TVparty!: The 'Ancient Chinese Secret' Commercial

Monday, June 10, 2013

The 'Ancient Chinese Secret' Commercial

One of the most frequent classic TV questions I get is - "What was that commercial that talked about an 'Ancient Chinese Secret'?" It was an ad for Calgon laundry detergent in the early-1970s, here it is from You Tube.

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REVIEWS:

'TVparty is hands down the best site on the Web for classic TV.' - Discovery Channel
'Get the inside scoop on all your favorite classic TV shows at TVParty.' - USA Today
'An ingenious tribute that elevates the TV past to artlike proportions. Site guru Billy Ingram has compiled features both over-the-top and museum worthy, blissful nostalgia for those born in the '40s or the '80s. A+ - Entertainment Weekly
'It's too good to be true. Put together by Billy Ingram, TVparty.com has gossip, scandal, sex, singing, dancing, action, drama and celebrities with their 'original parts'' - LA Times
'Top Five Sites! Interviews and articles... are must reads.' - London Sunday Times
'A twisted walk down memory lane!' - Sharon Edry, TV Guide
"All the coolest, strangest, most absurd shows and peculiar tube trends ever -- they're all part of the wallow that is TVparty!" - Diane Werts, Newsday

Billy Ingram launched TVparty.com in 1997 and it quickly became one of the internet’s hottest spots for entertainment and information, attracting millions of users a month. TVparty! was the first to broadcast clips of TV shows online.

In 2002 he released the best-selling book 'TVparty: Television’s Untold Tales' to rave reviews from around the world. He wrote and starred in a series for VH1, 'Super Secret TV Formulas', and two series on Bravo along with 'The Christmas Special Christmas Special'.

Billy Ingram produced, art directed, and conducted and transcribed hundreds of interviews to craft the storyline for 'Beyond Our Wildest Dreams', an oral history of Las Vegas in the 1970s. He produced the Eisner Award nominated book 'Dear John: The Alex Toth Book' and authored the 2013 memoir 'Punk' about his experience in 1980 covering the Punk music scene in East LA.

He was a designer on some of the most successful Academy Award campaigns, film trailers, and movie posters of all time, for stars like Harrison Ford, Barbra Streisand, Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg and many others.

An internationally acclaimed actor, internet pioneer, artist, and writer, Billy Ingram starred in the 2011 indie motion picture 'Swimming in a Lake of Fire'.

Monday, June 10, 2013

The 'Ancient Chinese Secret' Commercial

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