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| Pepsi, Michael Jackson Accident, 1984 |
Michael Jackson...Died June 25, 2009
This is the short version of the Billie Jean Pepsi commercial, the one in which Jackson's hair caught fire due to the special effects.
Warning: Following this commercial is the actual footage (from behind) of Jackson during the explosion. His entire head is engulfed in flames. Imagine how traumatic, how frightening this must have been for Jackson.
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time 1:02 size 1.9 mb ad aired in 1984
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| Gail Storm for Nescafe |
Gail Storm...Died June 27, 2009
In a span of less than a week in 2009, Gail Storm was the fifth celebrity to pass away, the day before Billy Mays died. But unlike Mays, Storm died of natural causes related to old age (she was 87).
Best known for her starring role in the 1952-1955 sitcom, My Little Margie, she was also an accomplished singer, dancer, and ice skater.
Nescafe coffee was a major sponsor of her show.
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time 1:01 size 1.6 mb aired 1959
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| Sanka In a Can |
Still remarkably 97 percent caffeine-free.
In all honesty, don't we think of Sanka as that instant, caffeine-free powder in a glass jar?
Apparently, there was also a ground version in a can, that brewed like regular coffee. And look at the can-opener key thingie...remember how the razor-sharp strip of metal would unwind and practically cut off your finger? Or it would snap apart when the can was half-opened. What a great invention.
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time 0:23 size 709 kb aired 1963
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| Fresca (197?) |
Don't be left out in the warm...
Fresca received saturation marketing when it was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company. Ads everywhere, commercials on every network. The accent was on freshness and coldness, in a diet drink.
When it was introduced in the early 1960s, it (along with other diet drinks) contained an artificial sweetener called cyclamates, which was later found to cause cancer in rats. Yum.
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time 1:02 size 1.584 mb aired 197?
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| Nescafé Coffee |
Let's have another cup of coffee...
This was a very famous jingle for Nescafé Coffee. The ad is so retro, so corny, it's irresistible today.
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time 1:02 size 925 mb aired 1959
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| Pepsi Generation |
You've got a lot to live.
Here is the love-generation version of the Pepsi jingle: slow, sensitive, kind of a Hallmark-moment kinda thing.
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time 1:04 size 944 kb aired 1969
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| Vivian Vance: Maxwell House |
No, she's not Ethyl Mertz in real life, she's Vivian Vance.
Forever Lucy's sidekick, Ms. Vance was never able to escape being typecast as Ethyl. Even her role as the Maxwell House rep has become forgotten.
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time 0:33 size 430-442 kb aired 1970s
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| Folgers Coffee with Mrs. Olson |
Folgers Coffee response to Maxwell House's Cora (Margaret Hamilton, 1902 - 1985): here is Mrs. Olson (Virginia Christine, 1920 - 1996).
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time 0:32 size 426 kb aired 1967
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| Coca-Cola #1 |
Early Coca-Cola ad featuring the catchy slogan, Thirst asks nothing more.
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time 0:50 size 238 kb aired 1960s
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| Coca-Cola #3 |
Another version of the jingle, Coca-Cola gives you that refreshing new feeling.
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time 1:07 size 424 kb aired 1950s
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| Kool-Aid #1 |
The Monkees singing Make friends with Kool-Aid.
One or two members of the group were not fond of their bubblegum reputation. This ad sure didn't help.
You could always use a new friend. Peace and love to you, too.
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time 0:36 size 229 kb aired 1960s
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| 7Up |
7Up is all action! 7Up your thirst away!
I like this ad because of one scientific line: "It restarts the natural moisture in your mouth."
In other words, it restarts your mouth with spit.
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time 1:08 size 380 kb aired 1960s
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| Pepsi with The Turtles, 196? |
Taste that beats the others cold, Pepsi pours it on.
This was likely a radio ad that was filmed while the group was in the recording studio. Back in the '60s, all the popular soft drinks had catchy ads/jingles on "pop" music stations.
The Turtles were a very popular group back then whose success was quite a surprise to even them. The group was together for a few years, but after six or seven different (and horrible) managers and an unending string of lawsuits involving those managers, the group split up.
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time 1:02 size 1.88 mb aired 196?
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| Schlitz Beer, 1965 |
Real gusto in a great light beer.
Beer, suds, and more beer, everywhere...all over the place
And as usual, not a single person is allowed to be shown drinking it. In the US, it was felt (after the Prohibition) that showing somebody actually drinking beer was in bad taste. We know of no specific FCC laws banning consumption on-air, but it appears there are voluntary codes of conduct that dictate: thou shalt not drink in TV ads.
Gump was right: Stupid is as stupid does.
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time 1:02 size 1.9 mb aired 1965
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| Dr Pepper |
Charge!...get goin' again.
We can't place the exact year this aired, but it looks like it was circa 1966.
Dr Pepper was supposed to be the cola alternative. And then came Cherry Coke and 7UP-the-Uncola.
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time 1:02 size 1.9 mb aired 196?
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| Sanka (1960) |
N - E - W - S...we've got news for you!
When you think of old Sanka ads, you think of Snooze-R-Rama.
This one sure broke the mold. It's a playful, upbeat, mini-musical that is very, very retro. A favorite here at ClassicTVAds.
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time 1:02 size 1.54 mb aired 1960
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| Pepsi Barn Dance |
The light refreshment.
Back when square-dancing and barn dances were big, Polly Bergen was doing her thing for Pepsi.
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time 0:28 size 417 kb aired 195?
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| Pepsi, For Those Who Think Young |
The modern light one.
Another famous Joanie Sommers ad for Pepsi. Note the rare silver-colored "Pepsi-Cola" cooler in this ad.
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time 1:02 size 925 kb aired 1960s
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| Carpenters: Don't Drink and Drive |
In the late '70s, Karen and Richard Carpenter made a public service announcement for the California Highway Patrol.
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time 0:32 size 408-432 kb aired 197?
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| Budweiser Beer with Ed McMahon |
Is it possible that Ed McMahon was ever this young? Looks like this was an early 1960s ad.
Here's to you, instead of Here's Johnny!
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time 1:08 size 247 kb aired 1963
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| Coca-Cola #2 |
Zing, what a feeling!
One of Coke's early, catchy jingles, so appealing to the younger, hip crowd.
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time 1:11 size 334 kb aired 1950s
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| Coca-Cola #4 |
Things go better with Coca-Cola, things go better with Coke!
Appealing alternate version of ad featured in RoadOde's Soda Pop section.
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time 1:05 size 496 kb aired 1960s
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| Kool-Aid #2 |
A five-cent package makes two quarts of...
Dreadfully retro ad from the late 1950s, featuring smiley white kids (there were no non-white kids back in those days...) accenting a smiley pitcher of Kool-Aid.
Kool-Aid always made a big deal out of the cheap 5-cent cost per packet, hinting that maybe sugar was free in those days?
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time 1:02 size 1.54 kb aired 1950s
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