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Old 02-09-2010, 06:05 PM
John DiFool John DiFool is offline
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Memorable yet defunct advertising campaigns for currently extant products

Inspirational Thread. What I mean of course are products which you can still find, but which are no longer advertised, such that you are amazed when you run across same ("What? They still sell that?"). The one that immediately jumped into my brain is Little Caesers (no apostrophe apparently) Pizza, which I was surprised to find out still exists in the US, albeit down 60% in terms of franchises from its peak. Haven't seen an ad on TV in years (remember the little cartoon Caeser dude who said "Pizza-Pizza!"?
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Old 02-09-2010, 09:21 PM
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For many years Winston had a TV and print advertising campaign in which they apologized profusely for poor grammar in their slogan, "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should." They always concluded with, "What do you want, good grammar or good taste?"

Apparently in the early 60's people knew (and cared) enough about grammar to contact the company asking that they change the word "like" to "as." They received thousands of complaint letters!

God forbid a cigarette company corrupt the nation's youth with bad grammar!
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Old 02-10-2010, 05:41 AM
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I love what you do for me, Toyota!
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Old 02-10-2010, 06:40 AM
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This might not qualify, since the brand's been rebooted and would more properly be referred to as "which you can find again..." rather than "...which you can still find..." as per the OP, but here's my contribution anyway:

Burma Shave.

Ben
Met Anna
Made a hit
Neglected beard
Ben-Anna split
Burma-Shave
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Old 02-10-2010, 08:15 AM
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Lucky Strike cigarettes. I've seen a lot of their vintage advertising, but I don't think I've seen a single ad for them produced in my lifetime (I'm in my early 30s).
Also, speaking of Little Ceasars, I was suprised to find they were still around when I moved to the South. I grew up in the Midwest and hadn't seen one there for years.
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Old 02-10-2010, 11:53 AM
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I am definitely old enough to remember the old LSMFT Lucky Strike commercials. "Lucky Strikes Mean Fine Tabacco"

I even remember the "Call for Phillip Morris" ads and the singing Texaco service station attendents.
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:47 PM
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Alka-Seltzer. "Do yourself a favor". "I can't believe I ate that whole thing." "'Ats'a spicy meatball!"

Ok, doesn't really qualify for what the OP was asking for, since I know that Alka-Seltzer still exists. But this thread already seems to have broadened beyond that. And "I can't believe I ate that whole thing" is still one of my favorite commercial catch phrases of all time.
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Old 02-10-2010, 10:45 PM
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Also, speaking of Little Ceasars, I was suprised to find they were still around when I moved to the South. I grew up in the Midwest and hadn't seen one there for years.
There's still Little Caesars in the Chicago area. Their new gimmick is that they sell hot, ready-made large pizzas for $5 provided you want just sausage, cheese or pepperoni. Walk in, plop down $5 +tax and walk out with a pizza ten seconds later.

It tastes pretty much like a $5 pizza but sometimes a $5 pizza tastes pretty good.

Speaking of, and staying on topic, Domino's "Thirty Minutes or it's Free" campaign which ended in the wake of allegations of unsafe driving by delivery people.
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Old 02-11-2010, 12:09 PM
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Gee your hair smells terrific and body on tap shampoos.
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Old 02-11-2010, 01:00 PM
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Does Norelco still do the "floating heads" commercial at Christmas time (Santa sledding down a hill on the heads of a Norelco electric razor. "Floating heads"sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells.")?
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Old 02-11-2010, 01:02 PM
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My son just told me that the best slogan he ever heard of, and he doesn't know why on earth it was gotten rid of, was: Nothing sucks like an Electrolux

I think he's correct.
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Old 02-11-2010, 01:22 PM
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Combs.

Boing!Boing! or Consumerist one recently posted an old ad for a comb with the comment, when's the last time you saw an ad for a comb?

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