Ponderosa Steakhouse With Phyllis Diller (Commercial, 1980)

Here's a commercial for Ponderosa Steakhouse featuring Phyllis Diller.
"How Do You Do What You Do?"
This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, July 27th 1980.
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[@larsulrich2761]

Back when $2 still got you a full meal and every table had an ashtray.

[@242-f5u]

For reference: $1.99 in 1980 is the equivalent of $6.75 today.

[@larsulrich2761]

In January 1980 it would be closer to $8 but by the end of the year $6.75 would be about right. I remember getting 10% interest on my bank account back then so there was some pretty nasty inflation at that time. 30 year fix rate mortgages were running around 15% or 16% with 2 points.

[@lookoutforchris]

@@larsulrich2761still a screaming deal.

[@deltatom7]

She's holding a cigarette in a restaurant. Times have changed.

[@BrownBrother27]

It's a prop. Diller never smoked in her life.

[@byronbenguche]

Man you can take your date to a movie and Ponderosa back in the day and still have money leftover.

[@chadpainterspallete620]

When your dad lookin at a bill, 1.99 x 3 kids and a wife, thats a lot of food for under $20 why has food skyrocketed and customer service is horrible

[@JetblackThemeTime]

Cause when you think steak you think Phyllis Diller.

[@tonyf734atl]

gotta love Phyllis...i miss Pondarosa/Bonanza...great food and great times back in the day

[@miketype1each]

In today's money, that's only $7.23! How in the world did they do that?

[@Sheri451]

I had a manager when I worked in my first grocery store deli, he used to be a manager at a Ponderosa in Minnesota. Plus the late Phyllis Diller was one of my favorite comediennes. She played a character on The Bold And Beautiful also. She was sally Spectra's best friend.

[@ELETHA71]

I used to love going to Ponderosa as a child. I miss it.

[@Sandlot1992]

R.I.P. Phyllis Diller

[@deepole900]

No Cartwright in this commercial

[@darthmeyers074]

Funniest comedienne of all time.

[@yankcaptain3942]

Absolutely! And she is doing a restaurant commercial with a cigarette in her hand! Those were good times

[@basketballjones3293]

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