# I'm looking for a copy of a national TV ad from the early 80s

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-copy-of-a-national-tv-ad-from-the-early-80s/396406
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 18, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-copy-of-a-national-tv-ad-from-the-early-80s/396406 "2007-03-18T03:54:30Z")
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### Author: ![aluminumdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@aluminumdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aluminumdisc)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-copy-of-a-national-tv-ad-from-the-early-80s/396406/1 "2007-03-18T03:54:30Z")

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Hello Team Dope

I’m looking for a TV ad for Ragu Chunky Garden pasta sauce. It was a national ad that ran in the early 80s when they rolled it out as a new product. I have a friend who was the actress in the commercial and I would love to be able to find a copy for her.

How might I go about finding a copy of this? Would it be possable to find the ad agency and go that route? Should I try to contact the people at Ragu? Who would be the person to ask for?

Thanks for any help.

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### Author: ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-copy-of-a-national-tv-ad-from-the-early-80s/396406/2 "2007-03-18T18:15:03Z")

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How’s your google-fu?

I just googled “television ads classic” and got several pages of archives.

[Fisrt one](http://www.roadode.com/classicindex.shtml) on the list.