I think someone found John DeLorean's stash that he forgot in his old desk at Pontiac.
@petestaint8312
4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 good one!
@donk499
4 ай бұрын
I was gonna say the same thing! But, I think it was laced with fentanol....
@HighSierra1500
4 ай бұрын
@@donk499 Maybe laced with GM Optikleen or GM EOS(Engine Oil Supplement) The owners manuals always said to ask your dealer for the specific usage of GM EOS.
@marckyle5895
4 ай бұрын
@@donk499 Horse tranquilizers, that's what it would have been then.
@mitchb2305
3 ай бұрын
Naw, this is too trippy. Not really cocaine-like. You get a thumbs-up anyway.
@johnfrei9057
4 ай бұрын
For some reason, after watching this video, I went on Amazon and ordered some shag carpet.
@mitchb2305
3 ай бұрын
I just got the urge to find myself a mohair suit off eBay.
@James-po6cf
3 ай бұрын
@John,me to im putting it on the dash board.😊
@James-po6cf
3 ай бұрын
That was good,I want some gogo boots now❤
@MadScientist267
3 ай бұрын
I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do with a round window
@benhunter8551
2 ай бұрын
For some reason, I just bought 6 lava lamps and some lime green flowered wallpaper for the kitchen.
@Teestar22
4 ай бұрын
I can just imagine a new sales trainee walking out after the first few minutes of this, rethinking their career choice!
@CarsandCats
4 ай бұрын
I actually walked out on my first day. Didn't even make it through the sales meeting.
@HighSierra1500
4 ай бұрын
That's how I felt when the trippy cartoon started. "Umm... I'm gonna go to the other side of the dealership and buy a GMC Suburban."
@joestrike8537
3 ай бұрын
or walking outside to smoke a blunt first
@TalismanPHX
4 ай бұрын
I sincerely miss Pontiac. 😢
@WinterInTheForest
4 ай бұрын
They were among the greatest American cars. Such a fun and sporty brand that a guy could afford to drive. I don't even know what we have today.
@mikebronicki8264
3 ай бұрын
True that. '71 Pontiacs were, car for car, the best looking lineup on the road. This was true every year from about 1967 until 1978. '79 Firebird was ugly, so that was the end of the run.
@jameswood231
3 ай бұрын
I miss Pontiac not this video clip. Someone was definitely high on something when they threw this crap together. What a mess.😮
@tampontim69
3 ай бұрын
Poor Old Neighbor Thinks It's A Cadillac
@F21_332
3 ай бұрын
I miss being young enough to walk home in 115 degree Phoenix heat, which I did, after every single Pontiac I ever owned broke down on me. Maybe an ancient one like this would be slighly more reliable, but I, for one, am glad Pontiac went the way of the Dodo. 🤷🏻
@nobuddy-cl6rs
4 ай бұрын
As a former GSM this is predictive programming at its finest. The over the top Bullwinkle fractured fairy tale approach captures the hearts and minds of the sales staff to think "only they" have the product that is going to mesmerize the consumer. Remember, there were only 3 major network TV channels then, the internal and external customer were in lock step.
@selfdo
3 ай бұрын
Those Total Television and Gamma Production cartoons (Bullwinkle, Underdog, Dudley Do-Right, Tennessee Tuxedo, etc.) were AWESOME. Although very suitable for children, they had SUBTLE touches of adult humor which typically went right over the kiddie's heads. BTW, I miss my Grandma's old 1971 Pontiac Grand Prix which was handed down to me in '84 when I graduated from Fresno State. Had the 400 four-barrel and most everything one could get on that model. It'd seen better days but still had some life left in it. Yep, shoulda kept it.
@motoxdudeNV-UT
4 ай бұрын
Oh Adam... I need to do a spot of LSD to truly appreciate this retro ad! Probably need to go down into the Midwest Basement with a bean bag and lava lamp, cranking WWWW on the Quadraphonic Receiver to make the experience complete!
@WinterInTheForest
4 ай бұрын
Let's take a trip... in a Pontiac!
@MickeyMousePark
2 ай бұрын
you forgot the velvet black light posters...
@crankychris2
4 ай бұрын
I'm 71. in 1967 the Summer of Love introduced psychedelics to America. By 1969 tripping was a way of life for tens of millions of people under 25. cops were clueless. They knew you were wasted, but there weren't any DUI laws, only DWI. So the driver blew .00 and walked a straight line while rapping " Hey man, your one of us, come join in, it's heavy man..." It took another year or two before marketing realized this, the MY 1970 Mopars had the first trippy ads with wild paints and interiors to match. Four track, then 8 track decks came in, and AOR [Album Orientated Rock] stations flourished. All was well for half a decade, with people toking and tripping while driving at triple digit speeds as long as your car could take it. There were few cops and even less traffic at night. Suddenly, it was over. Cars were deballed, Disco was here, rock music in bars disappeared. The malaise era was upon us; 55 mph speed limits, POC's [Pissed Off Cops] would jump anyone driving over 65, and urine testing became routine. Cars strained to go 85, the speedo couldn't go any higher. Miami became "Paradise Lost" As the Reagan administration dumped thousands of tons of coke [CIA "Air America" 7500 Tons] and The new Firebird/Camaro made a sizzling 165 hp, the Corvette LS82 topped the charts at 185, auto only! Jap cars spread quicker than AIDS, Detroit car sales tanked. Muscle cars didn't like rationed 87 octane no lead, most were wrecked or rusted out. I sold my modded Chally RT440 and bought a new 6 cyl Econoline van with 120 hp with a 4 on the floor manual. My go fast days were over. I wasn't a kid any more.
@myronfrobisher
4 ай бұрын
right on target - your perspective on the attitudes of the time was spot on !!! Very Well written.
@adamtrombino106
4 ай бұрын
I always knew I was born in the wrong decade. At 50 now, by the time I was of driving age, the insurance companies made damned sure I was severely restricted by what I could afford to own or operate. If it were a manual anything, more $. If it were a V8 or a turbo 4, lots more $. If it had only 2 doors, more $. If it were black, red or blue, more $ ( no lie, white or grey cars cost less to insure) And let's not even talk about an old muscle car or anything from the 70s aside from a 6 cyl sedan or a wagon. As I said, all the fun of being a new driver was gone. I'm told it's even worse now, as teens don't even care about getting their driver's licence at all, spending their $ on Ubers. Hey at least they won't be pulled over for staring at their dumb phones..
@MrTwinkieeater
4 ай бұрын
Your words flew me through the times as an observer. Excellent narrative.
@WyattWillis88
4 ай бұрын
First of all, totally captivating writing my mom is the same age so this rang completely true to me. Second I was 18 in 2006 half the age I am now and my first car out of high school was a 1970 Ford torino gt I found for $2500 it started and ran very well only one rear quarter panel was starting to rust but only upon close examination did it not look perfect. I tagged it as an antique and the insurance was shockingly affordable for a 18 year old dude 😊
@AlexanderWaylon
4 ай бұрын
Well spoken I’ve heard similar stories before kids growing up with Christine and the SS396… their first brand new car being the 77 Regal or a maybe a Dodge Aspen with no ac and a shaking 6 cylinder but every piece of malaise trim possible… gas hits 50 cents a gallon everyone wants a diesel which disgraces the most dignified of GM models, or a Volkswagen or Datsun… then next thing you know Cadillacs are your grandfathers car, Oldsmobiles are your fathers car - even downsized and both assimilated into a vague ambiguous corporate profile and then even the likes of Clark Griswold has a bland ass Taurus. 🤷🏻♂️ Something definitely got lost in translation, and it’s sad.
@Jack_Stafford
4 ай бұрын
To me this was peak pontiac/gm! Long low wide, pretty cleanly styled, sleek and smooth, distinct from each other but without a lot of extraneous doodads and cladding, much less busy than the 60s creases and chintzy ornamentation, and definitely nicer and more sorted out than many of the late 50s jukebox designs. In a way more like an extension of the rounded and smooth early 50s style, just stretched in every direction with that same nice rounded smooth style that looks elegant and posing without being obnoxious or gaudy . It's really elegantly imposing, roomy, and an amazing ride, truly luxurious cars that an average man could afford, Rolls-Royce comfort and power for the middle class. How far we have fallen.
@abramsmm1
4 ай бұрын
Big cars that were sporty, but also victims of their era. Primitive emission control technology meant low mpg and less horsepower. Rust took its toll, up north at least.
@lancebeamon9729
4 ай бұрын
The beginning of that dealer promo is groovy baby, outta sight!😁
@MarinCipollina
4 ай бұрын
Far out man.
@johnh2514
4 ай бұрын
Yowza….I think whoever created this just finished watching A Clockwork Orange…..
@danscott3880
4 ай бұрын
A bit of the old ultraviolence 😂😂😂
@bobpierce115
4 ай бұрын
@@danscott3880 Sooo glad I've never seen that film; uggghk.
@stevesosebee5860
4 ай бұрын
My Dad bought a 1971 Grand Ville new with the 455 V8 it was red with a white vinyl top. I loved that car 😊
@jimpalmer1969
3 ай бұрын
I'm sure it got great gas milage just like the video said!
@gregorylyon1004
3 ай бұрын
A 1971 Grandville with a 455 big block ??? 5 miles per gallon. LOL
@nobatteriesincluded3968
4 ай бұрын
There’s nothing new under the sun isn’t BMW using these Pontiac grills nowadays 😂 cool content 💯
@BlutoBlutarsky
4 ай бұрын
There was actually a civil suit filed by BMW regarding the similarity and brand identity in the late 80s or early 90s. I believe it was thrown out.
@Lasuvidaboy-jp4xe
4 ай бұрын
True! I see clearly Pontiac design in the taillights of the current Genesis SUV’s.
@oceanlover3530
4 ай бұрын
@@Lasuvidaboy-jp4xe I agree! Definite similarities. 👍🏻✌🏻👍🏻
@jamesslick4790
3 ай бұрын
@@BlutoBlutarsky It HAD to be tossed as Pontiac was doing the split grill motif since 1959!
@BlutoBlutarsky
3 ай бұрын
@@jamesslick4790 To be fair BMW split grills go back to the 30s but yeah I agree, totally frivolous.
@daveanderson177
4 ай бұрын
I had a 71 Grandville Convertible. What a cruiser. Top down, serious highway ride.
@RedBone-q2v
3 ай бұрын
I remember those, 400 engine, 6 miles per gallon. 😂
@velotraveler
2 ай бұрын
My buddy had an ugly green convertible. 😅
@tombrown1898
4 ай бұрын
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.......
@kennethanway7979
4 ай бұрын
Blotter...mmmmm....
@glennso47
4 ай бұрын
Judy In Disguise With Glasses? 🤓
@jefferypease3920
4 ай бұрын
I miss those cars with the gas filler in the back behind the license plate didn’t have to think about what side of the pump to pull up on
@dc10fomin65
4 ай бұрын
Wow, what a great concept, I am 75 and never thought of that, I had a Mercedez it was on the passenger side, now a Lexus on the driver side, you should have patented this point and would have been a billionaire by now, just great!
@martinliehs2513
4 ай бұрын
I think a lot of full size American cars in the 1970s had the fuel filler behind the hinged license plate bracket. A good idea in terms of access from the left or right, but it also required you to bend over compared to the fender mounted filler doors.
@paulhare662
4 ай бұрын
Many cars have a tiny arrowhead printed on the gas gauge pointing to the side the filler is on. If you don't know about it you likely won't notice it.
@adamtrombino106
4 ай бұрын
Rear crash standards actually killed the rear filler neck. For some time now, they have been mounted on the left side as fuel tanks moved forward, which is safer. Oddly enough, Ford's vertical mounted tanks on the full sized cars, which was ahead of the rear diff, was a novel safety idea.
@michaelorlando6159
4 ай бұрын
Omg im speechless. the fly? And they kept coming and coming and always too soon
@sightlinereaders
4 ай бұрын
The narrator of the beginning segment (up to 7:18) is clearly Ken Nordine. He later did a radio show called "Word Jazz" on WBEZ in Chicago. Maybe they gave him the assignment and he just did his thing. If you want to go down a worm hole search Ken Nordine Word Jazz. Make sure you have a favorite beverage or THC delivery system or both at hand.
@fob1xxl
4 ай бұрын
I had a 1974 "Grand Prix." Loved the car. The "only" excuse I can find for the instruction video was it was the "70s" ! Leftover 60s bleeding into the 70s. It happens every decade !
@BillLaBrie
4 ай бұрын
What we call “the 60s” started in 65 and ended in about 73. Before 65 everything was still brylcreem and mayo sandwiches.
@leifhoklin2681
4 ай бұрын
Not sure you understand how to use quotation marks.
@jamesmancuso3666
4 ай бұрын
@@leifhoklin2681 F the marks. Those who know know. Those who dont are doomed to be sheep.
@bobjohnson205
4 ай бұрын
@@BillLaBrie I miss "brylcreem''! lol
@amandab.recondwith8006
4 ай бұрын
I'm having an anxiety attack just watching this! Never cared for acid myself. This is beyond bizarre - it's downright insane!!
@sergioleone3583
4 ай бұрын
I think even if one was cool with trips in general, this sales vid would induce a bad one.
@gabrielvieira6529
3 ай бұрын
agreed
@stevefaul1710
3 ай бұрын
The name you are seeking is Ken Nordine. That's his voice doing the narration, and most likely his agency, or the agency he was working with, who produced this film. The swirly, bendy visuals were a product of cutting edge video technology featured at one point in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" the same year. Nordine was a renowned voice poet at the time, with albums of work. He would later be overexposed in a series of Levi's commercials that are now legend. Fifty years ago, he was at the top of the game.
@hangonsnoop
4 ай бұрын
What could be better than Scanimate animation and Ken Nordine?
@donaldhaack6553
3 ай бұрын
3 minutes in, and Ken Nordine is the answer to why this film is like this. Go back to 1957 and listen to Word Jazz by Fred Katz and Ken Nordine. There were some real cool cats working at the agency.
@Zulda7231
4 ай бұрын
The whispering "Pontiacs" in the background is spooky! Wowie!
@michaelroberts6450
4 ай бұрын
"In closing, if you bought a 1970 Pontiac you own an engineering disaster and you must get rid of that pile and get a 1971 to be right with the automotive world" lol. As far as the introduction with the LSD inspired graphic arts man I couldn't stand to watch it after about 1 minute had to fast forward to where that bad trip ended eyes couldn't take it anymore. Bizarre .
@paulhare662
4 ай бұрын
The 70s were not always the wonderful time they are remembered to have been. It was frequently a bizarre ugly colored time.
@justintyme7213
4 ай бұрын
I did the same thing lol, watched the psychedelic stuff for about a minute and that was enough.😳
@anthonym.cardali1875
3 ай бұрын
I will take that 70 Safari Wagon
@jamesslick4790
3 ай бұрын
@@anthonym.cardali1875 Me too!
@eldoradony
4 ай бұрын
Old television ads from the 50's showed products and demonstrated and explained why you should buy. The part of this training video with the engineers explaining the new cars and visual demonstrations makes sense in any era. The start of that video would make me want to get up and walk out of the room.
@mriguy3202
4 ай бұрын
And they tended to state that 'this product is the finest in the world' and try to convince you why. Now it's all about how it makes you feel, which this approach is certainly emblematic. Remember the Infinity ads that did not show you the car? Adam could certainly do at least a hundred videos about horrible car advertising; the ads that implied, 'buy this car and the women will be irresistibly drawn to you' type.
@eldoradony
4 ай бұрын
@@mriguy3202 I do remember the Infiniti ad. Never really understood it. Neither did I rush to buy one...
@jeffrobodine8579
4 ай бұрын
The Childrens Television Workshop doing their after hours moonlighting.
@issyparrish
4 ай бұрын
I couldn’t say it any more concise. Oh to be a fly on the wall when this video was started in a training session. I can only imagine the, pardon my French, “WTF” comments being muttered.
@pcno2832
4 ай бұрын
It was as if they brought in Sid and Marty Krofft.
@DavidNaquin
4 ай бұрын
tom terrific drawings
@tholmes2169
4 ай бұрын
Nailed it. I remember those early episodes of Sesame Street. Same groove and feel.
@gravityissues5210
3 ай бұрын
It was an analog video animation system called Scanimation. It was used all the time on _The Electric Company_ and also made a few appearances in _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory._
@jime.9185
4 ай бұрын
Adam, you're right, this is one weird video. The full size 71 Pontiacs were not half the car the 65 and 66 Pontiacs were. Jim E
@MarinCipollina
4 ай бұрын
Actually, all the 1961 - 1967 Pontiacs were all just amazing. Pontiac could do no wrong that era.
@wmennisny
4 ай бұрын
GOOD GOD I think that training video is absolutely, positively AWESOME! I've never seen anything quite like it, it's AMAZING! Now, what it has to do with selling cars, I haven't the foggiest idea lol.
@bobhoward6676
4 ай бұрын
WoW, I'm sold, I want one one of each now. I hope it's not too late.
@stephenmoxley3004
4 ай бұрын
Great video, Adam. In 1971 I was twenty years old and the words that come to me at the beginning of this video are "acid trip."
@rightlanehog3151
4 ай бұрын
Adam, To answer your question, they were smoking Marlboro, Winston, Camel, Lucky Strike and Kool cigarettes among other brands. Some were smoking non-Cuban cigars including those smaller, tipped cigars which are sometimes referred to as 'cigarillos'. Finally, a substantial minority were smoking their tobacco from a pipe as had been the custom since the days of Sir Walter Raleigh. The non-smokers involved in producing this film would have certainly ingested copious amounts of second hand smoke and gone home every day with their clothes reeking. Beyond all this inhalation of dubious substances, during lunch breaks and after office hours many of those involved in the production would have consumed substantial quantities of legal drugs like alcohol. These alcohol-altered discussions may well have impacted the final editorial choices. All in all, large quantities of nicotine and a myriad of other perfectly legal poisonous chemicals would have played a large role in shaping the final form of this film. Just Say Yes to Pontiac®and Just Say No to Drugs. 😉 One thing we can all agree on is the fact that automotive engineers ought to wear short sleeved dress shirts and ties at all times. 😁😁
@mtut
3 ай бұрын
"It's toasted."
@lilredcrvtt
4 ай бұрын
Weird. But appropriate for the early 1970's. I recall that time, lots of advertising was like that back then.
@robertgastreich9846
4 ай бұрын
I have no words for this.
@mnragnar
3 ай бұрын
SWEET!!! Ken Nordine! Of all the recordings in my Ken Nordine collection, I don't have this one. There are a lot of snippets of his other works embedded in this. Check out "Word Jazz" or his collection of "Colors". Anyone else remember Ken's Levis commercials? Ken was one class act. A real loss when he passed away in 2019. Thank you for sharing this "gem".
@kaybroughton9004
4 ай бұрын
I can't even guess at the conversations these men had over dinner with the wife and kids after viewing this 🥴
@gm12551
4 ай бұрын
Oh you know honey just another day at the office.
@aaronjaben7913
4 ай бұрын
the voice is Ken Nordine who did the equally trippy Word Jazz that used to be on public radio
@Wiencourager
4 ай бұрын
He was still putting out new stuff on KZitem well into his 90s.
@Ericstrains
4 ай бұрын
That’s just pure LSD for that intro. The rest of it is great. If only I had a Pontiac to fill the emptiness in my heart. Gotta love it. We need more stuff like this today.
@eyerollthereforeiam1709
4 ай бұрын
It was the weirdest of times... It was the trip-iest of times, dude. What else can we expect from that bizarre time where the 60's gave way to the 70's?
@rf159a
4 ай бұрын
If you didn't grow up during the 60's and 70's you don't get it! You had to grow up around that time.
@mitchellbarnow1709
4 ай бұрын
@@rf159aI was there!
@gigglybeast
4 ай бұрын
Watching that made me feel high.
@groovy1937
4 ай бұрын
@@rf159a Agree! Exactly what I was going to post!
@samiam5557
4 ай бұрын
I think current times are way stranger than back then.
@gordonmacqueen8694
4 ай бұрын
That was a freaking journey. Wow. I love some of the vintage sales material that Osborn Tramain has uploaded, where the automakers compare their car to the competitors.
@jimpalmer1969
3 ай бұрын
Makes me want to go buy one. Actually I graduated from HS in 1971. Psychedelic was in every thing from clothes to music to TV commercials. The beginning of the movie, I'm sure it was sent to the dealers as a 16mm movie, was a presentation to jazz up the sales people. Video tapes did not come main stream for another 6-7 years. Doing a full on color cartoon was a very expensive and time consuming thing. A 7 minute kids cartoon would take up to six months to create. Weekly shows like the Bugs Bunny Show was an hour long and the studios had different teams to develop the content in parallel to put an annual season. Remember, there were only three national TV networks and many communities would be lucky to get just two. A real time trip, for out dude and thanks for posting the groovy movie.
@joeblow812
4 ай бұрын
I was a teenager in the 1970s and I never dropped any acid but the beginning of this is how I imagined it would be. 🤪
@JeffW77
4 ай бұрын
I remember Car & Driver's headline for their road test of the new Pontiac Grand Ville: "Grand Ville: French for Big City, American for Big Boat." The narrator must be Ken Nordine--great voice. He did the "trippy" Levi's commercials and many more.
@robertalbertson889
4 ай бұрын
I think this was produced the week Cheech and Chong visited the Pontiac advertising department? Too many very long lunch breaks that involved the use of a green leafy substance? Wow what an acid trip 😮😂
@georgeballow7028
4 ай бұрын
Still have my ‘72 Grand Prix ordered new from Ace Pontiac. Maybe this video helped my salesman seal the deal? Funny, we’ve transitioned from boasting about the number of ashtrays to the number of cup holders.
@ModelAForAday
4 ай бұрын
That was really bizarre 🤣! But entertaining thanks for sharing Adam!
@JeffFrmJoisey
4 ай бұрын
This fits the year perfectly. I was in 9th grade when this came out. Lots of ads and other media was like this. Nobody back then would have thought this was anything out of the ordinary.
@73_f100
4 ай бұрын
A crystal clear demonstration that culture always co-opts counterculture.
@pcno2832
4 ай бұрын
10:45 Do I detect some rhetorical slight of hand here? I've always heard that B-body cars had the same floorpans, all having the same legroom regardless of wheelbase, meaning that both the '70 and '71 Bonevilles and '71 GrandVilles had the wheelbase stretched between the front wheels and the firewall, giving them no more interior space than the Catalina. I suspect that they were saying "more interior room", knowing it meant that the '71 had more space (mostly more width) than the '70, but they were hoping the dealers and customers would think that the wheelbase stretch for which they might be paying was actually giving the longer models more legroom, though it wasn't.
@Sedan57Chevy
4 ай бұрын
Advertising really took a strange turn after Don Draper took off and headed west... In all seriousness, this is kinda neat but I can't imagine a 54 year old Pontiac salesman who drove a beige Bonneville watching this in late 1970 in preparation for the new cars. They must've thought society had totally collapsed and management was off their rocker. I think it's pretty cool! I can appreciate Pontiac trying something wildly different than the very cut and dry training films for other cars. You can find plenty of 1960d training films on YT for Mopars and they were white bread compared to this multi grain loaf of oddity.
@adamtrombino106
4 ай бұрын
I agree. Though fun to watch, those old 50 and early 60s ads and training vids are so corny and so obviously biased. I just like to see the cars in action, when new. In this series, Pontiac really pushed the Grandville hard into Buick Electra and Olds 98 territory. Kinda surprised GM brass gave the OK. Either way, the lower priced full sized cars sold way better. My GM biased grandfather used to say that if you had a bit more $, you bought a Pontiac rather than a Chevy. If you had a little bit more, you bought a Buick. If you couldn't quite afford a Caddy, you bought an Olds.
@anthonym.cardali1875
3 ай бұрын
@@adamtrombino106 my belief is more Chevy, Olds, Pontiac, Buick, Caddy in order of upscaling
@loveisall5520
4 ай бұрын
When I was in high school in 1971 my parents bought a '71 Grand Ville, beige with a brown vinyl roof. My best friend's parents bought a '71 Electra 225 Custom. The difference in driving and ride was very noticeable. The Electra just felt like the heavier body it was on, and it was definitely quieter. However, that Grand Ville certainly had a long hood! The last Pontiac my parents bought after 25 years of Pontiacs.
@rightlanehog3151
4 ай бұрын
Your parents' Grand Ville sounds similar to the one Adam has in his collection.
@EJohnDanton
4 ай бұрын
Imagine that VoiceOver gig - "you have to whisper 'dreams', 'wow-wee' and 'Pontiac'". "there was a fly in the Frankincense!"
@darrellsaunders4267
4 ай бұрын
Maybe John D. passed out some good 'smoke' to the PR department.....ha ha
@jeffshadow2407
4 ай бұрын
I think these new-for-1971 Pontiacs are beautiful!
@MikeB612
4 ай бұрын
I took my drivers test on my parents 1971 Pontiac Catalina.
@bigjoe330
4 ай бұрын
You were right.. that introduction wasn't necessary and was very odd even for that era. Afterwards it was very informative. My Grandpa bought his last car a ,'71 Grandville a year before he passed and it came to my Mom and we used it for years. It was a beautiful beast with that V8 and it gave our family years of reliable use. It was comforting to know my Poppy was seeing us enjoy his car from above. ❤️🇺🇲🙏
@wmalden
4 ай бұрын
I believe that it was the Mustang that pioneered the long hood, short deck style.
@loumontcalm3500
4 ай бұрын
Actually it goes way way back. Look at a '41 Continental for example.
@MarinCipollina
4 ай бұрын
It would be the Corvette in the modern era
@trudygreer2491
4 ай бұрын
Also, I think Viegil Exner might have something to say about front ends that "suggest the classical look of the 30s"..
@frankparsons1426
3 ай бұрын
I remember being so excited about the new '71 cars as a kid in late summer of '70. Many of the '71's were thrilling... but I was SO disappointed with the Pontiacs. I expected them to be sleek and amazing but that grill treatment was purely horrific (even for a kid)... literally inspired a kid version of "What were they thinking?"
@The1cdccop
4 ай бұрын
Just a sign of the times. It was 1971 and maybe GM was just trying to appeal to the younger generation. Some of the Oldsmobile commercials were trying to be "Hip". "Youngmobile". You're talking about an era who came up with the movie "Yellow Submarine" and shows like "HR Puff & Stuff".
@tomcooper6108
3 ай бұрын
Hell, anyone who watched TV in '71 would recognize this as new ways to advertise. The voice-over comes directly from radio. Nothing weird about this...but this was typical 70s.
@andrewinaustintx
4 ай бұрын
The Firebird and Gran Prix still look good. I guess there were high hopes for the Grand Ville.
@adamtrombino106
4 ай бұрын
I'm confused as to their thinking that extending the windshield forward of the car, gave more passenger space.
@Glenns_Concho_Ranch
3 ай бұрын
What an ego stroking materialistic extravaganza. By 1971 its not hard to imagine that more than a few car salesman and training executives were partaking of significant amounts of pot and acid for inspiration. The sense of manipulation one feels watching this and the pressure to conform to a goose stepping standard is enough to make a reasonable person run for the exits.
@lght5548
4 ай бұрын
Man, whatever they were smoking when they produced that video was so good, I got a contact high from just watching it.🤣😂😅
@daveswinfield
3 ай бұрын
Since you asked... here's my two cents. The video was produced to be so ridiculous that it would be talked about non-stop after the sales meeting. In the showroom, not too full of customers yet, the sales staff will gather in their favorite groups and make fun of the video they were just subjected to. Their sarcastic recitals of the dialog from the video will spread laughter through the group. The best bits are repeated often. All along the sales staff are spewing the rhetoric that the corporation wants them to in a fun and creative manner. This, in turn, gives rise to new, fresh, funny, and creative conversations with customers. I sold cars for a short while and always dreaded the video "pep talk" on a Saturday morning.
@johnminbiole6835
3 ай бұрын
pretty good read, nice rhetorical analysis!
@daveswinfield
3 ай бұрын
@johnminbiole6835 Thanks John.
@kennethbode2017
4 ай бұрын
can you imagine a bunch of 50 year old salesmen sitting through that intro. they'd be out of there
@peterbedrosian622
4 ай бұрын
probably went threw a pack of cigarettes
@kennethbode2017
4 ай бұрын
@@peterbedrosian622 and a pint of scotch
@AlexanderWaylon
4 ай бұрын
I think they were very proud of the new cars advantages but as demonstrated in your much previous video, how can they say they spent more on the interior? I understand how they were proud of keeping up with sales indicators styling wise and it is a pretty car but yeah that’s definitely a period time capsule. Shows how our society changed from elegant and artistic 65 Impala in the ocean commercial to this “ peel the paint “… our society has ADD and we forget our recent history so quickly with little or no remorse so we don’t understand our past very well.
@endtimes2100
4 ай бұрын
Gonna get in my wayback machine and get me some of dat 32.9 cent @ gallon gasserine.
@adamtrombino106
4 ай бұрын
I still have my dad's 1979 gas receipt for the 1st time he paid over $1.00 per gallon for regular leaded. No lead was higher due to increased demand via the cat converter. He told me that it was right around this time that stations in the midwest started cutting back on what he called 'high test' or premium fuel cuz not many were buying it. That would make a comeback in the mid 80s as turbo cars requiring higher octane fuel started to become the norm. I had 1 of those in a Mopar during the early 90s and if I couldn't find gas rated 91 or higher, that car ran like dog poo.
@MarinCipollina
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for this one, Adam.. I have to admit, that's one of the strangest dealer videos I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a few. It was the Age of Aquarius, the counterculture and psychedelic drug use were near their peak. I wouldn't be surprised if the creators were on a trip of their own when writing this one.
@blintzkreig1638
4 ай бұрын
So late 60's/early 70's.
@edwardpate6128
4 ай бұрын
I was 11 in 1971 and I don't remember everyone being quite this wacky. LOL And will you look at those sideburns!
@James-po6cf
3 ай бұрын
Growing up in the 70s,80s, was a blast man have fond memories,the drive inns, i wish some would make a drive so the younger gen.could experience what we did,im from 1964 model❤
@305classics
4 ай бұрын
I love all classic cars but that car is ugly. Not sure what Pontiac was thinking.
@stormythelowcountrykitty7147
4 ай бұрын
It’s a matter of taste - I really like them. That’s not dissing you; it’s just my view. 😊
@dustin_4501
4 ай бұрын
They wanted to copycat the Continental and themselves since the Grand Prix had the vertical grill too.
@ianjay5301
4 ай бұрын
I spent a lot of time behind the wheel of a Catalina coupe. It took a while, but I got used to it and found the whole car very attractive. Great car for gobbling up many miles. I preferred tthe 72 LeSabre my aunt drove (another car that was highly capable of long Interstate drives). I know people consider them malaise cars - but if you had ever spent time driving them you would proabably have a much different opinion. Context is important - a 1971 Toyota was nothing like these cruisers.
@markbehr88
3 ай бұрын
That was weird. I do have a working GM Mini Theatre and most of the various division cartridges from 1971 to 1980. 👍
@NYCBluesTRio
4 ай бұрын
1971 was a strange time. The flower power scene of the late 60s started seeping into the mainstream. The malaise era hadn't really taken over yet. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that some people at the ad agency were literally instead of metaphorically smoking something.
@louannchipman1749
3 ай бұрын
This is awesome and funny! My Dee (Daddy) sold these new in '71 and I am sure he laughed his butt off at this trippy promo training film - wish I could ask him about it now, but I sadly lost him in 2018.
@shawnmcculley2995
3 ай бұрын
Awesome video!! Fits right in with the time period. Nothing weird about this at all.
@unclebob7937
4 ай бұрын
Wow, man! ✌️ great times Great cars, great music!
@dansmusic5749
4 ай бұрын
Probably the same thing I was back then. I was very happy. This was probably done to inject a little enthusiasm to a dull subject known well by Pontiac dealers. People didn't take themselves so seriously then, as now. Or, is it me? This is very light-hearted. Why do it? Because it’s fun. Were people crazy, stupid back then? Yes. And just like these beautiful old cars, we didn’t know how good we had it. Listen up, youngsters (and anyone else), make the most of what you have, it could be the best years of your life.✌
@markmaiello9180
4 ай бұрын
What gets me is someone PAID for the animation…someone came up with the concept…someone wrote the script…someone narrated it…and then, they drop it into a more or less conventional training video…The clash is jarring…The Taj Mahal is a Pontiac dealership? Really? Looks as if the animation was meant to boost teamwork…(but it was just a dream.)
@karlpeterson9334
3 ай бұрын
The way the tailgate opens with power, I never saw work before. And I'm old.
@SeaTravelr123
4 ай бұрын
Oh the Irony... "Pure Pontiac" is short and to the point, yet their crazy ass video was sooooo long...lol thanks for sharing Adam....
@MarinCipollina
4 ай бұрын
'Pure Pontiac' was a great tagline.
@SeaTravelr123
4 ай бұрын
@@MarinCipollina most definitely. When I got my first 71 Brochure for my GV I thought it was perfect. My first car in high school was a 71 Catalina
@gabrielvieira6529
3 ай бұрын
Wow, you were not joking! What an acid trip that was. I have to say that the designers and animators had a hard time making thheir thoughts into a movie.. LOL!
@Stevenimich
4 ай бұрын
Were they listening to Iron Butterfly's, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" and smoking marijuana while putting the cartoon together?
@MarinCipollina
4 ай бұрын
Yeah.. In the basement with black light tubes and fluorescent black light poster art.
@waynejohnson1304
4 ай бұрын
The beginning reminds me of an LSD trip. (LOL) That drug was popular at the time. The Grand Ville was a great car. When G.M. came out with the "computer selected" springs, the difference in ride comfort was like night and day. I think the wagon rode better on all coils though, but, that is my personal opinion. Very few people "hot rod" it in a station wagon. The leaf springs handled a heavier load though. The interiors in the Grand Ville were also very comfortable and as quiet as this video claimed. The air conditioners were far superior to those of today. They were not designed to take into consideration the outside temperature in the highest setting like today's cars. They would get so cold that your teeth could actually start chattering OR the compressor froze up. If that happened, you just slid the knob on "vent" for a few minutes and everything would return to normal. The a/c in these cars would cool the interior off faster than in my XTS. The same holds true for my '76 Fleetwood Brougham.
@dereksuddreth8672
3 ай бұрын
I owned a black on black 1971 Grand Prix Model SJ wit a 455 CI engine and Turbo-Hydromatic Transmission. This was our "Family Hot Rod".
@michaelwitas9482
4 ай бұрын
The intro was fun to watch and entertaining. It didn't bother me at all. What was considered as creative in 1970 might not be considered as such today, especially to someone born in the 1980's or 1990's. Cartoons and animation were used frequently in advertising and media in the 1960's and early 1970's. What I thought was interesting in the video is that all the competitive cars in the video got a variation of the Pontiac nose. That did indeed happen, especially at Ford. However, I didn't understand how an increase in wheelbase at the front and a longer hood resulted in more roominess inside the new Pontiacs. It's also interesting how the Grand Ville has been almost forgotten except by collectors. It was an attempt to reach further into Buick and Olds territory. I remember riding in my grandfather's dark blue 1974 Catalina 4 door sedan with the 400V8 and no air conditioning. To me, it was a dull car, lacking any feeling of excitement or luxury. But he seemed to like it.
@rovervitesse1985
4 ай бұрын
I always found the chrysler dealer comparison videos weird. “Our grille is made from steel, our ashtray is 30% larger, our bumper loops: therefore our cars are better!” 😅
@paulsnell1274
4 ай бұрын
This is so weird. The cartoon is like the fever dreams of an acid trip. It would be interesting to find other ad campaigns that this Ad Agency created.
@gentlegiants1974
3 ай бұрын
So 71, introduction of evaporative emissions across the line..the beginning of a terminal illness that eventually killed off the beautiful era of automobiles.
@johnbullerjahn884
3 ай бұрын
I couldn't even finish it. I heard that Pontiac lost over half of it's sales force within the first minute of the video 😂
@madmike2624
4 ай бұрын
Acid trippy is exactly the best description!!!! (And I have been on a few back in the day)! Thankfully, the video got more normal towards the middle, but that beginning was out of this world.
@clbernier2
3 ай бұрын
I love this…being a Pontiac lover. The difference between the 70’s models and the new 71’s is huge…especially that rear tailgate and rear window on the big wagons. The first Grand Ville was a big deal too, although I wished they had just kept the already established Bonneville as the top car. They were forward thinking and they had excellent products.
@stevespatola763
4 ай бұрын
The intro is difficult to watch without an LSD trip. The cartoonist characters did emulate the habber dashery of the common car salesman. These were indeed very nice cars. The dropping of the Pintisc performance aura forced them and the rest of GM to sell comfort and luxury instead. The 70s were underappreciated at the time. I own two 78 Oldsmobiles that I appreciate for their attractiveness and reliability.
@user-spacrazie
4 ай бұрын
As a kid growing up in the early 70s, the first part of the video looked befitting, though today it sure appears like the video editors were smoking some good stuff 😅. Great info on the different models.
@melterofsnowflakes
4 ай бұрын
Seems like people at Pontiac were doing a little too much "LDS during the 60's."
@nickpalance3622
4 ай бұрын
Hello, computer! Hello, computer? A keyboard? How quaint!
@mattheiustwittyham5501
4 ай бұрын
I have a 1971 LeMans Sport Convertible. I found a nifty Pontiac dealer plastic folder on EBay, in bright orange and it has the Motto “1971 Riding High”. In psychedelic writing. It’s a pretty neat thing to have with the PHS documentation.
@benritchsmith
4 ай бұрын
That training film gave my stomach a queasy feeling, just like almost everything about the early 70’s. Reminds me puberty: clumsy and homely.
@chasmo58
4 ай бұрын
That opening sequence made me wonder if any of the creatives responsible for the animation and it's story went on to to work for Ralph Bakshi when he made the movie Wizards
@lcr466
3 ай бұрын
Ken Nordine, the voice, was from the north side of Chicago. He had a vacation home at Spread Eagle, Wisconsin. My grandma tried to fix up my mom with Ken's brother who was a successful engineer.
@BlairAir
3 ай бұрын
On a more serious note (slightly) -That Gan Ville was not too bad! I particularly like the Tail Light Treatment with the insets at the trailing edge of the rear quarter panels, and the headlights were really well done. Somewhat pronounced without being elevated to a top functioning styling element. These guys in Styling Studios were able to do an incredible amount with the exact same bulbs across dozens of models. Two 7 inch bulbs 04 four 5.5 inch, they somehow made them all look unique, with some designs being distinctive, as we have here. The slightest bulge to present them above and in front of the surrounding panel, along with a separation created by a tucked seam betwixt the pair. Really, truly nice work. .
@ICECREAMAN1701
3 ай бұрын
Takes a hit off a joint and passing it on, "Let's make the picture wave and the voices to echo." Everyone else in the room taking a hit, "Yeah, that'd be trippy."
@yjon4004
3 ай бұрын
the Early 1970's Pontiacs were truly great cars, my extended family had many of them during my childhood but this training film is as though Dr. Seuss dropped acid and was having a really bad trip I feel I would have to be high as a kite to really follow this film, if you ever needed it this would be proof positive there was No Drug testing at this Ad Agency or at Pontiac for that matter, because someone approved this film for display to their salesmen
@bglrj
3 ай бұрын
The guy who made this cartoon and narrated it, Ken Nordine, was a leading beatnik poet in the 1950's. He put out an album with Jerry Garcia and Tom Waits and narrated a Grateful Dead New Year's Eve concert in 1991. He was Linda Blair's vocal coach for The Exorcist. Enough said.
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