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Mrs. Butterworth's - Thick and rich and yummy! (1979) :30 (USA)

A blond girl with braids asks Mrs. Butterworth why she's so good. It's because she's so thick and rich Mrs. Butterworth explains.

Chupa Chups - tickle your little taste buddies! (1979) :30 (Australia)

This was broadcast in 1986

Ortega Tacos - Fun to make Fun to eat (1979) :30 (USA)

What's the most fun about Ortega tacos? EATING THEM!

Hershey Foods - Reese's Pieces Cowboy & Circus act (1979) :30 (USA)

"Well imagine your surprise, when you realize - WOW some difference - Reeses Peanut Butter flavor inside!"

Kentucky Fried Chicken - It's nice to feel so good about a meal (1979) :30 (USA)

All American family talks about fried chicken.

Dunkin' Donuts - French Croissant (1979) :30 (USA)

Fritos 'Munch-A-Bunch' Song (1979) (USA)

Sing along!

Grandma's Fruit'n Oatmeal Bars (1979) (USA)

McDonald's - Big Mac - Sink Your Teeth (1979) - 0:60 (USA)

Boy is this McDonald's girl animated.

Ponderosa - Because (1979) - 0:30 (USA)

Top Ramen - How many noodles (1979) :30 (USA)

Mm, that looks good Cory. How many noodles do you think are in that top ramen noodle soup?

Bovril - Terry Wogan (1978) :30 (UK)

1978 Terry Wogan

McDonald's - Hash Browns - (1978) :40 (USA)

McDonald's hash Browns may look funny, but they taste good.

Reggie Jackson presents Reggie - The candy hit (1978) :30 (USA)

Now that was a day that I'll never forget - and it helped me get my own candy. 

Pillsbury cake - The women have switched (1978) :30 (USA)

Jane Tahan in Scottsboro, Alabama switched to the Pillsbury cake. 

Dunkin' Donuts - Supermarket Undercover / It's Worth the Trip (1978) :30 (USA)

Always fresh, but we like to make sure.

Dunkin' Donuts - Fred the Baker - Making donuts (1978) :30 (USA)

Time to Make the Donuts with Fred the Baker

Little Caesar's Pizza - pizza! (1978) (USA)

Look at them flipping that pizza!

Arnold - WheatBerry in Paris (1978) :30 (USA)

"MMm, we respect you Americans"

Smucker's Grape Jelly - Mom teach me how (1977) (USA)

Little girl needs help making a sandwich, and mom shows her how but also reminds her that Smucker's is economical.

Jif Peanutbutter - Mrs Carol Heintzelman - (1977) :30 (USA)

During a blind testing at the super market Carol finds that the peanut butter she selected is not the one she's been buying for ten years.

Chef Boyardee - Spaghetti Sauce test by Mrs Maccarino (1977) (USA)

Mrs Doris Maccarino knows her spaghetti sauce.

Estrella - Björn Skifs / Eating chips for dinner (1977) :30 (Sweden)

Björn Skifs vill äta chips till middag!

WASA crisp bread - Knäckebröd - Magnus i munnen (1977) (Sweden)

Magnus Härenstam climbs through an open mouth stage to explain that every mouth likes crispbread. Which is true. Can't argue with that.

SMÖR / Butter - The Farmer (1977) :50 (Sweden)

In this fascinatingly silly ad from 1977, we see a farmer milking his cow when a group of rowdy people in white overalls drive by.

7-eleven "brings out the best not the beast in you (1977) :30 (USA)

"Some mornings, there is a little monster in all of us" - Morning Fred! - RAWR

Jif Peanutbutter - Fresh Ground - (1977) :30 (USA)

What difference does it make which peanut butter she buys? But wait : New Jif It's Fine Grind - which is why choose moms choose Jif.

9 Lives presents - Morris! (1976) (USA)

That cats really like, even Morris. "Who could face tomorrow without 9 lives?"
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Orville Redenbacher - Mine pops bigger (1976) :15 (USA)

"Mine pops so much bigger it's blowing the top right of the popper!"
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McDonald's -Big Mac - (1976) - 0:60 (USA)

McDonald's - Quality is Makin' it (1976) print (USA)

Makin' it with ground beef that's 100% and leaner than most beef that you can get at the store... Makin' it with fish that is U.S.

Felix dishes - "Italy, Stroganoff and Hawaii" for the party (1975) :60 (Sweden)

Felix dishes, he can make "Italy pan", "stroganoff pan" and "Hawaii pan" straight in the pan.

Semper Frukostvälling - Den första skeden / The first spoon (1975) (Sweden)

A man stumbles up for breakfast. clearly tired and a bit grumpy, as his wife has prepared välling which my dictionary translates as gruel.

Wasa Knäckebröd / Crisp bread - a tour of the Wasa Factory (1975) Sweden

Wasa Knäckebröd 1975

Jello - Rube Goldberg machine (1975) :30 (USA)

Poule au Pot - Magnus Härenstam / French (1975) (Sweden)

Poule au Pot 1975

Marabou - Domino Figaro Tenor - Och violer till mor (1975) :30 (Sweden)

Domino Figaro Tenor - Och violer till mor

Fruit - Lill-babs "Käka mera frukt!" (Eat more fruit) 1975 Sweden

Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host.

Kinder Surprise - Humpty Dumpty Egg man - (1975) :30 (UK)

I think this was a success, I remember that they showed it to us in adschool and we were all gobsmacked. Still freaks me right the hell out.

Kronfågel - Let's talk chicken! (1975) 3:00 (Sweden)

Eva Rydberg tells us everything there is to know about chicken, and you can snack on it in the middle of the night, as it's protein, not calories

Smedley's Sausage Rolls - Sneaky Granny (1975) :30 (UK)

Smedley's Sausage Rolls - Sneaky Granny ad by Ogilvy (1975) Sausage rolls... in a can?

Bregott - Kid making a sandwich (1975) :60 (Sweden)

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Sara Lee - 'Who Ate The Sara Lee' (1975) (USA)

"Who ate the Sara Lee, who ate the piece I was saving just for me?"
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McDonald's - Big Mac - (1975) 0:60 (USA)

"Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun."

Mrs. Butterworth - Kim Fields / Thick and Rich (1974) :30 (USA)

Long before she became "Tootsie" in "The facts of life", young and adorable Kim Fields had her small-screen acting debut in this M

Svängsta skorpor - Johan, what is the biscuit called? "Sväng svängigare" (1974) :60 (Sweden)

The little guy is wearing a hat that reads "Swing (with more) swing", which makes no sense at all in English - but since the brand name is S

Chiffon - 'It's Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature!' (1974) :30 (USA)

Mother nature can not believe it's not butter!

Uncle Ben's Rice & Gravy - You did it (1974) (USA)

"Last week we had gravy but no rice, this week we have rice but no gravy!"

Scan - Hot Dogs and other sausages - The Chef show (1974) (Sweden)

The lady asks the host to teach her about sausages, and he explains that sausage from SCan is a great food as it has a lot of protein and not as much

Scan - Meat Information from SCAN (1973) 3:20 (Sweden)

In this long infomercial, the voice-over discusses modern people's bad habits of buying meat "just for that day", as they steer away fr
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Epicure HP Pickles - "Alouette" (1973) :30 (UK)

They have pickles with the taste that tickles!

Birds Eye Peas - Pod went Pop - Patsy Kensit (1973) :15 (UK)

Birds eye peas, sweet as the moment, sweet as the moment when the pod went "pop"!

Birds Eye Peas - Pod went Pop / Patsy Kensit (1973) :30 (UK)

Birds eye peas, sweet as the moment, sweet as the moment when the pod went "pop"

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Bank Clerk (1973) :30 (UK)

Husband comes home from his last day at the bank, and he's robbed it.

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Dan & Ben (1973) :30 (UK)

My name is Ben, and this here is my brother Dan.

Hovis - Northern life - (1973) :45 (UK)

We walked off to shop after the war my mum and me.

Birds Eye Pies - Ambassador's Wife (1973) :30 (UK)

"The Bolivian ambassador is coming to dinner and the chef's gone off so I sent out for some Bird's Eye."

Smör - Tomten / The gnome / Midsommar (1973) :60 (Sweden)

To understand this ad, you must first understand what a Swedish "tomte" is. A tomte is sort of like a gnome, who lives on the farm/homest

Blå Band - Instant Soup (1973) :60 (Sweden)

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Dan & Ben - (1973) :30 (UK)

"He'll never be a poor starving artist."

Tre Kök - Jansson's frestelse & små pannbiffar / Tre Kök önskar Gomiddag (1973) :60 (Sweden)

You can find it in the canned goods shelf. Costs under a fiver.

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Bank Clerk's last day (1973) :30 (UK)

It's his last day of work, and his wife wants to cook him a dinner.

Hovis bread - Uphill - (1973) 0:35 (UK)

A young lad works hard for his Hovis.

HP sauce - "Hp sauce is a great British Sauce" / Vacation (1973) :30 (UK)

HP Sauce ad from 1973 - by Ogilvy & Mather

Farley's Rusks "Once a Farleyman, always a Farleyman" (1973) :30 (UK)

Farleys Rusks TV ad by Ogilvy from 1973 Mum Says

Campbell's Soup - Cost of living got you down? / Dody Goodman (1972) (USA)

"Cost of living got you down?" asks the jingle.  "Prices are so high, I take a ladder to go shopping!" replies Dody Goodman.

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Gangster - (1972) :30 (UK)

The ditzy blond who is the gangster's girlfriend doesn't quite understand the dire situation and suggests ordering Birds Eye Beefburgers

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