# Help finding a commercial from the 70s

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-commercial-from-the-70s/1014360>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** commercials-ads\
**Created:** [February 15, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-commercial-from-the-70s/1014360 "2025-02-15T17:51:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-commercial-from-the-70s/1014360/1 "2025-02-15T17:51:54Z")

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Don’t ask why, but I am trying to find an old commercial from the 70s (possibly early 80s.) I feel like it was for Hush Puppies shoes, but not certain. It was a man’s face in closeup, and then a number of feet come in and start rubbing on him. YouTube and Google are failing me but the Dope never fails…

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-commercial-from-the-70s/1014360/2 "2025-02-17T12:01:31Z")

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The feet start rubbing on his face? Bare feet? That image brings to mind the music video for _Numb_ by U2…which would be strange for a commercial about shoes.

There’s a crapton of tv commercial compilations from that era on youtube. If it ran nationally, it’s bound to be in one of them but it would take some patient hunting to find it.

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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-commercial-from-the-70s/1014360/3 "2025-02-17T12:19:27Z")

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Yes, I always thought the U2 video was inspired by the commercial I’m thinking of, but it was so long ago I can’t recall it. I have actually been scrolling through some of those compilations but no luck yet.

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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-commercial-from-the-70s/1014360/4 "2025-02-17T12:21:34Z")

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Ha. Since you mentioned that video I did a search for it and it’s inspiration and this came up:

> [@U2's Numb and a TV Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161):
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> When U2’s song Numb came out, I remember there being a TV commercial that sounded very similar out at the same time or maybe before. Can someone here help? Here’s Numb: [[U2 - Numb (Official Music Video)] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jR1RNypG0)