More Broadway Songs in Commercials

#1

More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/17/06 at 10:29pm

Pillsbury has a commerical that uses "You've Got Possibilities" from "It's A Bird, It's A Plane..."

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#2

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/17/06 at 11:01pm

The Maria Sharapova commercial with "I Feel Pretty," obviously.

And the one from a few years back with Mia Hamm and Michael Jordan, with "Anything You Can Do."

#3

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/17/06 at 11:28pm

There was a yogurt commercial that played, "I Only Have Eyes For You." I've heard that song in about 2 or 3 commercials.

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#4

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/17/06 at 11:34pm

I loved that Sharipova commercial so much that I taped it! I had all of my friends looking for it. I took the second week of the Open off to watch tennis so I saw it a thousand times!

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#5

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/17/06 at 11:47pm

There was a shampoo comercial a couple years ago with Hair.

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#6

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/17/06 at 11:59pm

In the "Hair" vein, wasn't there also a commercial in the past couple of years that used "The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)"? I'm sure there was one, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was for...maybe there have been a couple.

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#7

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 3:09pm

This Pillsbury commercial is getting a lot of airplay. Can anyone tell if it's Linda Lavin from the OBC?

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#8

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 3:14pm

Yes, it is Lavin.

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#9

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 5:05pm

I was in Amsterdam this summer and they had posters all over the city that said things like "Let the sunshine" and stuff from hair

#10

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 5:13pm

Isaac Mizerahi (sp?) sang "I Believe in You" (How to suceed...) in a Target commericial.

Sarah Jessica Parker sang "I Enjoy Being a Girl" on a Gap commercial.

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Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
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Javert: (Looks for gun)

#11

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 5:34pm

Anybody remember "Put on a Windex shine?"

(sung to Put on a Happy Face from Bye Bye, Birdie?)

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#12

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 5:37pm

DOVE SOAP had HEART from DAMN YANKEES in their ads at one point.

#13

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 5:38pm

There was an HP printer commercial with an elephant doing a dance to "Singing in the Rain"

#14

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 5:49pm

There was an ad for an Olsen twins tv show a few years ago with "Two Ladies" (Cabaret) as the song.

That was pulled off the air rather quickly though (c;

#15

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 5:59pm

I apologize if these are repeats...

There was the Gap "West Side Story" ad (which I loved)
"Whatever Lola Wants" was in a Levi's ad not too long ago

#16

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 6:03pm

We had "Happy Talk" from South Pacific used by a telephone company commercial over here, years ago.

#17

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 6:13pm

There were actually a series of West Side Story related GAP ads.

There was an ad shown during Super Bowl XIX that showed people who were not in the Super Bowl singing (off-key) "Tomorrow." More info about it
here

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#18

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 8:40pm

Israel had a national lottery commercial with the music from "Big Spender".

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#19

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 9:26pm

Can someone tell me what shows/networks they've seen the Pillsbury commercial? I haven't seen it yet, but I'm a hugh SUPERMAN fan.

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#20

re: More Broadway Songs in Commercials

Posted: 10/18/06 at 9:48pm

"Can someone tell me what shows/networks they've seen the Pillsbury commercial?"

Try watching The View. I saw it once during that show. It usually plays when women are watching.

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