I remember being little and loving that strange bright neon themed commercial for 7-Up from the '70s.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 308 | January 22, 2019 6:37 AM |
This anti-smoking commercial had a huge impact on me and many kids my age; I looked just like this and must have identified with him. My mother smoked and I grew up a big antismoker because of this and other commercials of that era.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 1 | December 31, 2018 8:04 PM |
The Keep America Beautiful crying Indian commercial helped shape my environmental awareness, to bad it was basically a hoax!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 2 | December 31, 2018 8:09 PM |
It just wasn't Christmas until this guy came sledding over the slopes. My family would wait for this with baited breath for this to come on TV each year!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 3 | December 31, 2018 8:11 PM |
I love this risqué St. Louis tv commercial from 1980. KSHE-95.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 4 | December 31, 2018 8:34 PM |
Calgon “ancient Chinese secret”.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 5 | December 31, 2018 8:36 PM |
I’ll borrow my Mom’s earrings, her scarf, but my Motger’s tampons....(ECU)...
NO WAY!
by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 31, 2018 8:37 PM |
Charmin - squeeze it, gurls.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 7 | December 31, 2018 8:42 PM |
Lauren Bacall pushing de-caf coffee.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 8 | December 31, 2018 8:50 PM |
Madge, you’re soaking in it...
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 31, 2018 8:53 PM |
Bacall's High Point commercials get lots of play on DL. And for good reason.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 31, 2018 8:56 PM |
I desperately wanted one of these for Christmas. I didn't get it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | December 31, 2018 9:05 PM |
I remember the PSA with the Indian crying and I asked my mommy why the Injun was a cryin and she said, "Because he's EYE-tail-un"
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 31, 2018 9:08 PM |
I loved this commercial, as a tender, young gayling.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 14 | December 31, 2018 9:09 PM |
r9
I always wondered why when Madge said 'you're soaking in it,' the lady reacted like her hand was in sulfuric acid. I mean it's only dishwashing liquid.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 31, 2018 9:09 PM |
I wondered why Mrs Olsen only had a can of coffee and some veggies (usually celery) in her shopping bag. And why did the bag boy put the can of coffee on the top?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 31, 2018 9:11 PM |
I have a vague recollection of the AIM toothpaste Mommie yelling at everyone.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 31, 2018 9:15 PM |
In Chicago we had some good commercials like Shelley Long in "Homemaker's by John M Smyth." Every straight male in the city wanted her.
We had one by Victory Auto Wreckers where the guy basically kicks the door off his car and get's three bills for it. The same commercial probably ran for two decades.
We had Timmy from "Long Chevrolet"
And the worst most unintentionally funny commercial 'Eagle Auto Insurance" (see link)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 18 | December 31, 2018 9:17 PM |
[quote]R11 Race bait troll
I assume you meant R12.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 31, 2018 9:17 PM |
About the liquorice Lajaunie, the ad is short and effective
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 20 | December 31, 2018 9:27 PM |
Shelley Hack and the sophisticated “Charlie” perfume commercials. Those TV ads had such glamor and style.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 23 | December 31, 2018 9:35 PM |
Proto drag queen Rula Lenska
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 24 | December 31, 2018 9:41 PM |
Here’s a hidden gem. A Safeguard soap commercial with Tom Selleck, Patty Deutsch and Teri Garr.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 25 | December 31, 2018 9:42 PM |
"I could have had a V-8." "Where's the beef?" (Wendy's) "We wear short shorts. If you dare wear short shorts..." (Nair) "Calgon, take me away!" "Thank goodness for Chef Boyardee" Loretta Lynn's Crisco commercials
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 31, 2018 9:46 PM |
I'm a pepper
And they tell their friends, and so and so on
There was one, I believe in the early 90's maybe late 80's where this little kid does something and the sibling says "moms gonna kill ya". Gone in a flash.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 31, 2018 9:56 PM |
R25 You forgot Penny Marshall!
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 31, 2018 9:57 PM |
Alan Seuss as a big drunk, gay Peter Pan breaking into Iola's house and frightening her kids.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 30 | December 31, 2018 9:59 PM |
I also remember the Messy Marvin commercials from the early 80s. Also, Emmanuel Lewis was adorable in the Burger King commercials.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 1, 2019 5:30 AM |
R18:
The bad news is, John Wayne Gacy is still out there molesting and killing young men and boys.
The good news is, "Timmy From Long Chevrolet" is missing.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 1, 2019 6:16 AM |
I was obsessed with this. I think it aired during the ‘92 Olympics. I remember thinking the special effects were so amazing, I recorded it on my VCR and rewatched it over and over.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 33 | January 1, 2019 7:50 AM |
This commercial, only because it featured a woman named Toppie Smellie.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 34 | January 1, 2019 8:07 AM |
R34 Love it! Not only does that commercial feature Toppie Smellie, but it also features Willie Cummings and William Mann. LOL!
by Anonymous | reply 35 | January 1, 2019 10:41 AM |
Time to make the doughnuts.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 1, 2019 10:57 AM |
This commercial used to weird me out as a kid, I guess it was supposed to have been hot to straight guys. The commercial from 1982 is even worse, it stars a malfunctioning wonky eyed fembot with a towel on her head.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 37 | January 1, 2019 11:11 AM |
Here's the 1982 fembot version, weirdly this campaign apparently lasted for a few years and was done with quite a few models.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 38 | January 1, 2019 11:12 AM |
Look for the union label.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 39 | January 1, 2019 11:41 AM |
ABC’s “Still The One” promos from 1979 (featuring the late Penny Marshall and America’s TV Sweetheart)!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 40 | January 1, 2019 11:48 AM |
Here's another 70's classic.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 41 | January 1, 2019 11:56 AM |
Australian American Express .
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 43 | January 1, 2019 12:03 PM |
My love of classical music began here.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 46 | January 1, 2019 12:28 PM |
I'd buy it now if I could, R46.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 1, 2019 12:48 PM |
Emma stone did a parody of that Lauren Bacall coffee commercial in that movie with Ryan Gosling ( not LaLaLand). i could not believe my eyes, it was like Datalounge going mainstream!
by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 1, 2019 1:13 PM |
The R31 commercial seems to have been inspired by the 1971 Coke commercial with the kids singing in a meadow (I'd like to teach the world to sing).
by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 1, 2019 2:31 PM |
I loved the Riunite jingle from the late 70s through mid 80s. Even when they used it in the 80s, it still had a strong disco influence (especially the intro). The melody is so catchy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 52 | January 1, 2019 2:37 PM |
Edie Adams for Muriel Cigars
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 53 | January 1, 2019 2:40 PM |
The 'ancient Chinese secret' ad always made me want to slap that woman, I think she was the wife of the laundry owner. She was giving away the secret to how they got the shirts so white, basically sabotaging their business. I kept thinking what a stupid bitch.
I remember the Hi-Karate ads, with a James Bond type theme (I think he had to fight off horny women), Alka Seltzer (I can't believe I ate the whole thing, that's a bigga meatball, and I think the guy opened his medicine cabinet only to find some annoying jerk talking to him from the other side), Shake and Bake (with the annoying kid at the end - and Ayyyyyy helped).
Not as a kid, but one I remember from when I lived in the Detroit area - Mel Farr, Superstar. Bad local ads where Mel was a Superman of sorts, flying among the stars, telling everyone about his fabulous used cars for sale. One had some guy dressed up like Superfly, flying along with Mel.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 1, 2019 2:47 PM |
I remember loving the Riunite Christmas commercial but I looked it up on Youtube and it wasn't as great as I remembered.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 1, 2019 2:52 PM |
In the Washington DC metro area, this tae kwon do commercial aired frequently in the late 70s through mid 80s. The jingle was written by Nils Lofgren
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 57 | January 1, 2019 3:13 PM |
Washington DC metro area, late 70s, early 80s. Jingle by Nils Lofgren.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 58 | January 1, 2019 3:14 PM |
The first commercial I remember. Loved these.
Later I learned they were directed by Tony Scott
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 59 | January 1, 2019 3:18 PM |
R40 love “I’m growing out my beard because I’m on hiatus” Henry Winkler.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 1, 2019 3:23 PM |
R60, thanks for identifying him. I had no idea who he was. It looked like Michael MacDonald. I went back and rewatched, and I noticed he gives the thumbs-up gesture after a few seconds. I missed that hint the first time around.
Was that Mr. Roper at the beginning?
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 1, 2019 3:33 PM |
R62 YES. But interestingly he was off TC by then, so it must have been for his own failed show.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 1, 2019 3:34 PM |
R61, it's kind of ironic that commercial is set on a beach. As the smell of dead, washed up fish lingers in the air, the daughter tries to give her mom a hint but instead receives a lecture.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 1, 2019 3:35 PM |
A hint? She asks her if she douches?
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 1, 2019 3:36 PM |
[quote]Not as a kid, but one I remember from when I lived in the Detroit area - Mel Farr, Superstar. Bad local ads where Mel was a Superman of sorts, flying among the stars, telling everyone about his fabulous used cars for sale. One had some guy dressed up like Superfly, flying along with Mel.
Don’t forget Alan Ford
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 67 | January 1, 2019 3:51 PM |
Adam Ant & Grace Jones for Honda Scooters.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 68 | January 1, 2019 5:23 PM |
This commercial excited the hell out of my 12 year old self. Sheena Easton for Bally’s Fitness.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 72 | January 1, 2019 5:32 PM |
Chanel No. 5 with Estella Warren
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 73 | January 1, 2019 5:33 PM |
You go, or Sohio pays your two!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 76 | January 1, 2019 5:39 PM |
This came on during afterschool kids’ programming when I was in kindergarten.
DON’T BE A DRAGON LADY!!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 77 | January 1, 2019 5:42 PM |
If you really wanna perm get a Toni.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 78 | January 1, 2019 5:43 PM |
Nobody bodders me eader!!
I think this is a local DC metro area commercial. You should watch it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 79 | January 1, 2019 5:46 PM |
Fabergé Organic Shampoo. I told two friends. They told two friends. And so on. And so on.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 80 | January 1, 2019 5:46 PM |
Ultra Brite gives your mouth - WHOO - sex appeal!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 82 | January 1, 2019 5:52 PM |
Another Alka-Seltzwe ad from the 70's: the cartoon in which a guy is arguing with his stomach about the guy's mother's cooking.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | January 1, 2019 6:15 PM |
The one where Aunt Bluebell and Rosie fight over paper towels and Mr Whipple, says you can't wipe your ass with those
by Anonymous | reply 84 | January 1, 2019 6:42 PM |
It's amazing how many times you can squeeze the word "panty" into thirty seconds.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 85 | January 1, 2019 7:00 PM |
Diarrhea is like a storm raging inside of you....
by Anonymous | reply 86 | January 1, 2019 7:04 PM |
r62/r63 - there are a slew of ABC “Still The One” promo commercials on YT each with different celebrities from the late 70s .
by Anonymous | reply 87 | January 1, 2019 7:16 PM |
Then there was this cranky bitch.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 88 | January 1, 2019 7:20 PM |
Levis always had great ads -
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 89 | January 1, 2019 7:30 PM |
Feast your eyes on this one!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 91 | January 1, 2019 7:35 PM |
I liked DataLounge so much, I bought the company!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 93 | January 1, 2019 7:41 PM |
I remember when the wife said, "We need more Calgon"
And the customer was like, "Ancient Chinese secret huh? I'll post this lie on Facebook and ruin your business."
And the lady customer was never seen again, nor was the business ruining bitch of a wife.
The owner later became the guy who stood in front of the Tank in Tiananmen Square.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | January 1, 2019 7:45 PM |
Why I never carry illegal drugs when traveling internationally.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 95 | January 1, 2019 7:46 PM |
The very popular Alka Seltzer commercial with Alice Playten and Terry Kiser as newlyweds.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 97 | January 1, 2019 7:51 PM |
R97 "Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz, Oh What a Relief It Is!"
by Anonymous | reply 98 | January 1, 2019 7:55 PM |
And, of course, the Alka Seltzer spicy meatball commercial.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 99 | January 1, 2019 8:01 PM |
Those coffee commercials from 2 great old Stars Vivian Vance and Margaret Hamilton.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | January 1, 2019 8:06 PM |
Mrs. Olson wasn't as famous as Margaret Hamilton or Vivian Vance, of course, but the actress who played her, Virginia Christine, was in a bunch of movies and has a chilling scene in the original "Invaders of the Body Snatchers."
by Anonymous | reply 101 | January 1, 2019 8:09 PM |
David Naughton should have had a bigger career.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 102 | January 1, 2019 8:13 PM |
David Naughton got a huge break when he starred in "An American Werewolf in London" but fell off the radar not too long afterward.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | January 1, 2019 8:16 PM |
Two of the best Levis ads ever done
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 105 | January 1, 2019 8:17 PM |
R102 “Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?” I totally remember that.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | January 1, 2019 8:17 PM |
I knew a guy who did a Dr. Pepper commercial. he said it paid four all four years of college.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | January 1, 2019 8:24 PM |
Um, this one didn’t play where I grew up...
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 111 | January 1, 2019 8:27 PM |
R111 wtf?! Who is the POC at the ending? Wtf? Love it! Is that the colored love child/half brother?
by Anonymous | reply 113 | January 1, 2019 8:33 PM |
Yeah it plays like a SNL parody!
by Anonymous | reply 114 | January 1, 2019 8:34 PM |
Like the utter moron klutz guy. A lot of good jabs here
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 115 | January 1, 2019 8:43 PM |
I can’t believe no one has put this up yet... thought the glamour length nails belonged to Freddy Krueger
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 116 | January 1, 2019 8:45 PM |
[quote] ABC’s “Still The One” promos from 1979 (featuring the late Penny Marshall and America’s TV Sweetheart)!
Before "Still the One" and the hot air balloons, there was "We're the One" in 1978, with the ABC stars getting funky! I'll bet the actors hated having to do these network promos.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 117 | January 1, 2019 8:45 PM |
R114 here - never mind. Based on the comments it was a fake commercial 🤤
by Anonymous | reply 118 | January 1, 2019 8:46 PM |
I've gone over this whole thread and didn't see this. You guys are slipping....
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 119 | January 1, 2019 8:50 PM |
I can't understand why Katie Winters isn't a DL Icon.....
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 120 | January 1, 2019 8:54 PM |
I adored Katy Winters as a child. She reminded me of the actress who played Miss Landers on "Leave It to Beaver."
by Anonymous | reply 122 | January 1, 2019 8:55 PM |
😂 found my childhood doppelganger at 2:22. In 2 years the hair went to "mousey brown", started napping up and the eyes shifted to green. Parents bewildered as they lost their aryan child😂 and source of narcissistic supply. Those were the days.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 123 | January 1, 2019 9:06 PM |
I remember the Jake from State Farm commercials. Everyone in my school was copying it. The transphobia in that wouldn’t fly today.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | January 1, 2019 9:12 PM |
[quote]Mrs. Olson wasn't as famous as Margaret Hamilton or Vivian Vance, of course, but the actress who played her, Virginia Christine, was in a bunch of movies and has a chilling scene in the original "Invaders of the Body Snatchers."
Does anybody remember the rumor that Mrs. Olson was blind? No Internet then, of course, so the ridiculous story stayed out there for a while. I remember people saying you could tell if you closely watched her commercials.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | January 1, 2019 11:19 PM |
[quote]Does anybody remember the rumor that Mrs. Olson was blind?
It's a miracle she didn't burn herself or another actor while pouring hot coffee.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | January 1, 2019 11:23 PM |
Here's a photo of Walking Dead Mrs. Olsen.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 129 | January 1, 2019 11:26 PM |
Miss Houghton told Kate that Mrs. Olsen was a bitch in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | January 1, 2019 11:27 PM |
However, r130, Miss Christine was married (to a man) for 53 years....
by Anonymous | reply 132 | January 1, 2019 11:30 PM |
And again I look like a squirrel! (For the ladies of DL).
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 134 | January 1, 2019 11:34 PM |
Not a commercial but I figured this was still appropriate - before TBS all Bond movies were on ABC (I was like 5 or 6) and nothing beat this star tunnel intro with legend Ernie Anderson. Enjoy!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 137 | January 2, 2019 1:26 AM |
Interesting how Sabrina appears to be their favorite.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 139 | January 2, 2019 1:27 AM |
Thanks r137 - that brought back memories!
by Anonymous | reply 141 | January 2, 2019 1:29 AM |
Mcdonald's First National TV Ad 1967
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 143 | January 2, 2019 1:33 AM |
Those K-Tel commercials were a riot. Why would you want to slice your mouth open with a "drinking glass" sanded down from a bottle??
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 146 | January 2, 2019 1:40 AM |
Farrah cream pies Joe Namath
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 148 | January 2, 2019 1:41 AM |
"Joe From Canada"
I AM CANADIAN! And it IS pronounced ZED not ZEE.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 149 | January 2, 2019 1:44 AM |
Sometimes you feel like you nut
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 150 | January 2, 2019 1:46 AM |
Hoover Constellation from 1962
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 152 | January 2, 2019 2:03 AM |
Cigar Cigarette Tiparillo
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 153 | January 2, 2019 2:08 AM |
For beautiful people - Tab (Tab)!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 154 | January 2, 2019 2:22 AM |
Billy Mays original OxiClean commercial
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 155 | January 2, 2019 2:27 AM |
Milford Plaza - once a week during SNL
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 156 | January 2, 2019 2:29 AM |
Here's another one from NYC!
The Neville (nev-ill-ee) radio jingle an earworm now.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 157 | January 2, 2019 2:33 AM |
There's hotels and there's.....
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 158 | January 2, 2019 2:33 AM |
The Growing Up Skipper doll - I alway loved how she grew ... taller?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 159 | January 2, 2019 3:49 AM |
The Australian Grim Reaper AIDS commercial. Truly bizarre.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 160 | January 2, 2019 9:34 AM |
R160 just GAVE me life!♡
by Anonymous | reply 161 | January 2, 2019 9:58 AM |
Would a gentleman offer a Tiparillo to a lady?
by Anonymous | reply 162 | January 2, 2019 10:01 AM |
I lived for this PSA - this isn’t the the whole thing but the best I could find.
The best part though which isn’t on here is: “crack...makes you insane. Crack is wack and it kills your brain.”
Oh well. Looking at this now I guess this aired only on NBC, and only on the NY metro affiliate stations? It’s a good one though.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 163 | January 2, 2019 10:15 AM |
You've got perspiration odor!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 164 | January 2, 2019 10:49 AM |
These were a huge craze when I was in grade school but they seemed to vanish just as quickly but true to the commercials they were really powerful.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 165 | January 2, 2019 12:02 PM |
My mom bought me a bunch of these when I was really little but then I got older and more destructive(I had anger issues as a kid)and sadly destroyed them all. Turns out they were weighted with lead so they came out before product safety regulations apparently.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 166 | January 2, 2019 12:07 PM |
Fisher-Price really invested in the Weebles.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 167 | January 2, 2019 12:09 PM |
I do still have this, he's a bit banged up but still in surprisingly good condition.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 168 | January 2, 2019 12:11 PM |
I still have this jingle stuck in my head from the 72 Olympics
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 169 | January 2, 2019 12:16 PM |
Emmanuel Lewis at Burger King
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 170 | January 2, 2019 12:25 PM |
Naomi Watts Tom Cruise commercial
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 171 | January 2, 2019 12:30 PM |
R171 "You can go out with him any night."
Seriously, WTF?
by Anonymous | reply 172 | January 2, 2019 1:27 PM |
Hand warming at McDonald's. They don't make 'em like they used to.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 173 | January 2, 2019 1:47 PM |
One of the oldest that I recall was this one below with character actress Ruth McDevitt. Must've aired in the mid-60s, so I was about 3,4,5 but I recall finding it very funny whenever it aired.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 174 | January 2, 2019 2:37 PM |
"My bologna has a first name, it's O-s-c-a-r. My bologna has a second name, it's M-a-y-e-r..."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 175 | January 2, 2019 2:38 PM |
Another I recall was this one with voice over provided by George Sanders for a hair dye called FOR BRUNETTES ONLY, circa 1969
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 176 | January 2, 2019 2:40 PM |
What kid didn't want to play OPERATION ?
"Take out wretched ankle................"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 178 | January 2, 2019 2:43 PM |
"Hey, good lookin', we'll be back to pick you up later!"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 180 | January 2, 2019 2:44 PM |
Can't believe no ones posted this yet! I, like many, insisted on being called Michael from then on.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 181 | January 2, 2019 3:23 PM |
For anyone who grew up in the New York metropolitan area in the 70s and 80s:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 182 | January 2, 2019 5:09 PM |
“I am stuck on Band-Aid ‘cause Band-Aid’s stuck on me…”. (This was one of many very famous jingles written by Barry Manilow)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 183 | January 2, 2019 5:10 PM |
This commercial just really makes ya wanna flash yer panties!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 184 | January 2, 2019 5:18 PM |
That reminds me, R183... back in the late 70's, on his "Live" album, Manilow had a song called V.S.M. (Very Strange Medley) that was a bunch of his jingle hits. In addition to Band Aid, he did jingles for McDonalds, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, State Farm, etc.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 185 | January 2, 2019 9:49 PM |
Thanks, r185. I’ll be sure to miss that!
by Anonymous | reply 186 | January 2, 2019 10:09 PM |
Off topic but did anyone else kind of feel bad for the cartoon bugs in those Raid commercials as a kid?
by Anonymous | reply 188 | January 4, 2019 12:12 PM |
[quote]Shelley Hack and the sophisticated “Charlie” perfume commercials. Those TV ads had such glamor and style.
They were so popular that Carol Burnett did a spoof of them on her show.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | January 4, 2019 12:46 PM |
One of the few cases where a full song was created based on a commercial jingle.
The original, from 1971.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 190 | January 4, 2019 1:23 PM |
The Christmas version from the 70s
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 191 | January 4, 2019 1:25 PM |
The 1990s reunion commercial. They can probably reshoot this again with the grandkids of the original cast.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 192 | January 4, 2019 1:27 PM |
Corey Feldman and Carly’s “Anticipation’
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 193 | January 4, 2019 1:33 PM |
Slinky Commercial from the 1960s
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 195 | January 4, 2019 4:30 PM |
Zayre Department Store '81
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 197 | January 4, 2019 4:39 PM |
R189, was Carol Burnett still on TV at that time?
by Anonymous | reply 198 | January 4, 2019 4:47 PM |
This commercial use to scare the hell out of me
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 201 | January 5, 2019 2:35 AM |
"He's here! My Mystery Date!"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 203 | January 5, 2019 8:49 AM |
Son of a bitch, I went through the whole thread to see if someone posted Mystery Date and it was fucking posted just a few minutes ago.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | January 5, 2019 8:58 AM |
This ad is for Sugar Free Dr. Pepper from 1974, with a woman as the lead. Can someone confirm for me that there was also a male version from the same time? I've been singing this jingle for over 40 years: "I asked the waitress for a diet soft drink, she brought me a glass as you see. I took one sip, it tasted so good, I thought, oh no, this just can't be. This just can't be a diet soft drink, it tastes too good to be true..." It had a broadway style dance routine in it which piqued my young interest.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 205 | January 5, 2019 9:14 AM |
Ummm, Wanda the Witch with a solution.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 206 | January 5, 2019 9:41 AM |
Nivea! Nivea! Niv-e-a!
From your fingers to your toes,
You've got just one set of permanent clothes,
And with a little daily care (daily care!)
It will last for years of wear (years of wear!)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 208 | January 5, 2019 11:13 AM |
Picture it, Bethlehem, PA, 1972, a 6 year old me used to prance around the kitchen, holding a bottle of Fantastik, while singing this jingle....do you think that's when my mom knew?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 209 | January 5, 2019 11:25 AM |
Very young child and remember only a partial line/segment of a commercial in the 60s (b&w) that had these be line therein:
"tease, tease, tease, no, feather, feather, feather"
I didn't know what the terms meant then, but this woman was tangling her hair, one way, then another. It looked perplexing for a child to see.
I don't recall what product was being sold. It had to have been a hair product for women such as hairspray.
Any older DLers remember the product in the commercial?
by Anonymous | reply 210 | January 5, 2019 1:11 PM |
This guy still haunts my mind on occasion.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 211 | January 5, 2019 4:04 PM |
Before they were renamed themselves as Druther's the restaurants were called Burger Queen...and their commercials featured this nightmare inducing creature. I could only find a photo but trust me the actual commercial was truly disturbing.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 212 | January 5, 2019 4:12 PM |
A Star Wars toys commercial with Christian Slater and Ralphie from "A Christmas Story." (Peter Billingsley)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 213 | January 5, 2019 4:21 PM |
R185, that's terrific - Manilow really did a lot of work before he became famous... I doubt a biography or autobiography about him would really delve into his personal life, but musically, it would be a fascinating read. I've heard interviews with him and he knows music. He can explain how he writes music.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | January 5, 2019 4:49 PM |
It doesn’t pay to be a cunt!
(plus bonus 🍪 & 🐺 👦)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 215 | January 5, 2019 5:04 PM |
I HAVE A THERAGRAM...FOR YOU!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 217 | January 5, 2019 10:04 PM |
R217 That's Michael Jeter delivering the Theragram.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | January 5, 2019 11:53 PM |
Funny me, I never think about commercials at all, let alone 45 yr old ones.
by Anonymous | reply 219 | January 5, 2019 11:55 PM |
The teen me could watch this commercial on a loop.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 221 | January 6, 2019 12:00 AM |
James Garner and Mariette Hartley did a series of Polaroid commercials in the early 80s. Many people at the time thought they were married.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 222 | January 6, 2019 12:05 AM |
Don’t hate me if this has already been posted.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 223 | January 6, 2019 12:08 AM |
Cybill shows off her beef curtains.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 224 | January 6, 2019 12:11 AM |
My sisters and I loved Rice Krispies, so every time we ran out, we started singing......
This commercial ruined my appreciation of opera for many, many years.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 225 | January 6, 2019 12:28 AM |
Ditto, R1. I remember being mesmerized by it every time it came on. To this day I remember that jazzy tune.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | January 6, 2019 1:44 AM |
R30, That Alan Suess Peter Pan commercial is hysterical. I forgot he played Pan in commercials. There were a couple of them as I recall.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | January 6, 2019 1:57 AM |
I wanted to drink coffee because of these cups . . .
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 231 | January 6, 2019 4:15 AM |
Better link for a better cup of coffee.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 232 | January 6, 2019 4:18 AM |
Pass it along, I'm gonna pass it along!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 234 | January 6, 2019 4:30 AM |
Always my favorite because of the father's furious facial expression at :06.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 235 | January 6, 2019 4:31 AM |
Larry Mathews, Tony Dow, Edie McClurg... and Adorably Sexless Asian-American Teenage Cheerleader in Ponytails!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 236 | January 6, 2019 4:39 AM |
I always liked the 1980s-era TWA jingle. It's played during the last few seconds of this commercial. "You're gonna like us....TWA (you're gonna like us)"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 237 | January 6, 2019 4:41 AM |
Remember the whiny Jordache Basics commercials? They seemed to be influenced by the "Breakfast Club".
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 238 | January 6, 2019 4:50 AM |
Remember Herb the Burger King guy? If you spotted him in a Burger King restaurant, you'd win cash.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 239 | January 6, 2019 4:54 AM |
This is a late 80s ad for what was at the time a very big bank in Boston. Strapless dresses--pastel casual clothes--mirrored sunglasses--big hair--and lots of sax in the soundtrack! Could it be more 80s?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 240 | January 6, 2019 4:58 AM |
Confident, confident, dry and secure, raise your hand, raise your hand if you're sure.
Why don't commercials have memorable jingles anymore? The most prominent jingle today consists of a Charmin bear singing "my hiney's clean, my hiney's clean!"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 241 | January 6, 2019 4:58 AM |
[quote]Look for the union label.
I remember it; I wish we still had commercials like that.
by Anonymous | reply 242 | January 6, 2019 5:03 AM |
This iconic Coke commercial:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 243 | January 6, 2019 5:07 AM |
I feel like Chicken Tonight! (Also known as Kevin Spacey's theme song)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 244 | January 6, 2019 5:17 AM |
R243, see posts R190 - R192 for the commercial, the Christmas version a few years later, and the early 90s reunion starring several of the original singers and their kids. In the reunion, the returnees are timed to appear on screen at the same time they appeared in the original commercial. The most obvious ones are the singers who appear at the first few seconds, plus the woman who appears last. (She lost those chubby cheeks.)
by Anonymous | reply 245 | January 6, 2019 5:46 AM |
Justin’s mom did a few of these over the years.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 249 | January 6, 2019 6:48 AM |
R241 same reason TV shows don’t have good themes anymore - whatever reason that would be.
by Anonymous | reply 250 | January 6, 2019 8:25 AM |
A classic series of ads for Eldergay Brits
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 252 | January 6, 2019 9:52 AM |
Infamous 'chocolate blowjob' Cadbury's Flake advert (UK)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 253 | January 6, 2019 9:57 AM |
R197 Thanks for that Zayre commercial. I haven't seen that since it first ran.
Does anyone remember Bucky Beaver selling Ipana toothpaste?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 254 | January 6, 2019 11:32 AM |
Airlines used to go out of their way to court customers. “Delta....is ready....when you are!” Do any of them even advertise anymore?
by Anonymous | reply 255 | January 6, 2019 11:59 AM |
[quote][R241] same reason TV shows don’t have good themes anymore - whatever reason that would be.
People don't write good tunes/melodies period.
When was the last time you heard a hummable new song?
by Anonymous | reply 256 | January 6, 2019 12:19 PM |
Tiki Port
So fast your fat ass never touches the peacock chair
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 257 | January 6, 2019 12:22 PM |
R256 those melodies usually went with family shows. Family shows are mostly dead now.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | January 6, 2019 12:24 PM |
The Britney Spears Pepsi commercial. This was such a big deal.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 259 | January 6, 2019 12:24 PM |
Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Pink Pepsi commercial
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 260 | January 6, 2019 12:25 PM |
Britney Spears Pepsi “Generations” commercial
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 261 | January 6, 2019 12:26 PM |
R231, I have some of these cups. Nescafe' used to sell them. Can probably find them on ebay.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | January 6, 2019 12:31 PM |
Rocky Point
I haven’t heard this song for years, but it’s so ingrained in my head that it feels like it could have been yesterday. What a weird feeling.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 263 | January 6, 2019 12:31 PM |
The infamous Cindy Crawford Pepsi commercial
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 264 | January 6, 2019 12:33 PM |
r259, it was such a big deal i never saw it before now.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | January 6, 2019 12:35 PM |
R265 it was a big deal before it aired and aired as a Super Bowl commercial. Pepsi paid almost $50 million to use Spears in hopes the ad would bring in more sales for them how it did when they had Michael Jackson.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 266 | January 6, 2019 12:40 PM |
thanks, r266. nobody cares.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | January 6, 2019 12:48 PM |
r266, everybody remembers Michael Jackson's commercial. Very few (outside of you) remember that shitty Britney commercial.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | January 6, 2019 12:49 PM |
I loved this commercial but it also scared the crap out of me.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 269 | January 6, 2019 3:08 PM |
In 1972 - Katie went to America!!
She taught them a thing or two about hamburgers!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 270 | January 6, 2019 3:28 PM |
Your skin! It's like porcelain!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 271 | January 6, 2019 3:31 PM |
I still ove this. The 80s really were the era of the great jingle.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 272 | January 6, 2019 3:34 PM |
Carnaby Street and cigarettes.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 274 | January 6, 2019 3:38 PM |
Uk based mortgage brokers Cheltenham and Gloucester
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 275 | January 6, 2019 3:44 PM |
Complete collection of Burger Chef commercials.
They were good burgers back in the day.
The chain was eventually taken over by Hardee's Corp.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 277 | January 6, 2019 3:48 PM |
R272 Back then they actually wrote theme songs and jingles. Today most things are licensed.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | January 6, 2019 4:31 PM |
If you don't look good, we don't look good!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 280 | January 6, 2019 4:38 PM |
Mancunian humour at it's finest
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 281 | January 6, 2019 5:34 PM |
Take the Nestea, Nestea plunge!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 283 | January 6, 2019 7:59 PM |
The garden of earthly delights -
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 284 | January 6, 2019 8:41 PM |
Why do they call them breakfast treats?!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 285 | January 7, 2019 3:14 AM |
Sandra Dee recommends Lustre Cream Shampoo!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 286 | January 7, 2019 4:42 PM |
Ultra Brite commercial with Farrah!
by Anonymous | reply 289 | January 10, 2019 6:58 PM |
"I ate all the Frusen Gladje. And I'd do it again."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 291 | January 11, 2019 2:00 AM |
"Eat More" -- a good chew, and peanuts too
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 293 | January 11, 2019 2:42 AM |
I spent half of Grade Two drawing those winged lips and rainbows
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 294 | January 11, 2019 2:43 AM |
Funny Face, a Kool-Aid knockoff, made with the (later-banned) calcium cyclamate, and marketed as better for kids because it didn't have sugar.
Two of the flavors, Injun Orange and Chinese Cherry were later thought to be racist and were rebranded as Jolly Olly Orange and Choo Choo Cherry
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 295 | January 11, 2019 3:14 AM |
Monica Quartermaine for Pearl Drops.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 296 | January 11, 2019 3:39 AM |
Revlon's Jontue! Sensual, but not too far from innocence!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 297 | January 11, 2019 4:21 AM |
R297 My mom always loved that commercial. She thought the horses were beautiful.
by Anonymous | reply 298 | January 11, 2019 12:36 PM |
"Mama's got the magic of Clorox 2."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 299 | January 11, 2019 12:39 PM |
A favourite from my youth : Does anyone remember the commercial in which the actor's bare torso muscles "dance" to the beat of the background music ? I'm pretty certain is was for Absorbine Junior. I was sure I'd find it on Youtube but so far my search has failed.
by Anonymous | reply 301 | January 11, 2019 3:41 PM |
I remember the one where Rose Marie was trying to clean something with Tide XK and the XK fell off and she said, "What the? This is just Tide with an XK pasted on it." Then she puts the laundry in the machine and says "I wish I got residuals."
by Anonymous | reply 303 | January 11, 2019 5:16 PM |
All my men wear English leather
by Anonymous | reply 304 | January 12, 2019 2:59 AM |
Thank you for your support.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 305 | January 13, 2019 3:40 AM |
Jhirmack bounce back beautiful hair!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 307 | January 17, 2019 5:18 PM |
Sara Lee. Layer upon layer upon layer.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 308 | January 22, 2019 6:37 AM |
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