@Kabir, you may want to sit down for this one. The Xerox 914 copy machine was $27500 in 1964. Adjusted for inflation that's over $250,000 today. Most companies rented the machine at $25/mo or $250/mo today.
My uncle worked for xerox when they first came out. They were very expensive and not every business could afford that hefty price tag. I can't believe this list didn't include Calgon..."ancient Chinese secret".
Maybe the sort that don't fire any sort of projectile fit the descriptions given here, but many of the pellet/BB/whatever sort that aren't technically toys do look and feel absolutely real, with the appropriate weight and much the functionality reproduced. No orange or other marker indicating a hobbyist replica. Seems incredibly dangerous, particularly in low lighting or from a distance. I can picture a child waving one around carelessly only to be mowed down.
@@SkewtLilbttmunfortunately it has happened. I can think of only one instance, pretty sure it was Chicago. It could have been a different city but it definitely was a big city with high crime and very restrictive gun laws. I don't remember if the parent(s) gave the child the toy gun or if they even knew the kid had it but someone saw the kid with it, called the cops, cops arrive, gun looks real, kid doesn't comply with their orders to drop it, kid is waving it around and that was his last mistake. Very sad and senseless. There are BB guns on the market that look and feel like the real thing, some are even fully automatic. I want one really bad but the power source and magazine capacity are pretty weak, especially for the $200+/- price tag. I'd love to find one of the old "shoot the star" full auto BB guns. You can hook that sucker up to an air compressor and run it all day, 100 BBs per load. However, they are quite a bit more than $200😢
@@renaissanceman7145 Honestly I kind of figured it had happened already but didn't have the heart to look it up. As far as the the gas powered guns and all that I don't really know much about him other than there's a local store here where they can be found sometimes at overstock prices. I actually found one for a friend of mine recently it was made to look just like Heckler & Koch 100mm pistol and used small chargers of "green gas" to fire the small BB looking projectiles. He was pleased. All that said I grew up with guns including a firing range in my backyard and I have an uncle working for Smith & Wesson in Springfield Mass or at least he did last I checked. In case you're curious, I grew up in an area where "War Eagle" is a verb.
I was born in 1951 and I remember these commercials and the popular jingles. Products had "characters" that represented their brand. Speedy Alka Seltzer, Mrs. Olson for Folger's coffee, Bucky Beaver for Ipana toothpaste, Madge the Manicurist for Palmolive liquid detergent, Elsie The Cow for Borden's milk. It was quite an era.
I sang the Frito Bandito song all the time when I was a little kid. It was very catchy! Kabir has ruined my week for showing this commercial. The tune won't leave my brain! 😮
This just explained a lot about what was imprinted on my psyche from an early age. There are others I remember that weren't included but should have been.
Some commercials were longer because they were sponsoring that particular show. There were also fewer commercials per show a few decades ago. In a 30 minute sitcom, you got 26/27 minutes of show versus today, when it's more like 19/21 minutes of show.
That is because the classics never change, like the rich smooth taste of Marlboro filtered cigarettes, also available in cartoons at your local grocer.
I'm pretty sure I still have the Bandito Hat eraser somewhere in storage. It is probably dried out and hard as a rock after all these years. l don't care what they say, I think the Frito Bandito was a great character.
The name of that music you were asking about is called "morning" from the Peer Gynt suite by Edvard Grieg. I had a Johnny Severn gun for Christmas when I was a kid back in the 60s. I couldn't wait to open it so I sneaked downstairs and opened it about 5am. I set it up and heard my mum coming down the stairs so I aimed at the door. The poor woman got pelted with everything on it. Strangly enough all toy guns looked pretty realistic back then and we constantly watched war films, but we knew the difference between make believe and reality. Maybe people aren't getting smarter as time goes on. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
Ah! Kabir! I was born in 1964 and I might remember just a few of the coffee or cigarette commercials, but when the "Frito Bandito" came on, it was a blast from the past for me! I was still able to sing that song just like when I was a little kid. My mother HATED that commercial because she KNEW it would have us singing it for the rest of the day. My brother passed away in October so, thank you for the cool memories from my younger days!
Born in 1967, a child in the 70s, teenager in the 80s, young adult in the 90s.... I have seen the change of how things have gone. I was surprised when a recreation of "All in the Family" was done a few years ago, with current day actors reading the same exact script from the pilot episode. The original version of that show was an adaptation of a British sitcom, the name of which escapes my right now..... but it was massively successful back in the 70s. Brilliantly written, and touched on a lot of subject matter that was socially relevant, using comedy to "soften the blow". Yes, that show, and many of it's off-shoots (Maude, The Jeffersons, etc) used some questionable language. But back then, it all depended on the usage of it. Just saying it wasn't deemed "offensive", it was the intent behind the language that mattered most.
The Frito Bandito commercial is from the late 60s when I was a kid. I admit that i sang along when it came on. My mother used to put lunchbox sized bags of Fritos into my school lunch during these years. I still love eating Fritos now
Did you know that The Flintstones was actually created to be an"adult cartoon"?? That's why it dealt with Betty's infertility. I didn't know that until this year.
Xerox 914 $27,500 new in 1959. About $290,000 in today's money. You would actually have a contract to rent (and maintain) it just like you would today with the large copiers for businesses, schools, etc. The big ones still cost around $25k today.
Look for some of the early cigarette ads. They were advertised to keep you young and thin. (!) I remember the ads on TV where a man playing a doctor in a white coat would tell you cigarettes were good for you.
These ads bring memories. Kool-aid, funny face drink mix, the Johnny 7 OMA my parents bought me, the Fritos ad with the Frito Bandito I still sing sometimes, I can go on and on! I loved this video! The music to the Marlboro ad was actually used in the original film The Magnificent Seven, staring Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, and a host of others, though I don't know which came first the movie or the ad.
I especially remember the Frito Bandito commercials and actually Disneyland had a skeetball-looking corn chip dispenser for awhile that played that song
Gun laws in America are confusing because they are mostly based off of purchasing and concealing one. Someone under 18 can’t purchase a gun but if it’s purchased for them by a parent it’s not illegal for them to possess it as long as they don’t conceal it and take it in public.
That depends on the state. I know in TN nobody under 18 can possess a hand gun unless they are under the direct supervision of a parent or an adult the parent has given permission to for the purposes of training the minor in the usage safety and laws regarding guns. For things like shotguns and rifles they can again use them under direct supervision but there are also hunting exemptions for them to be able to use them under the age of 18 but still under supervision. You can even find things like single shot .22 rifles and .410 shotguns sized down for a child to be able to handle them for learning.
I'm over 60, and I and my older brother actually got those Johnny Seven combat rifle toys for Christmas one year. I think I might have been six or seven, and my brother three years older. I can definitely understand why they're not cool anymore, but, oh, they were fun, fun, fun. Plus, you'd better believe we were the envy of all the neighbor kids. The only drawback? You lose all the ammo, all those grenades and projectiles, pretty quickly.
The Flintstones cartoons back in the day of B&W television were geared towards children. They were sponsored by Winston cigarettes. I seem to remember those commercials around 1962-'65 or so. Yeah, I'm old.
When an actress or an actor has to ask the interviewer if she can say this or if he can say this word, the hair on the back of my neck stands straight up. Censorship is not free speech. Most young people think this is just fine and dandy.
U.S. Cigarette commercials were taken off the air in 1970. The age for owning hand guns is 21 in most states and 18 for long guns. My husband used to chew tobacco, it smelled so sweet and delicious in the can, I took a tiny speck just to taste what it was like… and Oh my God, it set my mouth on fire, it was awful! And no, you don’t swallow it, that’s why they made spittoons! 😂I loved the Frito Bandito, and can remember the words to many of those jingles. They’re like ear worms. 😊
Correction. 21 and 18 for purchasing guns. I owned one at age 11. It was a birthday present. I took a gun safety class so I could get a hunting license at age 12 so I could hunt with my dad.
@@briankirchhoefer I think there are a few exceptions depending on which state you live in. But, since it was a gift, was it in your parents’ name as the actual owners at that age?
@@kimharding2246 We don't have to register guns in my state. Back then they didn't even do background checks like now at purchase. That's like asking if I'm the owner of a microwave since it was a gift also.
The voice of the japanese koolaid guy is Mel Blank, I can tell, same guy who did Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn leghorn. I know that voice anywhere.
@@clinthowe7629, I also recognized Mel Blanc's voice even though I don't remember the Frito Bandito ads. Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons were the best.
It might vary by state, but generally in the U.S., you have to be 21 to purchase a boomstick. In some states, that's only for hand boomsticks and you only have to be 18 for a shot-boomstick or a rifle. There are loopholes though. In many states, especially in the South, a parent can buy the shot-boomstick and/or a rifle and give it to their child (people generally wait until a certain age, but there's not much police can do about enforcing things like this). It also doesn't stop a parent from teaching their child how to use a boomstick, or stop them from letting the child use the boomstick regularly. I used my first boomstick at age seven. I know that's shocking for a lot of people, but it's better late than never.
I used to go hunting with my dad and he bought me my first one at 10. I bought my first one when I was 18. I miss the days of going out on a weekend and using them for target practice. A different world than today.
The Flintstones were the first cartoon to be shown during Prime Time when the whole family watched TV. So the kids got the funnies, while the adults got the humor from how close to real life it was and the cigarette ads were geared towards them. But subtly it made smoking cool for kids too when they got older.
I love the Flintstones! If my dad was a cartoon character he would be Fred. He has Fred Flinstones' big head and black hair. Funny thing when my son was born I saw his big head with black hair and said He looks just like my daddy". Nothing wrong with that though. We even gave him my Dad's name as his second name!
My brother and I used to walk through town with our 22 caliber rifles to a wooded area where there was a make shift shooting range. We even had to walk past an elementary school. My brother and I were teenagers less than 18 and no adults were with us. We were never stopped or questioned.
When I went to school most of the guys had a deer rifle in their trucks. Students with a shotgun and a rifle both loaded with extra ammo was common. Nothing bad ever happened, but when we were kids our parents didn't have us on every drug. If we got "depressed" we were told to get over it...and we did. If I said my feelings were hurt my mama would of whipped my ass and gave me something to whine about hurting. We bought our son his first gun at 4 and he shot his first mess of squirrels at 6. We had squirrel pot pie that night. He was a expert shot by the time he was 14 and was around guns his whole life. My guns stay loaded, cause a unloaded gun is worthless. No problems and I've been watching my AR's and AK's and so far none of them have committed a crime. 😂😂😂
The Acme Car Wash commercial was time-stamped "April 1, 1969." April 1 is April Fool's Day in America--the day you play practical jokes on your friends. There is no way that one is real. But I'm well familiar with all of the other products and many of the commercials. Looking back, they make me cringe.
10:11 The Johnny Seven OMA battle rifle came out in 1964. I first saw this commercial maybe 12 years ago online I later found one at an antique store Paid only $20 for it It’s only missing a couple of the missiles for it
These ads bring back great memories. These commercials aired in the 60s when I was a child. "The Flinstones" was a very popular night-time children's cartoon set in the Stone Age. It was inspired by a live-action show called "The Honeymooners" which appealed to the parents.
It was not for kids at first. The old seasons were aimed at adults but then people noticed kids liked animation so they used cheap animation to market to kids.
You need to take a look at Nostalgia Critic and his commercial specials. I think it is up to 11 and should be 12 in November. But just funny, funny stuff. Some really inappropriate stuff, bad marketing things, just plain gross and stuff that makes ya go WTF?!?!? I promise you, you will laugh your ass off.
I showed them to an ex long ago and I thought I’d done something wrong. Turned out he found it so funny that he turned red and started crying-laughing. Would also recommend! 😂
It seems alot of commercials were geared towards kids, even those products that are traditionally "adult" items, such as cigarettes. Today, or even 20 years ago, theres no way they'd get away with that. They would get skewered in the media. Times have definitely changed.
The old commercials used humour to sell the products, unlike today's commercials. I still remember the aliens commercial for Smash potato, the elephant commercial for Rolo & the panda KitKat commercial.
It has been illegal to show any tobacco product advertizing on tv since 1970. Color tv didn't become a regular thing until 1966 so using those clues you can figure out approximately when those commercials are from
All of us kids had toy guns, except for the nurds. lol I used to love the cigarette adds but I never smoked. Sure all this may be socially unacceptable today I guess, but what isn't? Yet, no rampant monthly mass shootings, no school shootings, no terrorism. Had guns all my life, never never had the erg to actually point one at another person. Too much suppression today, it's why people are going nuts. Way way better and freer back then. Optimism was thru the roof, people were quite happy. No drugged up kids on Ritalin, no meth, no Fentanyl. I really feel sad for kids today.
OMG.......the Frito Bandito......I'd forgotten all about him. I think he was on the bag as the Frito mascot into the early 70's. Frightening how quickly the song was back in my head like it never left. I also remember Funny Face drinks. We didn't get them in our house but I remember it being marketed....in a more politically correct way.....into the 80's.
No! Depending on the state, kids join their families in shooting. It's very ritualistic. Sigh. Also, it's so sad seeing jerks making fun of /belittling Japanese, Mexicans, women. Encouraging people to use tobacco? Sad. I think it was the 60's when it became common knowledge that smoking was killer and these ads were pulled from TV. Bad old days man.
The least of the things my friends and I got into at the age of 10 - things that involved no actual physical violence or destruction of property - would warrant a roll-out by multiple SWAT teams today.
Also....People hated percolator coffee, because people would never unplug it when it was done; they'd just let it continue boiling until it was like burnt motor oil. If you know what you're doing, perc'd coffee is awesome.....But instant coffee post-1970 is uniformly terrible...PRE-1970? That stuff is seriously good.
My dad grew up in rural Pennsylvania and would play around with fireworks and toy rockets, which I’ve learned is something a lot of kids do even now that end up becoming engineers. 😂
Because police in America will shoot you. Have you heard the name Tamir Rice. The boy was 12 with a toy gun in 2014, and the police shot him while they were still driving. They weren't even fully stopped. There are other issues involving this shooting. But toy guns with school shooting, and mass shootings everywhere in the U.S. equals disaster.
There are a lot of toy guns available in the United States. The legal age to purchase a reail firearm is 18 for rifles and shotguns and 21 years of age to purchase handguns. You Brits have a real phobia concerning guns. I admit that there is a problem with guns being misused in the United States. If I were to wave a firearm around like you see on tv and in music videos my grandfather would have beat me until I couldn't stand up. I grew up with firearms and as a child I usec to hunt rabbits and other small game for food. I was given a Remington pump action .22 rifle for my 10th birthday and as a young boy living 18 miles from town and 4 miles from the nearest paved road I carried my rifle because of coyotes. (I have been attacked by them on more than 1 occasion.) When I reached my teens I was given my first big game rifle and I would hunt moose and caribou for the family table. A large moose would put 500 kilos of meat in our family freezer and a caribou is good for 200 to 250 kilos. This meat will feed a family of 6 for better part of a year and the meat is much better and tastier than store bought meat. I would also catch salmon and halibut to feed my family. If you buy salmon in at the supermarket it costs $10 per pound (450 grams) and halibut wil. Cost you $25 per pound. By catching my own fish and hunting for moose/caribou I am able to save several thousand dollars per year on food costs. I still keep a firearm close at home because I live in the woods here in Alaska and I have a mother Kodiak Brown bear living in the ravine less than 1 km from my front door. I have awakened in the mornings to find the bear and her cubs sleeping on the back porch of my home. Mama bear probably weighs half a ton and she stood on her back legs and made claw marks 11 feet (3 meters) up the tree by my door. I also grew up in a military family and know how important it is to be able to defend yourself and your country. I have heard a lot of people who say that the United States needs to do away with our gun culture but they don't realize that if it weren't for the "gun culture" and the resulting firearm industry here in the country most of Europe would be under the control of Nazi Germany. It was out firearms manufacturing capability guaranteed by our constitution that provided the weapons that Britain, France and the other Allied nations needed to stop Hitler from taking over the world. The problem is that parents now have been too lazy to teach children to respect each other and that firearms are not a toy. There are too many violent video games and the young people have become desensitized to the dangers and finality that comes with using guns. Another problem is that your popular musicians glorify the misuse of guns in their videos. You see violent gang scenes, killing, and people waving guns around like status symbols and like having a gun gives them power or makes them invincible. If we take the firearms away from the honest responsible gun owners it won't stop the criminals from committing crimes it will just make it easier for them to commit more crimes. A reporter friend of mine has access to a database of crimes and the methods used to commit them. It also contains information about crimes prevented by citizens who lawfully have permits to carry weapons conceiled on their person and the number of crimes they are able to prevent by having their firearms. In the last 60 days there have been over 250 car jackings and robberies stopped by people who are licensed to carry or are allowed to carry guns in the states they live in. I used to drive taxi and I carried a handgun in my cab. It saved my life on 2 occasions where I probably would have been killed by the assailant. I was shot in the back through my seat in one and still carry the bullet because it would have done more damage to remove it than it would leaving it in place. The only reason I am here to write this is because I was able to fire back at my assailant and in doing so I was able to scare him off before he could shoot me again. He was eventually arrested and convicted for the crime and is serving 45 years in a federal prison (he committed the robbery on a military installation therefore he went to Federal prison instead of stae prison meaning that he received a sentence three times longer than if he was off base.) Because of the firearms restrictions in the U.K. you have knife crimes committed at a rate 500 times that of The U.S. you laws about knives are comically stupid when it comes to folding knife blades. You do not allow blades that lock in position where here all folding blade knives are sold with locking blades to prevent you from cutting yourself if the blade were to suddenly fold while you were using your knife. Most blades lock here because there have been thousands of people who filed lawsuits against the knife manufacturers because they were injured because of the blades folding during use. I am willing to wager that for every one injured in a crime by a knife in the United Kingdom there are 10,000 people injured by knife blades suddenly folding during lawful use of their knives. All the U.K. government did was to endanger far more law abiding citizens than it did to prevent criminals from injuring the public.
There is no federal law against children possessing long guns in the US but a few states have age restrictions. There are laws against selling to a minor though, but like if a parent wants to hunt or ...whatever... with their kid they can do it legally.
How much did the first copy machine cost? The Xerox 914 could make one copy in less than seven seconds and was small enough to be tucked into a corner of an office. While it had a hefty price tag of $29,500 (roughly $250 in 2018 dollars), consumers were encouraged to lease the machines for a monthly fee or on a per-copy basis, much like today.
They still make instant Folgers Crystals and I have a friend, an old guy who went on many cattle round up trips on horseback, etc. He can make you a cup of coffee out of Folgers Crystals that you cannot tell wasn't just made fresh. Seriously one of the best cups of coffee I've ever had.
In defense of the Folgers instant, they are comparing it to percolated coffee, a horrific brewing method in common household use prior to the introduction of Mr. Coffee in the 70's. (Percolators basically overheat the coffee and recycle it through the coffee grounds over and over.) So the instant stuff might actually have been better.
We have nerf guns in the US today. They shoot foam bullets. We also have automatic BB guns that look like a real assault rifle. My son has one that looks like an M4 and you can select semi auto to full auto. It's a C02 gun.
Yeah I feel like kids that age now might just have guns of their own. I had a cap gun growing up, it was the best; it makes me wonder if it's still in the basement somewhere.
You hold a pinch of the chewing tobacco between your lip and teeth. You don't chew it like gum. You have to spit out the juice every few minutes because swallowing it will make you sick. American commercials don't typically exactly say product weights. Gun toys are still sold in the US. I find it so weird that you can't even say the word "gun" on UA-cam in the UK. Gun laws and ages vary by state in the US. In many Southern states, kids learn to start shooting as soon as they can hold the gun properly. You can't legally own one personally until certain ages that also vary a bit by state. A Xerox 914 cost $29.500 when it was originally sold, so Xerox used a leasing scheme IBM created that was $95 a month. A "wet" copier was a lot cheaper at about $400, but really messy by comparison. So, it would be $304,145 adjusted for inflation from 1960 to 2023, the first year the Xerox 914 was available to the public.
The age of gun ownership is 18 or 21, but a parent is allowed to buy a gun or guns for his child before that age. I know people who shoot guns with their children and each child owns several guns.
President Nixon signed into law in 1970. The statute amended the FCLAA by requiring a sterner warning on all cigarette packages and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio, beginning in January 1971.
@Kabir, you may want to sit down for this one.
The Xerox 914 copy machine was $27500 in 1964. Adjusted for inflation that's over $250,000 today. Most companies rented the machine at $25/mo or $250/mo today.
Wow, that's cheaper than what Google told me.
Most electronics are that way. When they first come out they are very expensive but later models are cheaper. Same with computers and TVs.
I'll bet with that money you could buy a small house!
@@brianabc83 , in 1964, the average new house sold for $13,000.
My uncle worked for xerox when they first came out. They were very expensive and not every business could afford that hefty price tag. I can't believe this list didn't include Calgon..."ancient Chinese secret".
In the US, we still sell toy guns you can find them at Walmart and dollar stores across America
But they no longer look real, though, many times orange plastic.
@@kimharding2246 Or at least, have the orange tip denoting it's a toy and not a threat.
Maybe the sort that don't fire any sort of projectile fit the descriptions given here, but many of the pellet/BB/whatever sort that aren't technically toys do look and feel absolutely real, with the appropriate weight and much the functionality reproduced. No orange or other marker indicating a hobbyist replica.
Seems incredibly dangerous, particularly in low lighting or from a distance. I can picture a child waving one around carelessly only to be mowed down.
@@SkewtLilbttmunfortunately it has happened. I can think of only one instance, pretty sure it was Chicago. It could have been a different city but it definitely was a big city with high crime and very restrictive gun laws. I don't remember if the parent(s) gave the child the toy gun or if they even knew the kid had it but someone saw the kid with it, called the cops, cops arrive, gun looks real, kid doesn't comply with their orders to drop it, kid is waving it around and that was his last mistake. Very sad and senseless.
There are BB guns on the market that look and feel like the real thing, some are even fully automatic. I want one really bad but the power source and magazine capacity are pretty weak, especially for the $200+/- price tag. I'd love to find one of the old "shoot the star" full auto BB guns. You can hook that sucker up to an air compressor and run it all day, 100 BBs per load. However, they are quite a bit more than $200😢
@@renaissanceman7145
Honestly I kind of figured it had happened already but didn't have the heart to look it up. As far as the the gas powered guns and all that I don't really know much about him other than there's a local store here where they can be found sometimes at overstock prices.
I actually found one for a friend of mine recently it was made to look just like Heckler & Koch 100mm pistol and used small chargers of "green gas" to fire the small BB looking projectiles. He was pleased.
All that said I grew up with guns including a firing range in my backyard and I have an uncle working for Smith & Wesson in Springfield Mass or at least he did last I checked.
In case you're curious, I grew up in an area where "War Eagle" is a verb.
I was born in 1951 and I remember these commercials and the popular jingles. Products had "characters" that represented their brand. Speedy Alka Seltzer, Mrs. Olson for Folger's coffee, Bucky Beaver for Ipana toothpaste, Madge the Manicurist for Palmolive liquid detergent, Elsie The Cow for Borden's milk. It was quite an era.
The “song” at 9.10 is called Morning Mood and is from a piece called Peer Gynt by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg
I had 2 silver cap guns with the pearl handles when I was 4 years old. And back then, there was no orange tip to make it clear that it was a toy gun.
I sang the Frito Bandito song all the time when I was a little kid. It was very catchy! Kabir has ruined my week for showing this commercial. The tune won't leave my brain! 😮
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I Loved that commercial and song.
You ended up singing it forever!😂
This just explained a lot about what was imprinted on my psyche from an early age. There are others I remember that weren't included but should have been.
I had a Johnny Seven. Sadly, it’s long gone. No, I don’t own a gun. The Frito Bandito has been replaced by the cartels.
Some commercials were longer because they were sponsoring that particular show. There were also fewer commercials per show a few decades ago. In a 30 minute sitcom, you got 26/27 minutes of show versus today, when it's more like 19/21 minutes of show.
Funnily enough, that Marlboro package looks exactly the same today in 2023!
That is because the classics never change, like the rich smooth taste of Marlboro filtered cigarettes, also available in cartoons at your local grocer.
Im 63 years old and thats one of the first things i think of when i see a bag. I catch myself singing that jingle. Now its stuck in my head.
I REMEMBER ALL OF THESE COMMERCIALS! 60s and 70s
The song you were asking about is Morning Mood, by Edvard Grieg
I was waiting for "Ancient Chinese Secret." They were still using that add in the 80s.
I know the Frito Bandito song by heart. Had toys in the bags in 60s. Got a Bandito eraser for the top of my pencil once, lol
I'm pretty sure I still have the Bandito Hat eraser somewhere in storage. It is probably dried out and hard as a rock after all these years. l don't care what they say, I think the Frito Bandito was a great character.
"The Flintstones" were on from 1960-1966.
The song is "Morning", and was written by the composer Edvard Grieg.
My dad called me the Frito Bsndio in the 70’s.
Today people have been convinced to be offended by everything.
It just sux today.
In my state you can legally hunt alone at 16, but you can't purchase a firearm until 18.
The name of that music you were asking about is called "morning" from the Peer Gynt suite by Edvard Grieg.
I had a Johnny Severn gun for Christmas when I was a kid back in the 60s.
I couldn't wait to open it so I sneaked downstairs and opened it about 5am.
I set it up and heard my mum coming down the stairs so I aimed at the door.
The poor woman got pelted with everything on it.
Strangly enough all toy guns looked pretty realistic back then and we constantly watched war films, but we knew the difference between make believe and reality.
Maybe people aren't getting smarter as time goes on.
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The coffee beans are going to cool down in the jar!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love it!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You use to get a Frito Bandito pencil eraser in a Frito variety pack.
9:09 Orchestra song name- Peer Gynt Suite NO 1 Op 46 Morning Mood
Ah! Kabir! I was born in 1964 and I might remember just a few of the coffee or cigarette commercials, but when the "Frito Bandito" came on, it was a blast from the past for me! I was still able to sing that song just like when I was a little kid. My mother HATED that commercial because she KNEW it would have us singing it for the rest of the day. My brother passed away in October so, thank you for the cool memories from my younger days!
In the USA they have decided commercials that are longer sell better. So the commercials are soo long you think a new show has come on.
Born in 1967, a child in the 70s, teenager in the 80s, young adult in the 90s.... I have seen the change of how things have gone.
I was surprised when a recreation of "All in the Family" was done a few years ago, with current day actors reading the same exact script from the pilot episode. The original version of that show was an adaptation of a British sitcom, the name of which escapes my right now..... but it was massively successful back in the 70s. Brilliantly written, and touched on a lot of subject matter that was socially relevant, using comedy to "soften the blow". Yes, that show, and many of it's off-shoots (Maude, The Jeffersons, etc) used some questionable language. But back then, it all depended on the usage of it. Just saying it wasn't deemed "offensive", it was the intent behind the language that mattered most.
Iggy, the name of that show was Until Death Us Do Part.
@@randalmayeux8880 Yes, that was it! Thank you!
Fun Fact: the Marlboro Man died from lung cancer.
That is just a rumor started by the chewing gum industry.
I am kidding
The Frito Bandito commercial is from the late 60s when I was a kid. I admit that i sang along when it came on. My mother used to put lunchbox sized bags of Fritos into my school lunch during these years. I still love eating Fritos now
The Flintstones originally aired from 1960-66. Also, tobacco commercials in the US were banned on January 1, 1971
Did you know that The Flintstones was actually created to be an"adult cartoon"?? That's why it dealt with Betty's infertility. I didn't know that until this year.
No cigarette ads but plenty of alcohol ones.
Xerox 914 $27,500 new in 1959. About $290,000 in today's money. You would actually have a contract to rent (and maintain) it just like you would today with the large copiers for businesses, schools, etc. The big ones still cost around $25k today.
The song is from the Maxwell House commercial is "Morning" from the Peer Gynt Suite by Grieg
Look for some of the early cigarette ads. They were advertised to keep you young and thin. (!) I remember the ads on TV where a man playing a doctor in a white coat would tell you cigarettes were good for you.
These ads bring memories. Kool-aid, funny face drink mix, the Johnny 7 OMA my parents bought me, the Fritos ad with the Frito Bandito I still sing sometimes, I can go on and on! I loved this video!
The music to the Marlboro ad was actually used in the original film The Magnificent Seven, staring Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, and a host of others, though I don't know which came first the movie or the ad.
I know that commercials in the past were much
more interesting and humorous than they are
today.
Unsweetened, no sugar, but full of cyclomates (? Sp) which were outlawed due being cancer causing.
I especially remember the Frito Bandito commercials and actually Disneyland had a skeetball-looking corn chip dispenser for awhile that played that song
Gun laws in America are confusing because they are mostly based off of purchasing and concealing one. Someone under 18 can’t purchase a gun but if it’s purchased for them by a parent it’s not illegal for them to possess it as long as they don’t conceal it and take it in public.
That depends on the state. I know in TN nobody under 18 can possess a hand gun unless they are under the direct supervision of a parent or an adult the parent has given permission to for the purposes of training the minor in the usage safety and laws regarding guns. For things like shotguns and rifles they can again use them under direct supervision but there are also hunting exemptions for them to be able to use them under the age of 18 but still under supervision.
You can even find things like single shot .22 rifles and .410 shotguns sized down for a child to be able to handle them for learning.
I'm over 60, and I and my older brother actually got those Johnny Seven combat rifle toys for Christmas one year. I think I might have been six or seven, and my brother three years older. I can definitely understand why they're not cool anymore, but, oh, they were fun, fun, fun. Plus, you'd better believe we were the envy of all the neighbor kids. The only drawback? You lose all the ammo, all those grenades and projectiles, pretty quickly.
The Flintstones cartoons back in the day of B&W television were geared towards children. They were sponsored by Winston cigarettes. I seem to remember those commercials around 1962-'65 or so. Yeah, I'm old.
Omg! Can't stop laughing! 😂😂. You have to do more of these!!❤❤. I remember so many funny old commercials!
My dad grew up in Texas in the 60s & often sang the Frito Bandito song while cooking or doing chores when I was growing up 😆
My little sister Anita hated the frido bandito song, for obvious reasons 😂😂🎉
Oh no… 😂
When an actress or an actor has to ask the interviewer if she can say this or if he can say this word, the hair on the back of my neck stands straight up.
Censorship is not free speech.
Most young people think this is just fine and dandy.
U.S. Cigarette commercials were taken off the air in 1970. The age for owning hand guns is 21 in most states and 18 for long guns. My husband used to chew tobacco, it smelled so sweet and delicious in the can, I took a tiny speck just to taste what it was like… and Oh my God, it set my mouth on fire, it was awful! And no, you don’t swallow it, that’s why they made spittoons! 😂I loved the Frito Bandito, and can remember the words to many of those jingles. They’re like ear worms. 😊
Fun fact for anyone interested, in the U.S. the tobacco industry is not allowed to advertise in any way shape or form period
Correction. 21 and 18 for purchasing guns. I owned one at age 11. It was a birthday present. I took a gun safety class so I could get a hunting license at age 12 so I could hunt with my dad.
@@briankirchhoefer I think there are a few exceptions depending on which state you live in. But, since it was a gift, was it in your parents’ name as the actual owners at that age?
@@kimharding2246 We don't have to register guns in my state. Back then they didn't even do background checks like now at purchase. That's like asking if I'm the owner of a microwave since it was a gift also.
@@briankirchhoefer I see.
The voice of the japanese koolaid guy is Mel Blank, I can tell, same guy who did Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn leghorn. I know that voice anywhere.
Woah, you’re right! I didn’t notice it at first. That guy was a legend.
also, Mel Blank is the voice of Frito Bandito too, you can almost hear Bugs bunny in Frito’s voice. 😅
@@clinthowe7629, I also recognized Mel Blanc's voice even though I don't remember the Frito Bandito ads. Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons were the best.
He also voiced Barney rubble.
It might vary by state, but generally in the U.S., you have to be 21 to purchase a boomstick. In some states, that's only for hand boomsticks and you only have to be 18 for a shot-boomstick or a rifle. There are loopholes though. In many states, especially in the South, a parent can buy the shot-boomstick and/or a rifle and give it to their child (people generally wait until a certain age, but there's not much police can do about enforcing things like this). It also doesn't stop a parent from teaching their child how to use a boomstick, or stop them from letting the child use the boomstick regularly. I used my first boomstick at age seven. I know that's shocking for a lot of people, but it's better late than never.
I used to go hunting with my dad and he bought me my first one at 10. I bought my first one when I was 18. I miss the days of going out on a weekend and using them for target practice. A different world than today.
They make a number of child sized firearms now. Little .22 cal rifles that are only about 2.5 ft long.
The very first commercial I thought of for this video was the Frito Bandito. Jingles make you remember products.
The Flintstones were the first cartoon to be shown during Prime Time when the whole family watched TV. So the kids got the funnies, while the adults got the humor from how close to real life it was and the cigarette ads were geared towards them. But subtly it made smoking cool for kids too when they got older.
I love the Flintstones! If my dad was a cartoon character he would be Fred. He has Fred Flinstones' big head and black hair. Funny thing when my son was born I saw his big head with black hair and said He looks just like my daddy". Nothing wrong with that though. We even gave him my Dad's name as his second name!
The music you asked about is Edvard Grieg's "Morning Mood".
I know damn well I'm not the only one that's on eBay looking for a Johnny seven right now.
I looked too and told my dad and he thinks a friend of his may have one in a garage somewhere. I’m praying they do!
My brother and I used to walk through town with our 22 caliber rifles to a wooded area where there was a make shift shooting range. We even had to walk past an elementary school. My brother and I were teenagers less than 18 and no adults were with us. We were never stopped or questioned.
When I went to school most of the guys had a deer rifle in their trucks. Students with a shotgun and a rifle both loaded with extra ammo was common. Nothing bad ever happened, but when we were kids our parents didn't have us on every drug. If we got "depressed" we were told to get over it...and we did. If I said my feelings were hurt my mama would of whipped my ass and gave me something to whine about hurting. We bought our son his first gun at 4 and he shot his first mess of squirrels at 6. We had squirrel pot pie that night. He was a expert shot by the time he was 14 and was around guns his whole life. My guns stay loaded, cause a unloaded gun is worthless. No problems and I've been watching my AR's and AK's and so far none of them have committed a crime. 😂😂😂
Same here in a small town in Northern Michigan. Never a problem or concern.
The Acme Car Wash commercial was time-stamped "April 1, 1969." April 1 is April Fool's Day in America--the day you play practical jokes on your friends. There is no way that one is real. But I'm well familiar with all of the other products and many of the commercials. Looking back, they make me cringe.
10:11
The Johnny Seven OMA battle rifle came out in 1964. I first saw this commercial maybe 12 years ago online
I later found one at an antique store
Paid only $20 for it
It’s only missing a couple of the missiles for it
These ads bring back great memories. These commercials aired in the 60s when I was a child. "The Flinstones" was a very popular night-time children's cartoon set in the Stone Age. It was inspired by a live-action show called "The Honeymooners" which appealed to the parents.
I remember some of these ads too! Seems weird seeing them again! Lol!
It was not for kids at first. The old seasons were aimed at adults but then people noticed kids liked animation so they used cheap animation to market to kids.
Flintstones were made for adults originally. It aired in the evening primetime. Kinda the Simpsons and Family Guy of it's time.
Acme Car Wash ad was filmed on my 6th birthday! 😂
I was today years old when I found out The Flintstones and Rubbles smoked! Lol😂
You need to take a look at Nostalgia Critic and his commercial specials. I think it is up to 11 and should be 12 in November.
But just funny, funny stuff. Some really inappropriate stuff, bad marketing things, just plain gross and stuff that makes ya go WTF?!?!?
I promise you, you will laugh your ass off.
I showed them to an ex long ago and I thought I’d done something wrong. Turned out he found it so funny that he turned red and started crying-laughing.
Would also recommend! 😂
I remember hearing somewhere that every Marlborough man used in the ads died of cancer.
It seems alot of commercials were geared towards kids, even those products that are traditionally "adult" items, such as cigarettes. Today, or even 20 years ago, theres no way they'd get away with that. They would get skewered in the media. Times have definitely changed.
The old commercials used humour to sell the products, unlike today's commercials. I still remember the aliens commercial for Smash potato, the elephant commercial for Rolo & the panda KitKat commercial.
Don't know about UK, but humor is used all the time in US commercials.
9:10 ‘Spring’ from Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”
i saw johnny whitaker in one of the commercials . he played the boy in the tv show family affair .
All those commercials we’re so much better than the modern ad that popped up in the middle of the video. 😂
It has been illegal to show any tobacco product advertizing on tv since 1970. Color tv didn't become a regular thing until 1966 so using those clues you can figure out approximately when those commercials are from
The US banned TV cigarette ads in 1970 - but I still remember a lot of the jingles....
L.S.M.F.T
All of us kids had toy guns, except for the nurds. lol I used to love the cigarette adds but I never smoked. Sure all this may be socially unacceptable today I guess, but what isn't? Yet, no rampant monthly mass shootings, no school shootings, no terrorism. Had guns all my life, never never had the erg to actually point one at another person. Too much suppression today, it's why people are going nuts. Way way better and freer back then. Optimism was thru the roof, people were quite happy. No drugged up kids on Ritalin, no meth, no Fentanyl. I really feel sad for kids today.
These are commercials from my dad's era when he was a kid/teenager.
OMG.......the Frito Bandito......I'd forgotten all about him. I think he was on the bag as the Frito mascot into the early 70's. Frightening how quickly the song was back in my head like it never left. I also remember Funny Face drinks. We didn't get them in our house but I remember it being marketed....in a more politically correct way.....into the 80's.
No! Depending on the state, kids join their families in shooting. It's very ritualistic. Sigh. Also, it's so sad seeing jerks making fun of /belittling Japanese, Mexicans, women. Encouraging people to use tobacco? Sad. I think it was the 60's when it became common knowledge that smoking was killer and these ads were pulled from TV. Bad old days man.
The least of the things my friends and I got into at the age of 10 - things that involved no actual physical violence or destruction of property - would warrant a roll-out by multiple SWAT teams today.
Also....People hated percolator coffee, because people would never unplug it when it was done; they'd just let it continue boiling until it was like burnt motor oil. If you know what you're doing, perc'd coffee is awesome.....But instant coffee post-1970 is uniformly terrible...PRE-1970? That stuff is seriously good.
My dad grew up in rural Pennsylvania and would play around with fireworks and toy rockets, which I’ve learned is something a lot of kids do even now that end up becoming engineers. 😂
The frito bandits commercial was a favorite.
12:08 the Frito Bandto was voiced by the legendary voice acto Mel Blanc.
I had a huge toy gun collection in 1966..Bond and Man From U.N.C.L.E. were really big at the time...
I don't get why the gun toy wouldn't be accepted in America at least. Stores still sell toy guns that are realistic.... they have ones with magazines.
Because police in America will shoot you. Have you heard the name Tamir Rice. The boy was 12 with a toy gun in 2014, and the police shot him while they were still driving. They weren't even fully stopped. There are other issues involving this shooting. But toy guns with school shooting, and mass shootings everywhere in the U.S. equals disaster.
Could you imagine the outcry is The Kenny Everett show was put on TV😂
Kids and adults have been killed by cops thinking a toy gun was real.
US Federal firearms laws states that a person bas to be at least 18 to purchase a rifle and 21 to purchase a handgun.
The Flintstones came out in the 60s.
That Bull commercial would be right at home on your Bioshock 4
There are a lot of toy guns available in the United States. The legal age to purchase a reail firearm is 18 for rifles and shotguns and 21 years of age to purchase handguns. You Brits have a real phobia concerning guns. I admit that there is a problem with guns being misused in the United States. If I were to wave a firearm around like you see on tv and in music videos my grandfather would have beat me until I couldn't stand up. I grew up with firearms and as a child I usec to hunt rabbits and other small game for food. I was given a Remington pump action .22 rifle for my 10th birthday and as a young boy living 18 miles from town and 4 miles from the nearest paved road I carried my rifle because of coyotes. (I have been attacked by them on more than 1 occasion.) When I reached my teens I was given my first big game rifle and I would hunt moose and caribou for the family table. A large moose would put 500 kilos of meat in our family freezer and a caribou is good for 200 to 250 kilos. This meat will feed a family of 6 for better part of a year and the meat is much better and tastier than store bought meat. I would also catch salmon and halibut to feed my family. If you buy salmon in at the supermarket it costs $10 per pound (450 grams) and halibut wil. Cost you $25 per pound. By catching my own fish and hunting for moose/caribou I am able to save several thousand dollars per year on food costs. I still keep a firearm close at home because I live in the woods here in Alaska and I have a mother Kodiak Brown bear living in the ravine less than 1 km from my front door. I have awakened in the mornings to find the bear and her cubs sleeping on the back porch of my home. Mama bear probably weighs half a ton and she stood on her back legs and made claw marks 11 feet (3 meters) up the tree by my door. I also grew up in a military family and know how important it is to be able to defend yourself and your country. I have heard a lot of people who say that the United States needs to do away with our gun culture but they don't realize that if it weren't for the "gun culture" and the resulting firearm industry here in the country most of Europe would be under the control of Nazi Germany. It was out firearms manufacturing capability guaranteed by our constitution that provided the weapons that Britain, France and the other Allied nations needed to stop Hitler from taking over the world. The problem is that parents now have been too lazy to teach children to respect each other and that firearms are not a toy. There are too many violent video games and the young people have become desensitized to the dangers and finality that comes with using guns. Another problem is that your popular musicians glorify the misuse of guns in their videos. You see violent gang scenes, killing, and people waving guns around like status symbols and like having a gun gives them power or makes them invincible. If we take the firearms away from the honest responsible gun owners it won't stop the criminals from committing crimes it will just make it easier for them to commit more crimes. A reporter friend of mine has access to a database of crimes and the methods used to commit them. It also contains information about crimes prevented by citizens who lawfully have permits to carry weapons conceiled on their person and the number of crimes they are able to prevent by having their firearms. In the last 60 days there have been over 250 car jackings and robberies stopped by people who are licensed to carry or are allowed to carry guns in the states they live in. I used to drive taxi and I carried a handgun in my cab. It saved my life on 2 occasions where I probably would have been killed by the assailant. I was shot in the back through my seat in one and still carry the bullet because it would have done more damage to remove it than it would leaving it in place. The only reason I am here to write this is because I was able to fire back at my assailant and in doing so I was able to scare him off before he could shoot me again. He was eventually arrested and convicted for the crime and is serving 45 years in a federal prison (he committed the robbery on a military installation therefore he went to Federal prison instead of stae prison meaning that he received a sentence three times longer than if he was off base.) Because of the firearms restrictions in the U.K. you have knife crimes committed at a rate 500 times that of The U.S. you laws about knives are comically stupid when it comes to folding knife blades. You do not allow blades that lock in position where here all folding blade knives are sold with locking blades to prevent you from cutting yourself if the blade were to suddenly fold while you were using your knife. Most blades lock here because there have been thousands of people who filed lawsuits against the knife manufacturers because they were injured because of the blades folding during use. I am willing to wager that for every one injured in a crime by a knife in the United Kingdom there are 10,000 people injured by knife blades suddenly folding during lawful use of their knives. All the U.K. government did was to endanger far more law abiding citizens than it did to prevent criminals from injuring the public.
Xerox 914 cost $29,500 upon release in 1959. That's roughly $309,302.94 adjusted inflation in 2023.
NGL I kinda want to pick up some beech nut. It's been 30 years. Must be good advertising.
There is no federal law against children possessing long guns in the US but a few states have age restrictions. There are laws against selling to a minor though, but like if a parent wants to hunt or ...whatever... with their kid they can do it legally.
How much did the first copy machine cost?
The Xerox 914 could make one copy in less than seven seconds and was small enough to be tucked into a corner of an office. While it had a hefty price tag of $29,500 (roughly $250 in 2018 dollars), consumers were encouraged to lease the machines for a monthly fee or on a per-copy basis, much like today.
They still make instant Folgers Crystals and I have a friend, an old guy who went on many cattle round up trips on horseback, etc. He can make you a cup of coffee out of Folgers Crystals that you cannot tell wasn't just made fresh. Seriously one of the best cups of coffee I've ever had.
@Kabir_Considers RE: 'Bull of the Woods' Queen's Freddie Mercury started smoking cigarettes because he wanted a deeper, more gravely voice
I remember many of these. Tears coming out my eyes laughing.
In defense of the Folgers instant, they are comparing it to percolated coffee, a horrific brewing method in common household use prior to the introduction of Mr. Coffee in the 70's.
(Percolators basically overheat the coffee and recycle it through the coffee grounds over and over.)
So the instant stuff might actually have been better.
Tobacco commercials were banned here in 1971.
The Flinstones started in September 1960. It ran in prime time.
We have nerf guns in the US today. They shoot foam bullets. We also have automatic BB guns that look like a real assault rifle. My son has one that looks like an M4 and you can select semi auto to full auto. It's a C02 gun.
Cool vid. I actually bought a pack of Winston's today. Before driving through Winston Salem NC
Yeah I feel like kids that age now might just have guns of their own. I had a cap gun growing up, it was the best; it makes me wonder if it's still in the basement somewhere.
You hold a pinch of the chewing tobacco between your lip and teeth. You don't chew it like gum. You have to spit out the juice every few minutes because swallowing it will make you sick. American commercials don't typically exactly say product weights. Gun toys are still sold in the US. I find it so weird that you can't even say the word "gun" on UA-cam in the UK. Gun laws and ages vary by state in the US. In many Southern states, kids learn to start shooting as soon as they can hold the gun properly. You can't legally own one personally until certain ages that also vary a bit by state. A Xerox 914 cost $29.500 when it was originally sold, so Xerox used a leasing scheme IBM created that was $95 a month. A "wet" copier was a lot cheaper at about $400, but really messy by comparison. So, it would be $304,145 adjusted for inflation from 1960 to 2023, the first year the Xerox 914 was available to the public.
I think all of these were from the 60s
The age of gun ownership is 18 or 21, but a parent is allowed to buy a gun or guns for his child before that age. I know people who shoot guns with their children and each child owns several guns.
the only instant coffee that was even close to perked coffee was taster’s choice original.
WOW it copies 7 whole pages in a minute.
I don’t think rice crispies ever had toys inside.
The original price tag of about 27000 in 1960 dollars
President Nixon signed into law in 1970. The statute amended the FCLAA by requiring a sterner warning on all cigarette packages and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio, beginning in January 1971.
right of spring I believe is the name of song played