Sure, I remember it, and I remember it fondly. It’s a hallmark of the good old days of TV advertising, along with “You’re soaking in it.”
But then again, I’ve never once bought Charmin because of the ads. It’s usually too pricey for a cheapo like me. 
Before Morgan Fairchild, Old Navy had a really cute blonde that wasn’t an over-the-hill TV star on their ads…mabey about the time of “Glasses Lady”??? I always wondered who she was. The catch phrase back then was, “You’ve GOT to get this look”.
maybe not…where’s that coffee… :smack:
If I remember right, she and her roommates were tied up and raped during a robbery when she was younger. BRRRR!
I like her, I think she’s perfect for the commercials.
Lil’ Kim though? She casts a grotesque, smutty pall over the whole well-scrubbed, happy-go-lucky Old Navy room. (That guy she grabs at the end actually seems to be grimacing in horror.)
I didn’t see the episode, but they are indeed hilarious. (We saw them in Vegas a few months back, and my dad who cracks a smile maybe twice a year nearly wet himself over the Yo-yo man bit.)
The Brothers were also on that CBS 75th Anniversary show not long ago, and they were just as dead-on there as they’ve always been, IMO.
“She’s perfect for an Old Navy commercial?”
That is the coldest thing I have ever heard.
You know, if the adults hate it… the kid’s love it! My nephew & his friends (early teens) will not wear anything else. Old Navy is definitely ‘IN’ right now!
As to why:
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?subMatter=Traditional&newsID=208059&newsDate=
People remember the product. Don’t know what effect the ads have on sales, but the ads do work at increasing brand awareness.
I haven’t seen these more recent ads, but I did see the Old Navy Painters Pants television commercial with Fran Drescher. While I don’t usually have a problem with her, she had the dumbest look on her face. She doesn’t even talk. At the end, she smiles broadly and winks, and it looks horrible to me.
I told my friend this, who said, “So you hate seeing Fran Drescher happy?” “Yeah, I guess so, if that’s what she looks like.” “You know she’s a rape victim. And you want to deny her her happiness?”
That shut me up.
I still think she looked bad, though.
Ah . . . But what if a rape victim hates seeing Fran Drescher commercials? A philosophical dilemma worthy of Socrates . . .
Fran’s voice brings Wailing and Suffering wherever it goes. Rumor has it her first husband found her on a Greek Island torturing the ears of passing sailors and he only left her when the wax he put in his ears cracked. The Cancer was just God striking back (And I don’t blame Him).
As for Lil’ Kim’s extra clothes, I’m sure she was just desperately trying to shield herself from Fran’s Sonic Doom. Still, she faired better than the first side-kick, Morgan Fairchild, whose face and body shattered when Fran laughed at the same frequency as her surgery plastics…
I sometimes have a hard time understanding what Ms. Drescher says because the chorus of voices in my head are chanting “Kill!” too loudly.
Old Navy ads are the worst ads on TV–and that’s saying a lot. Just when you think they can’t get any worse–Fran Drescher and a chimp. It’s almost like Moore’s law–every 18 months Old Navy ads double in annoyance factor. “Bob” help us, what will they come up with next?
That commercial actually gave me a terrible nightmare the other night (okay, maybe the flu and the jigger of Nyqil contributed some, but I still blame Fran).
Scene opens with Fran pictured riding in the back of Santa’s sleigh.
Fran: “Old Navy, where you’ll find the hottest clothes for winter cool.”
Camera pans back to reveal that the sleigh is being pulled by fashionable young people wearing cargo pants and thermal vests and denim bondage masks – the kind with the eye and mouth holes that can be closed with zippers.
Cut to a synchronised dance number featuring kids in scarves and wooly hats twirling giant styrofoam snowflakes. The number reaces it’s climax as one-by-one the children jump into a giant theatrical snowblower, producing a sickening ‘crunch’ and a shower of styrofoam peanuts out the other end.
Back to Fran who exclaims “Old Navy, bring out the Gimp!!”
The camera pans over her shoulder to reveal that inside Santa’s bag of gifts is Don Knotts, bug-eyed in terror with only his head sticking out and the bag’s teather cord wrapped around his neck.
Fran: “Harn harnn harnnnnn!!”
Yeah, I’m blaming Fran for that one, but I’m sticking off the Nyqil just in case.
Haven’t seen the Jeffersons either…
Or that old lady in the glasses…(mysterious! 
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Inky, if that exact commercial airs in the next few months, we are all blaming you!
I also boycott Old Navy solely based on their advertising.
Fran Drescher was raped during a home invasion in the early 80s, when she was a young actress in Los Angeles. Her then-husband was beaten, tied up, and made to watch as she was repeatedly raped by both intruders. The rapists were identified and caught by law enforcement primarily by her description. She had no intention of making this information known once she had become semi-famous, but that paragon of gentility Howard Stern sandbagged her with questions about it during an interview.
I have to agree that the Old Navy look is “off the hook”. This explains why I own not a single Old Navy garment.
Since Bad News Baboon’s link was to her obituary, I certainly hope so.
Oh, great, thanks, Inky-. You realize that the people who make those ads are gonna find this thread through a google search, and that’s gonna wind up being the next in this series of commercials.
Face it, annoying sells. And are the Old Navy commercials really any more annoying than the ones from Dell? Or wait, God help us…
“I lost another loan to ditech.com!”
I dunno how well they sell. Ad agencies sure aren’t going to admit their campaign is annoying, so they won’t pull it from circulation. Besides, they commit to zillions of dollars for these, so unless someone is actually offended, they won’t pull them.
I still doubt people buy these products because the commercials are annoying. And if that’s the case, the annoying most assuredly does not sell.