Retro TV commercials ...

[best12bars]

Retro TV commercials ...#1

Posted: 9/5/09 at 7:04pm

I don't usually plug products. And I had nothing to do with this one. No shilling here!

I just bought a DVD collection of retro TV commercials. For those of you who dig 'em, like me, there are a lot of DVDs out there to choose from. Some are bootlegs, some legit. But I decided to order this legit set on a whim, because it was so cheap, and it's blowing me away!

These are all commercials from the '50s to the '70s. On every subject imaginable. It's a 3-disc DVD set. And you can order it for $9.79! And it's SIXTEEN HOURS of old commercials. Truly exhaustive. I'm not even halfway through it yet. Unbelievable.

Yes, the quality varies. Some suck, some are really good. Most are in between. But for those of you who remember the spots, this is more about igniting your memories than about "quality" of disc image.

http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=72905344

Everything is categorized by subject: Food, Toys, PSAs, etc. And each commercial has a chapter stop on the DVD, which means you can hit your "chapter forward" button and skip directly to the next one, if you want to. No other commercials DVD I've seen has this feature. Very nice.

I usually let you know about sales and such, here. But this was too good a "deal" to pass up. If you dig old commercials, order this set. You won't believe it.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[nmartin]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#2

Posted: 9/5/09 at 7:07pm

Does anyone remember a commercial from either the late 60s or 70s with Marty Feldman? He was being bothered by a fly and couldn't seem to kill it. He finally rolled in a cannon and fired. He was left in the rubble with the fly buzzing around him.

[best12bars]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#2

Posted: 9/5/09 at 7:39pm

Sounds vaguely familiar, nmartin. As does my entire past ...

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[nmartin]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#3

Posted: 9/5/09 at 7:59pm

I hear you, brother.

[SNAFU]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#4

Posted: 9/5/09 at 8:03pm

I loved the commercial for Ball Buster. The obect of the game was to bust your opponent's balls!


eta link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW8LPgv4NK0

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

Updated On: 9/5/09 at 08:03 PM

[best12bars]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#5

Posted: 9/5/09 at 8:04pm

Ages 6 and up!

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[nmartin]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#6

Posted: 9/5/09 at 8:05pm

I seem to have been playing that game for the past 49 years.

[best12bars]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#7

Posted: 9/5/09 at 8:09pm

Holy crap, SNAFU! Is that for real? If it were any other company than "Mego," I would say no. But this looks legit, winky-wink and all.

Love it.

Can't say I've seen that one under the "Toys" section. Mostly freaky stuff like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa2B128o-5I

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[nmartin]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#8

Posted: 9/5/09 at 8:18pm

"The ninety-nine center, the ninety-nine center. Two finger licking pieces of chicken, roll and cole slaw."
Those broads who used to sing that killed me when I was a kid.

[best12bars]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#9

Posted: 9/5/09 at 8:41pm

This was one of the commercials I just watched on the DVD. I don't know which is worse or more disturbing: a doll that pees or the "bad seed" girl who plays with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwPITD_hFLs

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22

[SNAFU]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#10

Posted: 9/5/09 at 8:47pm

Best, that was real. I remember the ads on TV and my parents were appalled! The commercials aired for a short time and then disappeared.

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

[wonderwaiter]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#11

Posted: 9/5/09 at 11:24pm

That Ball Buster commercial sent me on a youtube tangent and I found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cVUr10dxxk

Ah, the glory days of unintentional racism...

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

[morosco]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#12

Posted: 9/6/09 at 11:39am

Baby Laugh-a-Lot Commercial

[morosco]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#13

Posted: 9/6/09 at 11:44am

This one made me jump

[morosco]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#14

Posted: 9/6/09 at 11:45am

My favorite retro commercial

[nmartin]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#15

Posted: 9/6/09 at 11:46am

Nubia. I don't remember that.

[nmartin]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#16

Posted: 9/6/09 at 11:52am

This one isn't even that old, but it's good. 90s?
Gotta Love It

[Gothampc]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#17

Posted: 9/6/09 at 4:56pm

One of the Top 10 Best Commercials Ever
Link

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[mattonstage]

re: Retro TV commercials ...#18

Posted: 9/7/09 at 7:18am

I still have trouble believing this commercial actually aired, it almost plays like a parody:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDBJ2ktSZpI

I killed the boss, you don't think they're gonna fire me over a thing like that!!!!