# looking for old pizza ad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510 "2013-01-08T18:04:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/1 "2013-01-08T18:04:27Z")
I think it was Round Table but not sure. When I lived in Washington there was an ad talking about how all of their ingredients were fresh, and there was a guy telling another guy things like “next we use sauce” and the second guy would be “go to the freezer, get the can” which was always wrong because all the ingredients are _fresh_. At the very end, the first guy tells number two to get something that actually is in the freezer and number two runs off all excited “I’m helping!”. Anyone have a clue about this ad? If so, know where I can find a copy? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/2 "2013-01-08T20:08:16Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/3 "2013-01-08T20:16:41Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Moved to Cafe Society. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator Not complaining, just wondering why is Cafe Society more appropriate? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/4 "2013-01-08T20:37:59Z")
Threads discussing advertising go in Cafe Society. Threads discussing food go in Cafe Society. So that’s where this one goes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/5 "2013-01-08T22:34:59Z")
I remember this ad because they used to air it on the radio quite a bit over 30 years ago. However, unlike old TV commercials and YouTube, I don’t know where you can find old radio ads on the web. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/6 "2013-01-08T22:48:15Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I remember this ad because they used to air it on the radio quite a bit over 30 years ago. However, unlike old TV commercials and YouTube, I don’t know where you can find old radio ads on the web. Do you remember what pizza company it was? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/7 "2013-01-08T22:52:36Z")
Round Table Pizza. “Oh, boy! Go to the shelf and get the box! I’m HELPING!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/8 "2013-01-08T23:02:59Z")
I definitely remember it. The spouse and I quote it fairly often even now (when we do something sort of uselessly helpful, we’ll say, “I’m _helping!_”) I think this is the same one that has the dumb guy asking “Do we have to make our own soap? Do we have to work on Christmas?” And yeah, it was Round Table. It was a Round Table manager interviewing a guy who worked at another pizza joint. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/9 "2013-01-08T23:45:52Z")
I remember this as a radio ad back in the 80’s. They also had a series of TV ads with two guys, all playing off the idea that their pizzas were made from fresh ingredients and lots of them. Guy #1: Oh, no, I put too much cheese on Mr. Johnson’s pizza! Clumsy me! Guy #2: _glares at #1_ #1: Oh, no, now I’ve put extra sausage on Mr. Johnson’s pizza! Guess he gets an extra big pizza tonight! Guy #1 puts on his coat. Guy #2 hands him a pizza box. #2: Goodnight, Mr. Johnson. To be fair, Round Table makes (made?) a hell of a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/10 "2013-01-09T22:19:55Z")
As an update, in frustration I emailed Round Table and they responded quickly. “Unfortunately, we do not have those spots online for access and are unable to copy and send due to talent restrictions. I did a quick search on Google/YouTube, but cannot find by name. My guess is that if it’s on there, it’s in a montage of old commercials.” Sigh. I’d love to be able to find that thing online, I have a friend who trades “I’m _helping_” back and forth with me, she’d die laughing if I could find the ad. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/11 "2013-01-10T23:37:03Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I think it was Round Table but not sure. When I lived in Washington there was an ad talking about how all of their ingredients were fresh, and there was a guy telling another guy things like “next we use sauce” and the second guy would be “go to the freezer, get the can” which was always wrong because all the ingredients are _fresh_. At the very end, the first guy tells number two to get something that actually is in the freezer and number two runs off all excited “I’m helping!”. > > Anyone have a clue about this ad? If so, know where I can find a copy? I found this. Not quite as you describe, but similar. Is it the right one? https://www.youtube.com/embed/OWfMbjin7dc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/12 "2013-01-11T00:32:19Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I found this. Not quite as you describe, but similar. Is it the right one? > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWfMbjin7dc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWfMbjin7dc) No, but thanks much for trying! Apparently the one I’m looking for was a radio ad only. ---
**Author:** ![oldsquid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5fc32e/32.png) [@oldsquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldsquid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/13 "2014-10-11T17:49:34Z")
I’ve been searching for these radio ads for years, my buddy Ricky and I still do the routines 30 years on. The best one was the Round Table guy working with the new guy who had worked at Soggys Pizza, and after one too many comments about fake cheese and the canned tomato sauce the Round Table guy exclaims “who’d want to work at a place called Soggys anyways?” God I loved those commercials, “I’m Helping!!” Thanks for remembering these as well. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-pizza-ad/646510/14 "2014-10-11T18:57:49Z")
Likewise, I would love to find the TV commercial for Snappy Tomato Pizza (Cincinnati, OH) that was made in the late 1980s. The song was awesome.