classic television

Ratings fell when the popular character was killed off, so the prime-time soap opera invented a way to bring him back.

Sitcom based on the Cowsills ran for four years on ABC.

Robert Vaughn worked extensively in TV & films for decades. He won an Emmy, was nominated for an Oscar, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Irwin Allen was the king of 1960's Sci-fi TV. "Lost in Space" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" were his creations. America's collective imagination, including mine, was captured by the concept of space travel as we watched Redstone & Saturn rockets blast men into orbit.

A remote-controlled General Lee (the car featured on the (Dukes of Hazzard"), doing a pretty good job of recreating the car scenes from the television show.

Here you go. Almost a half-hour of some of the most classic commercials from the 1970's. Fast forward to the 15:30 mark to see the Kool Aid ad. It's awesome. Apparently, a marketing executive in 1977 thought it would be a great idea to showcase the raw meat used to make Oscar Mayer bologna...