Comments on: 5 Vintage TV Commercials Worth a Second Look

By: Brooklynperson

Brooklynperson — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Well. That’s some spicy meatball.

By: Eve

Eve — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:24:00 +0000

Paul, are you crazy? Redpop is amazing. Though I do agree Rock N’ Rye is the bomb. Here’s a tip: put some SoCo in your Faygo Redpop for a sweet Ghetto Cocktail!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:30:40 +0000

Hey! What about the old Shasta commercial? I still sing that song… “Don’t give me that so-so soda”…

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:40:39 +0000

Sorry, but you entirely missed THE BEST COMMERCIAL EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mean Joe Green, the adorable (and very polite) young boy and the bottle of Coke; not bad for a chance to meet a true Football legend and get a jersey that he’d wore.

I still cry every time I see it! (Copied from The Best Superbowl Commercials aired this time last year.)

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:03:44 +0000

I’m not a big fan of advertisements generally, but I bet everyone would appreciate it if modern ads went back to this kind of “good clean fun.”

By: Greg Steinmayer

Greg Steinmayer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:27:56 +0000

The Faygo guy (”Everybody Ready?”) is none other than Harold Peary, “The Great Gildersleeve’ from 1940’s-50’s radio.

By: Chfristine

Chfristine — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:41:54 +0000

The Faygo commercial brings back fond memories. If I’m remembering correctly, it was on in about 1974, when I was 12 years old. I sometimes spent summer vacation days visiting my grandparents, and during the day while grandpa was at work, grandma and I would spend part of the day watching tv game shows…that commercial was one of her favorites. Ilived in the Detroit area and remember it also being on the radio. Another song from a commercial that I remember on the radio is “I’d like to teach the world to sing” from Coke.

By: Ken David

Ken David — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:15:31 +0000

DRAT! Left out the URL of Alka. . .
Hwew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-OOEtD14ww

By: Ken David

Ken David — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:11:33 +0000

Also the “No matter what shape your stomach is in” series from Alka-Seltzer.
While I can’t document it I seem to recall that an expanded version of the jingle got into the Billboard top 100, possibly as far as the top 10.
I also think someone did a version of “Maxwell House” but it was not as successful.

By: Ken David

Ken David — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:57:13 +0000

How can you leave our the “Maxwell House Coffee” ads? The percolater going boop a doop doop?
Try here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_HN_3ulO9M