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| Sunsweet Prunes, 1967 |
I'll warn you in advance: I'm not going to like your prune.
One of the most successful ads of all time, this one proved that the soft-sell can be effective.
Prunes had a solid, time-honored reputation of being old-people food, to relieve their constipation. Sunsweet almost didn't air this ad, because it feared that the angle, "Try it you might not like it...if not, that's okay", would flop.
Not only did it NOT flop, the ad (and the campaign to reduce prune wrinkles) was a well-deserved smash hit.
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time 1:02 size 1.9 mb ad aired in 1967
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| Rice Krispies |
I say it's crackle, the crispy sound...
We think this is likely a 1960s ad, although we're not sure.
What a catchy jingle in this one, with the trio of Kelloggs' elves at their musical best.
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time 1:02 size 1.54 mb aired 196?
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| Post Cereals |
Most any cereal is fine with me...
Catchy little jingle that aired during the Danny Thomas Show/Make Room for Daddy in the early 1960s. Each character in this ad represented one of the characters in the show.
Post and Kellogg's seemed to sponsor all of the wholesome family sitcoms in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Kellogg's usually had the better jingles, but this one by Post, although long forgotten, was one of its best.
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time 0:22 size 536 kb aired 1960
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| Kellogg's Special K with Dennis James |
My mother's favorite performer...
Dennis James, host of many '40s through '70s daytime game shows, was also the distinctive voice for Kellogg's.
Special K was always associated with low calories and diet food, but here the accent is on "protein".
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time 0:57 size 1.36 mb aired 195?
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| Bert Lahr (Cowardly Lion) for Lays Potato Chips |
Bet'choo can't eat just one!
So hard to find, but I finally got this one featuring Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz. Back in the 1960s, Lahr was the extremely effective spokesperson for Lays Potato Chips.
Lahr created several ads for Frito-Lay...and they're all difficult to find.
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time 0:21 size 517 kb aired 1960s
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| Aspergum |
It tasted good...
OK, I don't know if this stuff is still sold, but I remember chewing it, and it didn't taste good to me.
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time 1:01 size 905 kb aired 1966
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| Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup |
Lipton noodle soup starts out with a great big chicken.
When the non-piano music starts in this dull ad (an oboe?), it appears Lipton took the first three notes from the Campbell's "Mmm-mmm, good!" jingle, thus borrowing instant association with wholesomeness and goodness.
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time 0:31 size 455 kb aired 1960s
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| Phil Hartman, 1948 - 1998 |
As Huge MacAttack, for McDonald's.
Featured on ClassicTVAds in 2005, Phil Hartman returns in another great ad featuring this talented Saturday Night Live comedian. Hartman was murdered by his spouse, in his sleep.
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time 0:33 size 611 kb aired 1996 (stereo)
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| Dabney Coleman |
For Diet Delight canned fruit.
Young (and greasy-faced) Coleman appears to have gotten his big break doing commercials, like this one.
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time 1:00 size 752 kb aired 1965
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| Clark's Teaberry Gum #3 |
Clark gives you something more...
The third Teaberry shuffle ad, this one aired about the same time Gomer Pyle was a hit...complete with military personnel.
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time 0:23 size 349 kb aired 1967
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| Campbell's Soup and Sandwich |
Any time or weather, soup and sandwich go together.
Very famous Campbell's soup jingle, a spinoff of Love and Marriage.
Campbell's always seemed to score with one famous jingle or theme after another. The "soup and sandwich" theme was a long-lasting one.
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time 1:02 size 1.54 mb aired 196
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| Boston Market with Keith Olbermann |
Eat something!
Elusive commercial with Keith Olbermann when he was a sports anchor at ESPN.
Apparently, this ad and another spoofed designer cologne ads at the time, which featured skinny, gaunt-looking models.
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time 0:33 size 809 kb aired April 1997
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| Crisco, 196? |
Who's the best cook in Greeley Country Kansas...
We're not sure which product saw increased sales after this ad aired nation-wide: Crisco, or fashionable eye-glasses.
The acting in this ad doesn't get any better. They were aiming for everyday folk...mission accomplished.
We like the daughter's glasses the best, because they have that pretty feminine uplift from the center outward.
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time 1:01 size 1.9 mb ad aired in 196?
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| Campbell's Pork and Beans |
Beans of all our dreams...
Does anybody know what "tender-hearted beans" really means? Did you call them tender-farted beans, too?
Campbell's was always the sponsor of tender-hearted television shows, like Lassie and Donna Reed. Kids, like the ones in this ad, were usually the focus...and they weren't very good at lip-sync'ing.
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time 0:32 size 980 kb aired 196?
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| Aunt Jemima (Harriet Nelson) (1955) |
Make mine buckwheat, mom...
This ad, we're sure, was intended to conjour mental images of the Old South and Gone With the Wind, complete with Mammy on the box of pancake mix.
In hindsight, we can certainly see why they changed the image of Aunt Jemima. The insulting "fat, smiling, po' but happy" negro image held up by the rich white woman was unbelievably stereotypical and racist.
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time 0:40 size 991 kb aired 1955
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| Popeyes Chicken (Ellen Degenerese) |
Summer jugs from Popeye.
Yeah, get a load of Popeye's summer jugs, sexual innuendo intentional (I'm sure). This is truly drive-in quality, with a very goofy Ellen Degenerese at the end.
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time 0:30 size 445 kb aired 1980s?
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| Bufferin |
Twice as....FAST.
The year was 1958...wait 'til you hear the new-fangled electronicky music. I bet it was the talk of the town.
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time 1:01 size 907 kb aired 1958
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| Cheerios |
Off into space!
Vintage commercial of timeless cereal, Cheerios, during the space age and its rockets to the moon.
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time 1:02 size 922 kb aired 1960
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| Dave Thomas, 1932 - 2002 |
For Wendy's...of course.
Many people mistakenly think that Dave died of heart failure. In truth, he lost a long battle with liver cancer. Very well-liked in his ads as well as in real life.
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time 0:33 size 616 kb aired 1996
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| Campbell's New Soups |
Two great new soups!
Not sure if these two flavors are still around, but this ad introduced tomato rice and cream of vegetable.
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time 1:03 size 934 kb aired 1960
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