those were big days for GM that individual brands could do that type of advertising support . Ford could do a half hour show with distant cousin Tennessee Ernie Ford variety show and a couple of years with their other distant cousins Hazel sitcom .
I'm 50 and have never owned anything that didn't have a bowtie. Life's too short to drive anything but a chevy
Wonder what an ad like this would cost today using well known actors lasting for over 5 minutes
This is when tV was fun….I was 3 years old and we lived in Mannheim Germany
Elizabeth was one of the most beautiful women of all time 💗
Dan Blocker "Hoss" slept in the Chevy show room to get his 1965 Z16 Chevelle Malibu SS.
Before I was born and I still feel like I was there...
I always knew Adam was the Pinnacle of Bonanza always wearing black law degree oldest son owner of the Corvette beat it Little Joe I got a real sports car to drive
Pretty cool commercial
Bonanza and Man from Uncle were on the NBC network and Bewitched was an ABC network show.
I wonder how Chevrolet worked that out.
Chevy sponsored all 3 shows (... UNCLE and Bewitched partially and Bonanza in full) and GM was the largest US advertiser back then (P&G wasn't yet there, but would be in the Top 5) and the largest Company in the world, so they had PULL...
Bonanza and Man from UNCLE were on NBC. Bewitched was on ABC. It seems so unusual back then for a network (NBC, if this was truly aired on Bonanza) to be advertising another network's show by allowing the sponsor to showcase "Bewitched".
I'm sure their mutual sponsor Chevrolet put on any pressure if needed to feature all these actors together.
All 3 shows had Chevy as a sponsor (Bonanza as an exclusive one).
Noticed when Greene and Blocker were making the introduction they didn't say Bewitched.
@@KCOliver1960 But Greene does, at the 2 minute mark.
@@andybee9764 He said bewitching, not Bewitched.
An offering for 1965 but is rare was the L-78 396 rated at 425 HP in the Corvette and Impala. There was also a 396 Chevelle there worth alot.
"The 1965 Corvair is the most exciting new car I've seen."
How about having ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN TURBOCHARGED ENGINES* EVER? That '65 Corvair Monza Coupe had an optional 180hp (gross) T-2.7L H6 (yes, a "boxer" engine, like the Porsche 911 or most Subarus).
That's how BALLSY was GM with their tech in the Corvair...
BTW, by '65 (start of the 2G Corvair) most / all of the OG's "suspension bugs" have been exorcised from the rear-engined Chevy.
* along with the Olds version of the all-aluminum Buick 3.5L V8 (only Olds turbocharged it), the same engine GM sold its' machinery and blueprints to BMC (British Motor Corp.) and became a guest in many engine bays of their vehicle brands, including Land Rover and Jaguar until sometime in the 2010's (by then uprated to 4.6L)
I believe the tubrbo was introduce in 63, but only up to 150 hp. I had a 64 with 110 and 4spd; it was a hoot to drive! Much better handling than my 63 or 64 novas.
@@steved7841964 was a good year for Corvair. The engines increased to 164 ci. and the rear end got the transverse leaf spring.
i was only 4 years old back then so it`s hard for me to remember those days.
Audio/music must have recorded at Paramount, like Bonanza usually is... they weren't about to swipe the nose-twitch audio effect from Columbia...
Good point , I notice the difference
COOL!
TOO Cool!
Very nostalgic, I guess I’m old and I don’t care…
This was definitely shot at the Warner Bros. lot.
I was only10 during this Era!!👍👍🙏🙏😎❤️💓
Me encantó!!!!, hechizada en escenario de Bonanza....!!!!! Genial!!!!
Dale gracias a que General Motors (fabricante de Chevrolet) era EL PRINCIPAL AUSPICIADOR de ambas series en DIFERENTES TELEVISORAS EN EEUU (y parcial de la tercera que apareció alguien, EL HOMBRE DE CIPOL).
That was wonderful.
This commercial is absolutely CRAZY. I never knew it existed.
God bless you all dear friends.
I'll take a vet!!!
THANKS fixaserver 5 STARS From The X TV /FM 92
This shows just how much clout advertisers had when their sponsorship was exclusive to an entire show, before program airtime was sold to multiple companies. Makes me wonder if the SAG union also got involved, demanding that performers not be obliged to shill for products to this extent. Think of how much TIME went in to shooting this extended promotional piece…!!
I was 5 this was great
Love this!!❤
Harry Potter will look back on these days of Samantha and Endora, knowing that he and his friends have stood on the shoulders of Giants!
Elizabeth Montgomery was gorgeous indeed...
This is awesome never seen it before
Cars on Bonanza! Was I dreaming?