Great ad, even though the VO is hard to understand! He's saying, "It's one thing to predict the future. It's another to help make it. Write The Peace Corps. The world needs all the help it can get."
Holy shoot I remember this! Been over 50 years since I seen it. I've always seen this commercial in the back of my mind every time I've heard Aquarius Let The Sunshine In.
I remember this. Part of my childhood. I loved it. You even captured the awful sound quality of 1960s TV's. I had no idea what the lyrics or narration were about.
I loved this ad when I was a kid. As I recall it typically ran in the daytime. 1969-1970, thereabouts, contemporaneous with the 5th Dimension’s version of the song.
IMO, this is the best version of Aquarius ever recorded and MP's vocal is way better than the 5th Dimension's. So here's the question: they must have recorded the entire song prior to cutting the commercial. So where is it? Has to be somewhere...
I remember this as a little kid. It aired in the early, 1970s, too.
Its better than getting drafted to 'Nam.
Or going to prison or fleeing to Canada.
I wasn't crazy after all. I did remember this on TV.
Great ad, even though the VO is hard to understand! He's saying, "It's one thing to predict the future. It's another to help make it. Write The Peace Corps. The world needs all the help it can get."
That's the late Alexander Scourby providing the voiceover.
Holy shoot I remember this! Been over 50 years since I seen it. I've always seen this commercial in the back of my mind every time I've heard Aquarius Let The Sunshine In.
OMG, I have thought about this commercial my whole life. It TERRIFIED toddler me!!! I would run under the table and hide when it came on! Thanks? LOL
😄Thanks!
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Wow. I remember this like it was yesterday. If the audio was true to the original, I swear to God you would like it as much as the 5th Dimension
I loved this commercial when it came out!! Thank you for bringing it back.
I remember this ad as a child. So it was Peace Corps commercial. I had no idea.
Gosh I remember this . I was 8 years old
I remember this. Part of my childhood. I loved it. You even captured the awful sound quality of 1960s TV's. I had no idea what the lyrics or narration were about.
I loved this ad when I was a kid. As I recall it typically ran in the daytime. 1969-1970, thereabouts, contemporaneous with the 5th Dimension’s version of the song.
I loved this commercial when I was young I didn't know it was for peace corps
Out of sight
what a blast from the early childhood past. Nice!
So grooooovy, so faaarrr-ouuutttt!💕
Summer of '70, If I remember correctly.
Man, you needed a warning for how loud it is!
He looks like Bardem's character Anton Chigurh from the movie "No Country for Old Men"
nice-thanks!
Now I think I know why my father’s friend in the peace corps was a hippie.
Ow, my ears.
IMO, this is the best version of Aquarius ever recorded and MP's vocal is way better than the 5th Dimension's. So here's the question: they must have recorded the entire song prior to cutting the commercial. So where is it? Has to be somewhere...
I agree, best version. By the way, who is MP and have you found the entire song?
I'm sure someone can redub this
Yes, URGENTY, please!
Possibly the worst audio quality of anything ever