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Started by roadman65, July 27, 2012, 08:49:44 AM

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roadman65

July 27, 2012, 08:49:44 AM  
Many of us have seen commercials all of our lives.  Many good, some okay, a few of them boring, then the ones that are so annoying we see each day of our lives.

However, some are memorable, cute, and just a plain classic.

Here is one from Dunkin Donuts from the 80's that I think is memorable, or at least the characters created for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_G8UYcH2Go&feature=related
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

mgk920

#1
July 27, 2012, 12:22:55 PM  
It's that time of the year again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmgice3ieZ4

(This ad is so incredibly *brilliant* on so many different levels....)

:cool:

Mike

route56

#2
July 27, 2012, 12:36:24 PM  
Quote from: mgk920 on July 27, 2012, 12:22:55 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmgice3ieZ4

(This ad is so incredibly *brilliant* on so many different levels....)

Do you happen to have something against the NFL team from Kansas City? ;)

Found this little gem surfing YouTube... Johnny Cash pitching Amoco Super-Premium Unleaded, and regular unleaded too....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjO2zRewxI
Peace to you, and... don't drive like my brother.

R.P.K.

Stephane Dumas

#3
July 27, 2012, 01:24:41 PM  
Lots of commercials,....too much to remember, lol.

Who remember the PSA with the Crash Test Dummies? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5h2NF2xMYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRAt7N6afJU

A Toyota ad featuring the Simpsons broadcasted in Canada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_V4BRdb534

Wendy's "Where's the beef?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0

Labatt beer commercial from 1973 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmz5mIaT0A0

Chevrolet Chevelle 1970 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ED8X1BNRs

Molson Canadian, walking 500 miles to get some Molson Canadian ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eusx1pBLTtw&feature=related

Takumi

#4
July 27, 2012, 03:15:55 PM  
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

bugo

#5
July 27, 2012, 06:37:31 PM  
The old cigarette commercials were cool.

txstateends

#6
July 28, 2012, 05:13:36 AM  
The mega-classic I've been looking around for, for **years**::::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkndyiEZ70c

I just found it a few weeks ago, reminds me so much of my parents (not the way they look but otherwise)....

"Barbara, you up??"
"Barbara, you UP?????"

"I'm up now....."
\/ \/ click for a bigger image \/ \/

Stephane Dumas

#7
July 28, 2012, 08:04:58 AM  
Quote from: bugo on July 27, 2012, 06:37:31 PM
The old cigarette commercials were cool.

You might like the Flintstones Winston cigarette ad. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAExoSozc2c

Alps

#8
July 28, 2012, 11:10:10 AM  
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 28, 2012, 08:04:58 AM
Quote from: bugo on July 27, 2012, 06:37:31 PM
The old cigarette commercials were cool.

You might like the Flintstones Winston cigarette ad. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAExoSozc2c
Flintstones kids... 10 million strong... *cough cough cough HACK wheeze* ... and smooooking.

The High Plains Traveler

#9
July 28, 2012, 11:51:36 AM  
Quote from: Steve on July 28, 2012, 11:10:10 AM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 28, 2012, 08:04:58 AM
Quote from: bugo on July 27, 2012, 06:37:31 PM
The old cigarette commercials were cool.

You might like the Flintstones Winston cigarette ad. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAExoSozc2c
Flintstones kids... 10 million strong... *cough cough cough HACK wheeze* ... and smooooking.
The Flintstones were originally promoted as an adult cartoon, shown in prime time. Not "adult humor" as we've come to know it, though.
"Tongue-tied and twisted; just an earth-bound misfit, I."

cpzilliacus

#10
July 28, 2012, 05:47:30 PM  
Quote from: route56 on July 27, 2012, 12:36:24 PM
Quote from: mgk920 on July 27, 2012, 12:22:55 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmgice3ieZ4

(This ad is so incredibly *brilliant* on so many different levels....)

Do you happen to have something against the NFL team from Kansas City? ;)

Found this little gem surfing YouTube... Johnny Cash pitching Amoco Super-Premium Unleaded, and regular unleaded too....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjO2zRewxI

Back before the advent of catalytic converters in model year 1975 to reduce vehicle emissions, Amoco Super-Premium was the only lead-free gasoline for sale anywhere (this was before the company started to market the regular unleaded in the blue pump which Johnny also promoted in that commercial).

Does anyone else recall the label on the front part of the pump under the dials?  It read,  "The only one CERTIFIED LEAD-FREE."  This toy Amoco pump that was apparently for auction in 2008 is remarkably accurate here (note the price for a gallon of that high-octane unleaded!).
Opinions expressed here on AAROADS are strictly personal and mine alone, and do not reflect policies or positions of MWCOG, NCRTPB or their member federal, state, county and municipal governments or any other agency.

Stephane Dumas

#11
July 28, 2012, 08:12:06 PM  
Mr. T did a Burger King commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYHo8J9B09A&feature=related

Commercials featuring kids before they was stars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UKjqxOIZhg&feature=related
Speaking of ad featuring a guy before he was a star, here one with Michael J Fox for McDonald's from 1980 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu6uQvyEbik

huskeroadgeek

#12
July 29, 2012, 03:01:42 PM  
Quote from: txstateends on July 28, 2012, 05:13:36 AM
The mega-classic I've been looking around for, for **years**::::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkndyiEZ70c

I just found it a few weeks ago, reminds me so much of my parents (not the way they look but otherwise)....

"Barbara, you up??"
"Barbara, you UP?????"

"I'm up now....."
Aspirin and Sucrets. I didn't even have to watch it to remember that one. It's amazing how you can just hear a line from a commercial you haven't seen for years and instantly remember what product it was for. By the way, when was the last time you saw Sucrets? Just knowing what Sucrets are dates you.

PHLBOS

#13
July 31, 2012, 01:10:09 PM  
Many of the Prudential Insurance commercials that aired during the 70s (when M*A*S*H was still on the air) were outright hilarious.
GPS does NOT equal GOD

triplemultiplex

#14
August 01, 2012, 05:50:16 PM  
Remember when Coca-Cola tried to create their own Mountain Dew?  And pitched it with the same kind of punk-rock marketing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTY8hrvFck8
SURGE!!!!
"That's just like... your opinion, man."

formulanone

#15
August 01, 2012, 06:22:05 PM  
Quote from: triplemultiplex on August 01, 2012, 05:50:16 PM
Remember when Coca-Cola tried to create their own Mountain Dew?  And pitched it with the same kind of punk-rock marketing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTY8hrvFck8
SURGE!!!!

My grandfather drank that stuff, proving their marketing was all for naught.

Perfect ad for an election year - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTMsMqOJtQ8

Takumi

#16
August 01, 2012, 06:33:16 PM  
"What does Bob Dole think? Bob Dole thinks he's a doofus!" :-D

That reminds me of when Dole appeared on SNL shortly after he lost the election, and was consoling Norm MacDonald, who impersonated him on there. He eventually began to critique MacDonald's impersonation, with the best line being "I don't go around saying Bob Dole this and Bob Dole that. That's just not something that Bob Dole does!"
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

agentsteel53

#17
August 01, 2012, 06:47:51 PM  
Quote from: triplemultiplex on August 01, 2012, 05:50:16 PM
Remember when Coca-Cola tried to create their own Mountain Dew?  And pitched it with the same kind of punk-rock marketing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTY8hrvFck8
SURGE!!!!

that was some good stuff.

though it got taken off the market.  too many people died.
live from sunny San Diego.

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Takumi

#18
August 01, 2012, 07:00:27 PM  
^ They tried replacing it with Vault, but it just wasn't quite the same. Now that Vault's gone, there are online movements to have Surge made again.
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

route56

#19
August 01, 2012, 07:27:08 PM  
Peace to you, and... don't drive like my brother.

R.P.K.

cpzilliacus

#20
August 10, 2012, 09:46:55 AM  
Oldies but goodies:

Volkswagen Beetle commercial: how long does a vw beetle float?

Volkswagen Beetle snow plow driver commercial: Classic Beetle Snow Plow Driver Commercial

Joe Namath and Farrah Fawcett selling Noxema shaving cream Noxema with Farrah

Avis-Rent-A-Car commercial from about 1969 featuring a Plymouth Fury: 1970's Avis rent-a-car Commercial

Great commercial pitching Benson and Hedges 100mm coffin nails: The Disadvantages with the Benson & Hedges 100's
Opinions expressed here on AAROADS are strictly personal and mine alone, and do not reflect policies or positions of MWCOG, NCRTPB or their member federal, state, county and municipal governments or any other agency.

Stephane Dumas

#21
August 11, 2012, 08:20:05 AM  
A recent one but very predictive: Audi's "Green police" ad aired during the 2010 Super Bowl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxTNZUhesZk

roadman65

#22
September 01, 2012, 11:53:31 AM   Last Edit: September 01, 2012, 11:56:40 AM by roadman65
Bushs Baked beans commercials were always cool and I think the one with Jay telling dog Duke "When pigs fly" and Duke getting a pig with artificial wings to glide around Jay's house a few times was the best one of these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jUBTUk1H0k
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

formulanone

#23
September 05, 2012, 08:57:04 PM  
Quote from: route56 on August 01, 2012, 07:27:08 PM
Bob Dole Just Can't win ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbGx6kYRYj8

Just caught up with this one...there's a route shield in the top-right that doesn't appear to be from Kansas at 0:14 in the video.

At 1:44 in this video (the making of the commercial), you can get a better look at them...some sort of "238 Loop" and "11" to the right of it. Looks like Texas, but I'm not sure...They might be mock-ups.

roadman65

#24
April 23, 2019, 09:01:27 PM  
Here is a classic.


Where's the beef.  The old lady on this became a star because of her catchphrase.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe
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