Memorable Commercials

[roadman65]

As a child I always remember the Getty commercial with that whistling jingle they once had.  Then later on in the early 80's I remember Getty was the first gas station to rid themselves of old leaded gas.  Their announcer used to say "Travel down the road, see a sign with a nice low price, then pull up to the pump and find out that its for leaded gas.  The unleaded gas they need is much higher.  This could neve happen at a Getty Station because all our gas is unleaded."

Then Exxon in 1977 had the Lets Make Every Mile Count jingle.  Followed by the next year in 78, the acronym TFCBT which was Thanks For Coming By Today.

Then Midas with their telescopic muffler "This muffle fits any car( while the smartass mechanic extends if from small to large)" as well as the drive in movie that depicts a love scene where the male character on the screen can't kiss his girl because he hears a loud muffler in the drive in movie that was showing his movie.

I know this is redundant to the one thread I created over a few months back but the search engine here won't find it for me.

Oh yes, the Federal Express Commercials with the one man on the phone to the another man saying "If I don't get that package by tomorrow I am out of business!"  Then days later The Dingbats Air Express show up at his business now with a Closed sign on it with a doofus delivery guy confused as all heck cause he has the right address but don't know why the business is closed.

[PHLBOS]

As a child I always remember the Getty commercial with that whistling jingle they once had.  Then later on in the early 80's I remember Getty was the first gas station to rid themselves of old leaded gas.  Their announcer used to say "Travel down the road, see a sign with a nice low price, then pull up to the pump and find out that its for leaded gas.  The unleaded gas they need is much higher.  This could neve happen at a Getty Station because all our gas is unleaded."

Such, promoting all unleaded gas, is a serious 180 from how Getty advertised when other brands were phasing out leaded premium gas (in favor of unleaded premium).

Going by memory, here's how one radio ad for such went (paraphrased):

"That's right, they (car manufacturers) don't make them like they used; and for the millions of big, powerful cars out on the road today, we (Getty) still provide leaded premium gas for it so you can drive your car for years to come.  Trade your car in because you want to; not because you can't get gas for it."

[briantroutman]

I know this is redundant to the one thread I created over a few months back but the search engine here won't find it for me.

You mean this thread? https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=6a1a68d03bf75afd8243d19931fe7081&topic=7332.0

Here's a suggestion. Don't use the forum's built-in search tool. It's basically worthless. Instead, go to Google and type site:aaroads.com/forum and then type whatever you're trying to find.

In this case, I just searched site:aaroads.com/forum roadman65 commercials, and the thread appeared at the top of the results list in less than a second.

[Max Rockatansky]

Pee Wee don't do the cheap street level stuff:

[bandit957]

Is it just my imagination, or did Marathon gas stations really have a jingle around 1988 that went, "Marathon's got it!"?

I can't find any mention of it on the Internet anywhere, but I know it existed. It was a whole song that was sung by a guy with a funny voice. I don't remember any of the words except "Marathon's got it!" I can almost remember the melody of the rest of it, but not quite.

[bandit957]

Also, I thought for sure that Casey Kasem did the voiceover in a commersh for St. Joseph aspirin pretty late in his career. I can't find any mention of it either.

[Big John]

Hey Mikey,!  He likes it!

[roadman65]

What airline used to use the calypso song Yellow Bird to promote their airlines?  I remember it well played  on radio ads in the years 1970 and 1971? 

[RoadRebel]

Anyone else remember?
"HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead. HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead. HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead."

It made me want smash the TV!

[bandit957]

Anyone else remember?
"HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead. HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead. HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead."

It made me want smash the TV!

This reminds me of a radio commercial that aired on a small local AM station in the mid-'80s. It was for a baldness cure and had a weird, thumping music bed. The voice-over man would say, "Sure, there is nothing you can rub on your head to make your hair grow." I don't know whether this product worked or not, but it seemed to be part of a series of vitamin ads that always aired on this station.

They also used to run an ad for a vacation package where a man said, "Places with a theme make me run out of steam."

Also, does anyone remember the soup wars? This was in maybe the early 2000s.

[thspfc]

George Washington crossing the Delaware Turnpike

All of the Dr. Rick commercials

This is the best commercial ever made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbkafMhmvMo

[bandit957]

I remember a funny series of TV commercials in the mid-'80s. It started out with a woman saying something like: "You know what? I avoid sugar. But sometimes I want..."

Long pause.

The suspense is mounting!

Are you ready for it?

"...bubble gum!"

Then it shows people engaged in various strenuous activities such as playing tennis or lifting weights, all blowing a bubble with bubble gum as they did so. This ad was for Care-Free gum and had several different versions from roughly 1984-86. There used to be bubble gum commercials all the time back then, but there's hardly any now.

[Max Rockatansky]

Super Mario telling me I'll go to Hell before I die if I use was drugs was pretty memorable:

Begs the question though, if I go to Hell while I'm still alive where do I go when I die? 

[CapeCodder]

What airline used to use the calypso song Yellow Bird to promote their airlines?  I remember it well played  on radio ads in the years 1970 and 1971?

Northeast

[Life in Paradise]

Also, I thought for sure that Casey Kasem did the voiceover in a commersh for St. Joseph aspirin pretty late in his career. I can't find any mention of it either.

From what I could tell from a Google search, he did it in 2004, but I couldn't find the actual commercial on a quick search.

[jmd41280]

Anyone else remember?
"HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead. HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead. HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead."

It made me want smash the TV!

Crowbar. Apply directly to the TV. Crowbar. Apply directly to the TV. Crowbar. Apply directly to the TV.