BOOTLEG FILES 874: “The Avery Schreiber Doritos Commercials” (1970s television advertising campaign).

LAST SEEN: On YouTube.

AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.

REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It falls into the grey area of old-time advertising.

CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Not likely.

Question: When was the last time that a television commercial made you laugh out loud? Not in a polite giggle, but a genuine roar of jollity. Quite frankly, I get the impression that the creative minds behind today’s television commercials have absolutely no sense of humor – stupidity and puerility, yes, but no humor.
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