# The classic commercial appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395 "2003-02-20T20:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/1 "2003-02-20T20:24:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/2 "2003-02-20T20:25:46Z")
Let’s try this again: Refresh our memories on those commercia **l** s 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.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/3 "2003-02-20T20:34:22Z")
“. . . and I hay-ulped” ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/4 "2003-02-20T20:38:11Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/5 "2003-02-20T20:38:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mjollnir \* > \*\*". . . and I hay-ulped" \*\* Okay, I’m going to need more to go on for this one. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/6 "2003-02-20T20:51:38Z")
It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature! ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/7 "2003-02-20T20:52:43Z")
TGWATY: “It’s not fried, it’s Shake and Bake, and I hay-ulped” ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/8 "2003-02-20T20:54:48Z")
“Mrs. Burke! I thought you were Dale!” ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/9 "2003-02-20T20:59:41Z")
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?_ ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/10 "2003-02-20T21:32:31Z")
MSU 1978: Shake and bake! I remember now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/11 "2003-02-20T21:40:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/12 "2003-02-20T21:41:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/13 "2003-02-20T21:47:39Z")
“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. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/14 "2003-02-20T21:51:26Z")
You got chocolate in my peanut butter! ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/15 "2003-02-20T21:51:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tangent \* > \*\*“We’ve secretly replaced the coffee in this cafe with Folger’s Crystals.” > > And remember the Nestea plunge? \*\* Yes! 😛 Keep ‘em comin’! I’m a Pepper, you’re a Pepper, … Wouldn’t ya like to be a Pepper too? ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/16 "2003-02-20T21:56:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*You got chocolate in my peanut butter! \*\* Argh! _You_ got peanut butter on _my_ chocolate! ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/17 "2003-02-20T22:14:08Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/18 "2003-02-20T22:25:43Z")
“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!!” ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/19 "2003-02-21T00:21:55Z")
“WHERE’S THE BEEF?!” OK, it’s not good, but it is a classic! ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/20 "2003-02-21T03:38:09Z")
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