YouTube Vintage Television Commercial Thread A-Z

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  1. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
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    --other--
    No real rules... I guess I'd like to see it kept to 30 years and older, tho.

    A is for Aurora AFX

     
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  2. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Christmas present I got my brother this year was based on a shared memory of a jingle in a commercial from the mid-70s.

    And since there's no rules, I am skipping to the I spot now. :)



    It's an Ice Bird.
     
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  3. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
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    Real Salt Lake
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    United States
    Peter Revson - the pitchman in these - was killed in a crash in early 1974. This ad campaign had to be active when that happened.
     
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  4. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
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    Real Salt Lake
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    United States
    Since I screwed up the order, I will go back to B with one that sticks in my head 40 years later:



    Bon Jour (Action) Jeans
     
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  5. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
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    Real Salt Lake
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    United States
    May I just say I need the simplicity of the early-1970s Coca Cola commercial on this most terrible of days.

     
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  6. Auriaprottu

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    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
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    Atlanta
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    Don't Spill The Beans or Break The Ice

     
  7. Dr. Wankler

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    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Easy-Bake oven, 1963



    sisters of my friends had them. We'd use them when no one was looking.

    In retrospect, it's hard to imagine leaving 7 year old boys alone in a house, but things were better in those days...
     
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  8. Len

    Len Member+

    Club: Dallas Tornado
    Jan 18, 1999
    Everywhere and Nowhere.....I'm the wind, baby.
    My sister had one of those......and yes, in a pinch, I secretly baked cookies.
     
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  9. Ismitje

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    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
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    Real Salt Lake
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    United States
    F is for Fruit of the Loom underwear:



    In third grade or so, my Mom made my brother an amazing Halloween costume out of balloons and papier mache of some sort and he went as the purple grape guy. Couldn't have been much after that else he would never have gone for it.
     
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  10. Auriaprottu

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    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
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    Atlanta
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    --other--
    G.I. Joe Adventure Team- '70s, for sure.
     
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  11. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
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    Real Salt Lake
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    United States
    H is for C & H Pure Cane Sugar (from Hawaii) - the song of which is embedded deeply in my soul.

     
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  12. Auriaprottu

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    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
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    Atlanta
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    --other--
    Not a video, just paying homage. An image of the greatest toy company ever to exist
    [​IMG]
     
  13. Auriaprottu

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    Atlanta Damn United
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    I is for Ideal, creators of Mousetrap

     
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  14. Len

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    Club: Dallas Tornado
    Jan 18, 1999
    Everywhere and Nowhere.....I'm the wind, baby.
    J for Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army) Toy Gun



    I never had one, and I don't recall anybody in the neighborhood having one. They must have been expensive.
     
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  15. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
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    Real Salt Lake
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    United States
    K is for K-Tel whose commercials were common since the company produced so many of them over so many years.



    I had a K-Tel album at some point in 74-75-76 but I can't match my memory to the list of albums on Wikipedia.
     
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  16. Len

    Len Member+

    Club: Dallas Tornado
    Jan 18, 1999
    Everywhere and Nowhere.....I'm the wind, baby.
    It's crazy the mix of music on that LP.

    I think I bought a couple of those in my day; if it had two or three songs I liked but didn't really care to buy the album, this was perfect.....

    ....and for $5.99!?! I'm in, bro!
     
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  17. Auriaprottu

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    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
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    --other--
    L is for Legend

    Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle commercial



    BTW, this scale bike and action figure have been re-released by a new company, and these reissues are exactly like the originals, I'm told by FB enthusiasts.
     
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  18. Auriaprottu

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    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
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    Atlanta
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    --other--
    The first album I ever selected and bought with my own money

    [​IMG]

    Do It Again, Day By Day, Uneasy Rider, Ain't No Sunshine, Use Me, Brother Louie, Never Rains in California...
     
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  19. Len

    Len Member+

    Club: Dallas Tornado
    Jan 18, 1999
    Everywhere and Nowhere.....I'm the wind, baby.
    #19 Len, Jan 28, 2021
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    M is for Mr Potato Head



    I had one. I could use the potato a day or two, then I had to give it back and mom would make fries - Mr Potato Head always ended his existence in grease. Occasionally I'd use a carrot or some other vegetable or fruit, but it wasn't the same.
     
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  20. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
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    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was doing a NYT Crossword a couple of weeks ago and there was a toy theme to it. One clue was for the first toy ever advertised on television, and the answer was Mr. Potato Head.
     
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  21. Len

    Len Member+

    Club: Dallas Tornado
    Jan 18, 1999
    Everywhere and Nowhere.....I'm the wind, baby.
    [​IMG]
     
  22. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I didn't either, just figured it out from other clues/answers. :)

    I *think* this is the first Nintendo commercial to air in the US:

     
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  23. Ismitje

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    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
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    Real Salt Lake
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    United States
    O is for Mr. Owl as the cleverest of the animals, who knows exactly how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop (the original from 1970):



    I don't remember this one minute version but saw lots of the 30 second ads.
     
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  24. Len

    Len Member+

    Club: Dallas Tornado
    Jan 18, 1999
    Everywhere and Nowhere.....I'm the wind, baby.
    Interesting. Don't think I ever saw this one; like you, I just saw the 30 second ad.
     
  25. Len

    Len Member+

    Club: Dallas Tornado
    Jan 18, 1999
    Everywhere and Nowhere.....I'm the wind, baby.
    P is for Dr Pepper



    There are older ones, but I remember this one......And yes, I was a Pepper.
     
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