Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Remember Union 76? (1972)

Union 76 oil was largely a regional company, a West Coast cousin, if ya will, to Chevron. Well before the US' bicentennial in 1976, Union Oil was promoting the "Spirit of '76" in their ads. You'd often see their logo turning up at Dodger Stadium during baseball season.

In this 1972 spot, Noam Pitlik (Sanford & Son) plays a mechanic. Pitlik would leave Sanford to concentrate on his directorial career, which would lead to Emmy & Peabody Awards, as well as an award from the Director's Guild of America for his work on Barney Miller. Casey Kasem is the announcer at the end.



Casey would later do a series of spots for Chevron, among a zillion endorsement deals.

2 comments:

Mike Doran said...

The customer is Dick Yarmy, the brother of Don Adams.

Just in case he seemed familiar to you …

hobbyfan said...

Since I haven't seen enough of Yarmy, I wouldn't have known. Thanks.