# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/21 "2003-02-21T03:43:57Z")
Noxema Shaving Cream: “Take it off…take it ALL off” spoken by a sexy blonde while men shaved to the tune of “The Stripper.” ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/22 "2003-02-21T04:03:19Z")
Choo-Choo Charlie! Loves his Good 'n Plenty! Mama Mia, at’sa spicy meat-a-ball. ---
**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 21, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/23 "2003-02-21T04:03:25Z")
_It’ll suproise ya, the Enegoisah! Oy!_ Ah Jocko, sad byproduct of Americas brief post-_Crocodile Dundee_ obsession with all things Austrailia . . . ---
**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 21, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/24 "2003-02-21T04:45:07Z")
_My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer. Ask for Rheingold whenever you buy beer_ . . . _Long John Silver’s got a treat for your young buccaneer. (something, something, something) and you cruise away with free souvenirs. Ya get the best seafood dinners, fries, and home-made slaw. . . Chicken too! So bring your whole crew. It’s the fun thing to do._ . . . _Shopping, phone call, dog got away. . . No time to cook for this busy day-ay. . . Get a bucket of chicken Finger lickin’ good Have a barrel of fun Good-bye ho-hums. Get Kentucky Fried Chicken Come on, every one_ . . . (I don’t remember all the lyrics for this one:) _Grab a broom and a brush. Clean it up for the rush. There is nothing so clean. . . As my burger machine. When we’re finished, what then? Start all over again! Tell me “What does it meeeeeean?” At McDonald’s it’s clean_ . . . _Make a ring, And then another ring, And then another ring, And then you’ve got three rings: Ballantine!_ . . . _We are the Freakies. Yes, we’re the Freakies. This is the Freakies tree. We never miss a meal, 'Cause we got the cer-e-eal_ . . . I remember a cigarette commercial for Viceroy Longs in which a Maurice Cass-ish looking psychiatrist is giving his patient an ink blot test. The guy says stuff like: “I see a man fishing off a pier, smoking Viceroy Longs. I see a man reading a book, smoking Viceroy Longs. I see a man cutting the grass, smoking Viceroy Longs.” The psychiatrist is bewildered at why the guy keeps seeing the “figures” are all smoking Viceroy Longs. The guy offers his psychiatris on, and it ended with a nodding acknowledgement from the psych that maybe the guy was right. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/25 "2003-02-21T04:54:22Z")
[Local commercial hijack] Great commercial showed in Oregon in the early 1990s. A perplexed Frank Zappa looks straight at the camera and says something like “A bunch of people from PGE [Portland General Electric] came to me and asked me to do a commercial. I told them I don’t do commercials. They said, ‘That’s fine.’ I told them that would refuse to ask PGE customers to buy more electricity. They said ‘Great!’ In fact, I said, I’ll tell them to buy even less electricity. They said ‘Perfect!’” Then the announcer would come on with a closing line something like. “Frank Zappa wants you to buy less electricity. PGE thinks that’s a great idea.” The concept of Zappa himself doing a commercial, even a sort of anti-commercial, was brilliant. It was an instant attention-grabber for boomers to see his face filling a TV screen. And to have him do sort of an inverted anti-commercial was intriguing for all ages, even older generations who had no idea who he was. As for why PGE did that, one website says > [@](#): > > In PGE’s case, there was a sound business case for encouraging customers to use electricity more efficiently. Freeing up electricity through efficiency was cheaper for PGE than buying electricity from power plants. Customers get more of what they really want - light and heat, for example - per kilowatt-hour. [/local commercial hijack] Now back to our regularly scheduled commercial \*\* Sometimes you feel like a nut…\*\* ---
**Author:** ![MikeyWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MikeyWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeyWorld)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/26 "2003-02-21T06:32:51Z")
Remember the guys filming on the back of a truck saying “show me your Lark pack”. I expected to see raised blouses, but it was for a cigarette. But a great line none the less. ---
**Author:** ![Lilly\_Putt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lilly\_Putt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilly_Putt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/27 "2003-02-21T06:57:32Z")
Smurfberry Crunch is fun to eat A smurfy, fruity breakfast treat Made by smurfs so happily The taste of crunchy smurfberries… I used to really like the “Trix” commercial where the guy goes to buy the “kids’” cereal, and the cashier is laughing at him. The guy gets home and unzips his costume to reveal that he is actually the Trix rabbit. He finally got the ever-elusive Trix those little bastards would never let him steal from them. He goes to 'fridge to get the milk, and…NO MILK! It was actually one of those “GOT MILK” commercials. That silly rabbit, Trix are for kids. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/28 "2003-02-21T07:31:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \* > \*\*“I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!” \*\* But what was the product? (Tangent) The above slogan is kind of like the familiar movie tag: “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” Everybody knows it, but what movie is it for? _The Fly_ with Jeff Goldblum (And now back to our regularly scheduled commercials…) (Slap!) Thanks. I needed that! (which after shave was this? Aqua Velva?) Here comes the king, here comes the beer number one… C & H Pure cane sugar From Hawaii La la la la (okay I can’t remember the rest. But I remember the tune. It’s the same one that’s all over John Ford’s _Donovan’s Reef_.) And whatever you do, DON’T SQUEEZE THE CHARMIN! ---
**Author:** ![MikeyWorld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MikeyWorld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeyWorld)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/29 "2003-02-21T07:33:47Z")
Long before the frogs drank beer, Rainier Beer, in Seattle, Has a commercial showing a sunset over a swamp with every animal sound, From crickets to loons, saying “beer”, or “Rainier”. It was a riot ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/30 "2003-02-21T07:35:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hometownboy \* > **Now back to our regularly scheduled commercial** > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by TGWATY \*\*\* > (And now back to our regularly scheduled commercials…)_\* Oops. Great minds think alike. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/31 "2003-02-21T12:31:26Z")
Dunkin Donuts: “Time to make the donuts!” Palmolive: “You’re soaking in it!” Does anyone else remember Waffle-O cereal? With Waffle-o Bill and his horse, whatshisface? Man, I used to love waffle-os. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/32 "2003-02-21T12:43:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TGWATY \* > **(Slap!) Thanks. I needed that! > (which after shave was this? Aqua Velva?)** Yup. I still recall using this line (while the commercials were still running) as the final kicker line in a Cub Scout skit we did that was a version of Sleeping Beauty with most of the lines of dialog stolen from well-known commmercials; Sleeping Beauty says it after the prince kisses her, of course. ---
**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 21, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/33 "2003-02-21T12:51:42Z")
_I’m from Milwaukee, and I oughta know. It’s Blatz, Blatz, Blatz beer, wherever you go._ ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/34 "2003-02-21T15:37:36Z")
_Plop, plop, fizz, fizz Oh, what a relief it is._ [Here’s a site where you can watch some of those oldies](http://www.tvparty.com/vaultcom2.html) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/35 "2003-02-21T16:42:27Z")
> [@](#): > > ## \*Originally posted by TGWATY \* \*\*quote: > > ## Originally posted by Dijon Warlock “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!” > > But what was the product? > \*\* Alka-Seltzer! “you ate it Ralph.” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/36 "2003-02-21T16:45:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by E-Sabbath \* > \*\*Mama Mia, at’sa spicy meat-a-ball. \*\* “CUT!” “Take Twent-seven!” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/37 "2003-02-21T16:49:25Z")
_for our friends who grew up watching the Cleveland affiliates…_ “Seeeee the U.S.A. in a C. Miller Cheverolet!” (blows kiss) _singing…_ “GARield-1, two-three, two-three, GARfield-1, two-three, two-three!”\* \*In reference to the old-fashioned way to memorize phone numbers for our younger dopers. ---
**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 21, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/38 "2003-02-21T16:56:58Z")
It’s not how long you make it, it’s how you make it long! (Hint- NOT Viagra) ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/39 "2003-02-21T17:12:09Z")
Mean Joe Greene and “the kid” for Coke… …still makes me tear up (in a masculine “I love football” kind of way) everytime he tosses the kid the jersey. ---
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395/40 "2003-02-21T17:17:30Z")
The old Tootsie Roll commercial: \*The word looks mighty good to me, 'cause Tootsie Rolls are all I see. Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me! Tootsie Roll, how I love your chocolatey chew! Tootsie Roll, I think I’m in love with you! Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me!\* The old Atari commercial: _Have you played Atari today?_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classic-commercial-appreciation-thread/156395.md?page=3)