Blast from the Past: Bath Time in the 70s!

I was brainstorming, trying to figure out what to post for this week's Blast from the Past, and I thought, most people are going to see this on Monday morning, right? And what does everybody do first thing Monday morning? Hop in the tub, that's what! And if you don't, maybe you should watch #8.






1. Shower to Shower - A sprinkle a day helps keep odor away! Odor seems to have been a problem in the 70s.
2. Head & Shoulders - Poor Penny Marshall, rooming with Farrah Fawcett? Laverne & Farrah!
3. Gilette Trac II - I can't help but notice that shaving ads have gotten a lot sexier since the 70s. . .
4. Mr. Bubble - Do kids still take bubble baths?
5. Irish Spring - A manly scent. And was I complaining about a lack of the sexy? My, my, my. . .
6. Nair Baby Oil - Baby goils? Really?
7. Prell Shampoo - The husband in this ad seems potentially abusive.
8. Dial Soap - Aren't you glad you use Dial? Don't you wish everybody did? Oh, and the sexy makes a bit of a show in this one too. But they still liked to stick in a schlub or two!

Blast from the Past: Old Shampoo Commercials

As I said before, I've had a lazy Sunday. Unfortunately, "cold blogging"--trying to dive into posting things after a down day--is difficult work. Especially when the news (mostly about the economy) is so far out of my grasp.

So, how 'bout something silly and frivolous? So let's take a blast to the past, this time with shampoo commercials from the seventies and eighties. Get yourself squeaky clean, old school style!




#1 - Prell - One of my step mothers always used to use Prell, the very green shampoo. And this 1972 commercial is relevent today, with the husband trying to get his wife to save money by not wasting shampoo. Ummm, OK. . .

#2 - Head & Shoulders - From a long line of "what will people think?"-type commercials, Head & Shoulders tried to get people to worry about dandruff. To score with a golf instructor, apparently.

#3 - Faberge - And they told two friends, and so on, and so on. . .

#4 - Body on Tap - Yes, there was once a beer-based shampoo. But don't drink it! Couldn't find a commercial with that phrase, but it used to be the tag line, believe it or not.