The classic commercial appreciation thread

Cafe Society
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Refresh our memories on those commercias we grew up with.

I’m hoping someone will post a description here that we have me going, “Oh, yeah! I forgot about that! That was great.”

Here’s the first few:

“I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony.
I’d like to buy the world a coke, and keep it company.”
Long running Coke commercial, shown at Xmas time I think. Choir holding candles at night. I’m certain one of them was Karen Allen of Raiders of the Lost Ark fame.

“We need more Calgon!”
“Ancient Chinese secret, huh?”
I think this commercial ran for about ten years.

This one really needs no reminder:
“Le’t get Mikey to try it!”
“He likes it! He likes it! Hey, Mikey!”

“Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get the Tootsie Roll center of Tootsie Roll Pop?”
“Let’s find out. A one,… a two-hoo, … a three.” (Crunch!) “Three.”
How many licks does it take to get the Tootsie Roll center of Tootsie Roll Pop? The world may never know.

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Let’s try this again:

Refresh our memories on those commercials we grew up with.

I’m hoping someone will post a description here that will have me going, “Oh, yeah! I forgot about that! That was great.”

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“. . . and I hay-ulped”

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If you’ve got trouble
wait don’t run
this kind of Trouble’s lots of fun

Pop-a-matic pops the dice
pop a 6 and you go twice

and so forth…

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Okay, I’m going to need more to go on for this one.

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It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!

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TGWATY:

“It’s not fried, it’s Shake and Bake, and I hay-ulped”

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“Mrs. Burke! I thought you were Dale!”

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Anyone else remember when Atari made its sad attempt to market the 2600 in the middle of the NES era?

Under Fifty Bucks, Fifty Bucks! Now Isn’t That Nice?

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MSU 1978: Shake and bake! I remember now. :stuck_out_tongue:

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The Hamlet cigar ads of the 1980s: remember the one with the shoulder pads in the bus? The one with Carlos Fandango wheels?

And then there was the spat between Qualcast and Flymo. ‘Lawnmower manufacturers sharpen blades’ was the title of many newspaper articles.

Ahhh… but so much of the rest was utter tosh. I haven’t had a TV for many years and don’t miss it.

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My baloney has a first name.
It’s O-S-C-A-R.
My baloney has a second name.
It’s M-E-Y-E-R.
I love to eat it every day
And if you ask me why I’ll sayyyyyy
'Cause Oscar Meyer has a way with B-O-L-A-G-N-A.

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“We’ve secretly replaced the coffee in this cafe with Folger’s Crystals.”
And remember the Nestea plunge? There was always someone who takes a sip of tea and is then suddenly falling backward into a pool of water. Those commercials inspired me and my friends to do back-flops at the local pool. Damn, that hurt.

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You got chocolate in my peanut butter!

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Yes! :stuck_out_tongue: Keep ‘em comin’!

I’m a Pepper, you’re a Pepper, …
Wouldn’t ya like to be a Pepper too?

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Argh! You got peanut butter on my chocolate!

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Who can forget Robert Conrad and those coppertop commericals?

“Go ahead. I dare ya.”

Or the toothpaste (Pearl drops?) where the lady licks her teeth and says “It’s a great feeling.”

And what was the commercial using a credit card to check to see if the guy had a close shave? I want to say it had Joe Namath in it, but I could be wrong about that part.

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“When I bite into a York Peppermint Chocolate…
…I get the sensation of floatin’ down a cool mountain stream and the only sound for miles around hon-EEEEEE is the DEW droppin’ from the green mint leaves!!”

(or words to that effect)
“Hey look, it’s Anna Marie Alberghetti!”
“The good seasons lady!”

"Hey Kool-Aid!’
“Oh YEAAAAAHH!!”

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“WHERE’S THE BEEF?!”

OK, it’s not good, but it is a classic!

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“I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!”