# Source for older, obscure television commercials
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-older-obscure-television-commercials/478855
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 27, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-older-obscure-television-commercials/478855 "2008-12-27T17:04:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-older-obscure-television-commercials/478855/1 "2008-12-27T17:04:52Z")
There is a commercial that I’ve been looking for, and was wondering if anyone knows of a way to find it. I have little to go on but memory. I was being stopped on the street for awhile and asked if I was the guy in that commercial (I wasn’t), and would like to see it again
It was a car commercial. I THINK Infiniti Q45, but wouldn’t swear to it. It was shown somewhere around 1993 or 1994. The guy in question wore glasses.
That’s it.
Is there a place where someone can dig through older commercials? I tried youtube and such to no avail.
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-older-obscure-television-commercials/478855/2 "2008-12-27T18:55:39Z")
If you’re sure it was an Infiniti you might try [here.](http://www.nissancommercials.com/infiniti.htm) I haven’t checked but other automakers might have similar pages on their sites.
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### Author:  [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-older-obscure-television-commercials/478855/3 "2008-12-27T19:09:28Z")
Is this it?
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VHOa-DrXhI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VHOa-DrXhI)
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-older-obscure-television-commercials/478855/4 "2008-12-27T19:26:18Z")
You should persevere with YouTube, it has dedicated channels for old commercials, it’s just a case of searching them out.
Here’s an excellent YouTube channel for old TV, including masses of commercials. (“Over 6,000 videos & 7,500 TV Commercials on You Tube & Google.”)
[YouTube/TVDays](http://www.youtube.com/user/tvdays)
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### Author:  [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-older-obscure-television-commercials/478855/5 "2008-12-28T01:44:45Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#):
>
> Is this it?
>
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VHOa-DrXhI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VHOa-DrXhI)
No, but I hadn’t pulled that one up which makes me a bit more optimistic about youtube.
I’ll try the other sites recommended. Thanks, guys. I have more leads than I had on my own!
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### Author:  [@Cowboy8467](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy8467)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-older-obscure-television-commercials/478855/6 "2008-12-29T15:42:29Z")
Another really good one is www.retrojunk.com
You can see commercials split up by genre and decade from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s.