In honor of Ed McMahon’s passing, and found via Ann Althouse (blogging once again on her usual turf), the early 1970s defined, in a clip that was apparently designed for wholesalers of Budweiser Beer:
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Even in the Ron Burgandy-esque era of 1972, “When Late Night Television Was Young”, as Andrea Shea King writes at Big Hollywood, did anybody actually associate Budweiser as being that swinging and hip a beer brand? It’s certainly no Pabst Blue Ribbon…
Related: In other news documenting the slow demise of the legacy mass media, “Now Newspapers, Tomorrow the Evening News.”
Related: Though rather tangentially — Tim Blair and David Thompson look back in bemusement at 1970s British feminism, which arose partially in response to the UK moments equivalent to the above clip.
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