War of the Colossal Beast, Ford Granada and Burger King Whopper

Don't Touch That Dial for October 16, 2026: War of the Colossal Beast, Ford Granada and Burger King Whopper. 16 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, songs and theme tunes): War of the Colossal Beast, Ford Granada, Burger King Whopper and more, with Ricky Voltage. In this episode: 0:00 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 0:09 Ricky Voltage opens the show 1:54 War of the Colossal Beast (TV spot, 1958) 2:40 Ford Granada (commercial) 2:46 Burger King Whopper (commercial, 1970) 3:17 Ricky Voltage on Ritz Crackers (commercial, 1988) 3:36 Ritz Crackers (commercial, 1988) 3:52 Mount Podmore - Television Themes, part 27 4:02 Chickenman (episode) — Chickenman was an American radio series created by Dick Orkin in 1966 at Chicago radio station WCFL that spoofed comic book heroes, inspired by the mid-1960s Batman TV series. The show aired nearly every day from 1966 to 1969 with episodes lasting one or two minutes each, and was syndicated to over 1,500 radio stations including Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam War. The program has been translated into German, Dutch, and Swedish. 6:14 Arnott's Chocolate Biscuits (commercial, 1982) 8:27 Ricky Voltage on Kojak 8:45 Kojak (TV theme, 1973) — Kojak is an American crime drama that aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978, featuring Telly Savalas as Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak of the New York City Police Department. The show was later revived as 7 TV movies in the 1980s and again as a TV series in 2005 with Ving Rhames in the lead role. The series also spawned novels, an audio drama, and toy merchandise. 9:36 Memorex cassette tape (commercial, 1981) 9:50 Trash-O-Rama - Women for Sale (trailer) 12:09 Pollution (PSA, 1971) 12:29 Ricky Voltage on The Partridge Family 12:38 The Partridge Family (TV theme, 1970) — The Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom created by Bernard Slade that ran on ABC from September 1970 to March 1974. After its final first-run episode aired on ABC in March 1974, the show aired reruns from March 30 to August 31, 1974. 13:41 Blue Cheer (commercial) 14:44 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (trailer, 1974) 17:10 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 17:18 Trix (commercial) 17:33 Ricky Voltage on Courtesy PSA 17:49 Courtesy PSA Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 61 free 24/7 channels and 190 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com .