# Favorite TV commercials from your childhood **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578 "2010-03-15T19:37:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/61 "2010-03-25T03:27:22Z")
:smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/62 "2010-03-25T05:49:54Z")
"When its time to relax, One beer stands clear Year after year. If you’ve got the time, We’ve got the beer Miller Beer!" ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/63 "2010-03-25T08:08:11Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I was a little off. > > [“You, all right? I learned it by watching you!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo) Man, I could watch that gem over and over again every day and never get tired of it. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/64 "2010-03-25T09:06:19Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > Pretty sneaky, sis. Crap! Beaten to it! “Penny for a gumball, Mickey. Thanks for the gumball, Mickey!” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/65 "2010-03-25T09:55:35Z")
_From the land of sky blue waters From the land of pines’ lofty balsams, Comes the beer refreshing, Hamm’s the beer refreshing._ Somebody else already mentioned the Tootsie Roll song. Also, for some reason I use to love [Colecovison](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GpptJusOjM) adds. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/66 "2010-03-25T10:36:19Z")
[Mr. Bubble:Your mother won’t know you](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmUnqrZI4qE&feature=related) It was the one with the Mr. MaGoo-like grandma. That little kid Hubert was so cute. “Madame, how do you do?” “Tell your mother it’s only 49 cents. She’ll _like_ that.” ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/67 "2010-03-25T11:56:49Z")
[Cadbury’s Fudge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9W4rhhEq_U) [Cadbury’s Fruit & Nut](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8H4IC9ttIU) [R Whites Lemonade](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hro4AdTYiTA) [Watch out! There’s a Humphrey about! - with Muhammad Ali](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOeL18BFc0o) [Hovis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mq59ykPnAE) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/68 "2010-03-25T20:18:56Z")
As a kid I enjoyed the Alka-Seltzer commercial with the prisoners at meal time slamming their cups on the table and chanting “Alka-Seltzer! Alka-Seltzer!”. Then my mother saw it one day and burst out laughing. When I asked her why, she explained who George Raft was and what kind of movies he made. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZM7GCV8PLAs/hqdefault.jpg "George Raft Alka Seltzer Ad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM7GCV8PLAs) ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/69 "2010-03-25T21:45:17Z")
Pepsi-Cola hits the spot Twelve whole ounces, that’s a lot Something, something Something, something Something And, all you geezer, codgers and coots gather ‘round. Remember Gabby Hayes proclaiming the superiority of puffed wheat and puffed rice because, by Golly, it’s shot from guns. Scene: shaggy bearded old coot with what seems to be a 68 pounder carronade. Coot jerks the lanyard. Cannon goes off. KA-BOOM. Popcorn breakfast cereal all over the place. “Remember, kids, Quaker Puffed Whatevers is the only cereal shot from guns.” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/70 "2010-03-25T21:56:29Z")
> [@Spavined\_Gelding](#): > > And, all you geezer, codgers and coots gather ‘round. Remember Gabby Hayes proclaiming the superiority of puffed wheat and puffed rice because, by Golly, it’s shot from guns. Scene: shaggy bearded old coot with what seems to be a 68 pounder carronade. Coot jerks the lanyard. Cannon goes off. KA-BOOM. Popcorn breakfast cereal all over the place. > > “Remember, kids, Quaker Puffed Whatevers is the only cereal shot from guns.” I don’t remember Gabby Hayes, but I remember the use of the 1812 Overture: “this is the cereal that’s shot from guns (boom)” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/71 "2010-03-25T22:18:44Z")
The Coast Federal Savings ads with a live bunny arranging blocks and dropping a coin in a bank, with a jingle to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel.” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/72 "2010-03-25T22:19:03Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [“Brusha-brusha-brusha.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdWfVhlYIM) Beat me to it. Bucky Beaver for Ipana toothpaste, right? How about Prell (?) in the new plastic bottle- “It didn’t break! It didn’t BREAK!” OR: “…con _Gleem_.” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/73 "2010-03-25T22:25:46Z")
Okay, Boomers- who else remembers “Manners the Butler” ?? or “When you’re driving in a Rambler and the whole world smiles at you” and Vitalis hair tonic - no more GREASY KID STUFF . ---
**Author:** ![Digger1914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@Digger1914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger1914)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/74 "2010-03-25T23:07:43Z")
I loved the Foamy shaving cream commercials. I always wanted to ride that roller coaster as it blew thru a ton and a half of cream. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/75 "2010-03-26T03:03:34Z")
Harold Sakata, who played “Oddjob” in the James Bond film “Goldfinger” made a Vicks 44 cough medicine commercial. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h_H2-A4ITew/hqdefault.jpg "James Bond Bad Guy ODDJOB in Vick's 44 Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_H2-A4ITew) ---
**Author:** ![Ghostdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Ghostdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghostdude)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/76 "2010-03-26T12:55:24Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > “Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?” > “Let’s see: One, two-hoo, three…{crunch}. Three.” > Announcer: “How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? The world may never know.” Ha yeah Also don’t forget the Tootsie roll Song one! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/77 "2010-03-26T14:21:41Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Okay, Boomers- who else remembers “Manners the Butler” ?? ::Raises hand:: “They cling like cloth!” (Kleenex Napkins) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/78 "2010-03-30T05:02:15Z")
“Mother, please! I’d rather do it MYSELF!” ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/79 "2010-03-30T14:46:16Z")
I was always entranced by the “Land of Dairy Queen (We Treat You Right!)” commercials. Unfortunately can’t find any on youtube. But they featured ice cream “mountains” and hot fudge “rivers”, canyons made of banana split ingredients, etc. And I wanted to my teenage years to be like the Mountain Dew commericals…swinging off rope swings into a mountain lake with all my friends. 🙂 Oh yeah, like this [one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trvXN3Y__Kg). ---
**Author:** ![Doody\_Pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@Doody\_Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doody_Pants)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578/80 "2010-03-30T22:16:02Z")
> [@ScatteredFrog](#): > > Ponch8 – there were variations on it, so you’re probably correct, too. > > I remember one was an animated drink cup reciting the “Big Mac…” rhyme while snapping his fingers in rhythm. I seem to remember he ran through it twice, and after the second time, he ended: “And the cup ran away with the spoon. Yeaaaah!” > > There was another one around the same time with girls jumping rope and reciting it in rhythm, except it went “Hamburger, Filet-o-Fish, cheeseburger, French fries…” > > As for me…well, this wasn’t a favorite, but I remember some time in the late '70s – I was a little kid, maybe four or five years old – there was either a PSA or a commercial in rotation…darned if I can remember what it was for, but at the very end there was this really large hideous-looking face with a huge smile, and I think it was against a blue or black background…it was a puppet face, if I remember correctly, grinning and kind of half-rotating back and forth, know what I mean?? Man, I couldn’t look at that thing. I remember once I thought, “Okay, maybe I can look at it this time…” “WHOA!! No!!! Don’t look! Don’t look!” > > That’s a really vague description, and I’ve tried tracking it down (yes, I’ve posted on [fuzzymemories.tv](http://fuzzymemories.tv) about it, too)… Could it be this one? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIgZHZpiq1U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIgZHZpiq1U) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-commercials-from-your-childhood/532578.md?page=5)