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Before They Were Stars: John Travolta in a Haggar Mustang Slacks Commercial
Before he found fame, John Travolta was the king of starring in hilariously cheesy TV commercials during the 1970s. I’ve covered a lot of them already, but this may be his earliest as Travolta models Haggar Mustang Slacks and earns the … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Travolta in a Band-Aids Commercial
One of my earliest and favourite “Before They Were Stars” clips was a Safeguard Soap commercial from the early 1970s featuring a young John Travolta singing in the shower with two other guys. Well, guess what? I’ve got a brief … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Travolta in a Mutual of New York Commercial
One of my earliest “Before They Were Stars” features showcased John Travolta singing a happy song in the shower with two other guys in a Safeguard Soap commercial, but in sharp contrast, here’s another old John Travolta commercial for Mutual … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Travolta in an Army Commercial
One of my earliest and more popular “Before They Were Stars” features showcased a young John Travolta singing with two other guys in the shower in a Safeguard soap commercial, but Travolta appeared in quite a few commercials early on … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Travolta in a Safeguard Soap Commercial
Before singing “You’re the One That I Want” with Olivia Newton-John in Grease, John Travolta started off by singing with two other guys in the shower about how clean Safeguard soap made them feel. BTW, I have to wonder if … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: John Travolta in “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble” (Rifftrax version)
John Travolta’ s career certainly took an interesting journey before he became a star: from singing in the shower in a soap commercial to playing a guy whose immune system prevented him from even taking showers! Travolta starred in a … Continue reading
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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – May 28
Irish actor Glenn Quinn worked a variety of odd jobs in power plants and restaurants before becoming an actor. His early work consists of commercials for Pepsi and Ray-Ban, and he appeared in the music video for Richard Marx’s Satisfied. … Continue reading
Robin’s Underrated Gems: The Last Detail (1973)
As laughable as this may seem today, there was once a time when films could generate great controversy and not garner the respect they deserved because they contained profanity. Such was the case with a 1973 movie called The Last … Continue reading
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