# Vintage commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [May 24, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814 "2021-05-24T16:55:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/1 "2021-05-24T16:55:35Z")
Growing up in the '60s and '70s, I watched a lot of TV. It’s amazing how often commercials of the time pop into my head. This thread is for remembering commercials of the past. Here’s one that randomly bubbled to the top of my memory just now. Jack In The Box '‘Really Cooking Now’, 1977: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yyRRXIR4BEU/maxresdefault.jpg "Jack In The Box Really Cooking Now TV Commercial HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyRRXIR4BEU) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/2 "2021-05-24T17:08:16Z")
This is a great Alka-Seltzer commercial, it was the beginning of a series of a different type of commercial for something like an antacid product. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQhwNtY3N2k) This one with inmates in prison got huge notice. This kind of Super Bowl commercial production quality wasn’t that common back then. And these commercials didn’t identify the product right up front, they were meant to entertain and remind the audience of a product they already knew well. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn87b06h274) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/3 "2021-05-24T17:21:14Z")
I still remember one, I wish I could find it.’ The scene: rainy night, pizza delivery man is late. Couple: “It’s about time!” Delivery man: “Mean night, ya know.” Husband opens the pizza box; the pizza is stuck to the roof. “It’s stuck, Helen.” Helen takes a bite. “Cold again, too,” It eas probably for something like DiGiornos. But to this day, when the situation warrants it, I always say “It’s stuck, Helen.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/4 "2021-05-24T17:21:49Z")
The ‘Spicy Meatball’ (and ‘I can’t believe I ate the whole thing’) spots are indelible. I don’t remember the prison one. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VFKifpMtlNs/hqdefault.jpg "AlkaSeltzer "I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing" TV Spot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKifpMtlNs) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/5 "2021-05-24T17:39:18Z")
The Shakeys Pizza Fairy commercials starring Lionel Stander seem to have disappeared from the web. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/6 "2021-05-24T17:45:08Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xRKTXCRqRXQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Oscar Mayer My Bologna Has A First Name Song Classic TV Ad Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRKTXCRqRXQ) How’s that? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/7 "2021-05-24T18:01:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The ‘Spicy Meatball’ (and ‘I can’t believe I ate the whole thing’) spots are indelible. I don’t remember the prison one. More than once in the school cafeteria a few guys would start banging on the table in that cadence and everybody would join in and do the chant as well. The enemy, i.e. the poor miserable faculty members who had lunch monitor duty didn’t really mind this antic, just a little noise, no food on the walls, no destruction. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/8 "2021-05-24T18:01:30Z")
I grew up in the 1980s, so some of these are a bit before my time. As such, the first one that came to my mind was Wendy’s “Where’s the beef?” ads. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/riH5EsGcmTw/maxresdefault.jpg "Where's The Beef Commercials - Wendy's 1984") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riH5EsGcmTw) Closely followed by Domino’s “Avoid the Noid” commercials (which they just recently brought back). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pItuT6ebaNg/hqdefault.jpg "Dominos Noid Commercials") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pItuT6ebaNg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/9 "2021-05-24T18:15:13Z")
I’ve noticed the Noid has been resurrected for their current campaign. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/10 "2021-05-24T18:24:01Z")
I have so many old commercials stored in my head, I wouldn’t know where to begin. My favorite is [this one for Wendy’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaMUfxVJVQ). And [this one for Cordoba](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc). To this day I still marvel at rich Corinthian leather. Another one that my bro and I laugh about was for a product called The Hindsight Mirror. The version I find online is not the one we love, which includes the line “The Hindsight Mirror hangs neatly on the wall!” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/11 "2021-05-24T18:25:34Z")
Volkswagen. “Funeral” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LPLNhqca0Qc/hqdefault.jpg "TV commercial film for Volkswagen Beetle "Funeral" 1969") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPLNhqca0Qc) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/12 "2021-05-24T18:36:56Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > The Shakeys Pizza Fairy commercials starring Lionel Stander seem to have disappeared from the web. I didn’t know Shakeys were still around. I miss it so much! Also not familiar with any of their commercials but [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrpjKelALc) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/13 "2021-05-24T18:40:08Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > My favorite is [this one for Wendy’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaMUfxVJVQ). That one still makes me laugh. 🙂 > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > And [this one for Cordoba](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc). To this day I still marvel at rich Corinthian leather. Another fave! To this day I can’t think of Ricardo Montalban without thinking of that commercial. Which reminds me of this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ywYjYcrzK_A/hqdefault.jpg "1973 AMC Matador Commercial - "What's a Matador?"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywYjYcrzK_A) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/14 "2021-05-24T18:40:33Z")
I always liked this McDonald’s ad. Maybe because my sister is 9 years younger than me. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EUAOlOOzpN4/maxresdefault.jpg "McDonald's Little Sister 1980 TV Commercial HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUAOlOOzpN4) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/15 "2021-05-24T18:43:53Z")
[shakeys pizza - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:4&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=ALeKk01B7vWSgX0ggdnn644CSJU003oWkQ:1621881488237&q=shakeys+pizza&rflfq=1&num=10&ved=2ahUKEwjIg-Wv--LwAhWoHzQIHSVMC2MQtgN6BAgKEAc#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:%5B%5B34.3393034,-118.06201739999999%5D,%5B33.7738055,-118.5624628%5D)];tbs:lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!1m4!1u16!2m2!16m1!1e1!1m4!1u16!2m2!16m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf\_ui:4 There are still quite a few around SoCal. I think they have priced themselves out of lots of markets. Bunch of Lunch is still a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/16 "2021-05-24T18:58:30Z")
Chuck Wagon. Epic! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/17 "2021-05-24T19:13:23Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Volkswagen. “Funeral” I’d forgotten that one! That’s a good one. > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > To this day I still marvel at rich Corinthian leather. I like to say Khan had the Reliant’s captain’s chair done in fine corinthian leather. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/18 "2021-05-24T19:15:10Z")
My favorite is this 1996 Nissan ad with the GI Joe, Barbie and Ken knockoff puppets: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L8QKK5IDSXE/hqdefault.jpg "Nissan Toys Commercial featuring Barbie and Ken and Van Halen, You Really Got Me, 1996 Nissan 300ZX") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8QKK5IDSXE) And who can forget the California Raisins? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pM2OK_JaJ9I/hqdefault.jpg "California Raisins Commercial (1986)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM2OK_JaJ9I) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/19 "2021-05-24T19:17:16Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I have so many old commercials stored in my head, I wouldn’t know where to begin. My favorite is [this one for Wendy’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaMUfxVJVQ). Still one of my all-time favorites. “Is next…eveningvear…very nice!” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814/20 "2021-05-24T19:25:22Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The ‘Spicy Meatball’ (and ‘I can’t believe I ate the whole thing’) spots are indelible. I don’t remember the prison one. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKifpMtlNs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKifpMtlNs) Here’s the remake with Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EiGYMe1d7No/hqdefault.jpg "Alka Seltzer "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing" Redux") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiGYMe1d7No) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814.md?page=2)