# Airing old TV commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airing-old-tv-commercials/583252 "2011-05-26T03:54:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airing-old-tv-commercials/583252/21 "2011-05-26T21:32:40Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Another Coke commercial that had legs was the one with Mean Joe Green and the Kid–kid is watching a tired and battered Green walk to the dressing room, offers up his Coke, hero worship just dripping from the kid’s eyes. Green chugs the Coke, kid turns to leave, Green gives the kid his jersey. Think it got parodied on Saturday Night Live with a Sumo Wrestler (and thong!) replacing Green and Jersey–and think there was some sort of riff on it not terribly long ago…maybe a Super Bowl Commercial in a similar style? I still remember the outtake from that ad, where, just after Greene says “Hey, kid!”, he belches. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airing-old-tv-commercials/583252/22 "2011-05-27T01:10:13Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > there was some sort of riff on it not terribly long ago…maybe a Super Bowl Commercial in a similar style? [This commercial for “House”?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH3vCSAAA8A) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airing-old-tv-commercials/583252/23 "2011-05-27T01:17:19Z")
[We still get this Discount Tire ad on TV. Been on since before I was born(1978).](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QjTIm-vSKg) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airing-old-tv-commercials/583252/24 "2011-05-27T07:44:03Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Seconded: > > “The “Norelco Santa” commercials, which were the beginning of creative animation starting in the 1960’s, were top of the line in the industry at that time and are still in use today, but not by Philips for their shavers.” > > [Wiki cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norelco). > [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > These are the two I always see that make me think “Man, I can’t believe they’re still airing this commercial.” > > [Campbell Soup Snowman from early 90’s?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PdeGx1obvc). > [@gotpasswords](#): > > Hershey’s has been running the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” ad with the Kisses being rung like bells for many years. > [@johnspartan](#): > > Don’t they still run the Christmas Fruity Pebbles one w/ Santa, Fred & Barney? > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubBTsAoVlbI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubBTsAoVlbI) > > This clip sez it’s from 1987. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Miller has been running [this ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuP0KP2oPZ0) at Christmas for decades (since 1977, if the tag on this YouTube clip can be believed). > [@Ponch8](#): > > Budweiser also has a Christmas ad that’s been running forever. It’s the one with the Clydesdales running through snow. Yeah, Christmas ads tend to stick around for a long while. Probably a mix of capitalizing on the nostalgic feelings people have at Christmas, and the fact that the limited time scale means people are less likely to be tired of it. That, and it’s cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airing-old-tv-commercials/583252/25 "2011-05-27T09:16:02Z")
i like all 7-up commercials before that crummy fido-dido came up. i like ‘the difference is clear,’ i like the kung-fu spoof, the cola nut - uncola nut, the magical box with the white-gloved hands, the ‘all for un - un for all’ song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airing-old-tv-commercials/583252.md?page=1)