Favorite Old TV Commercials

[Beezer]

Here's an old Tim Horton's TV ad. I always got a hoot out of this one...thought it was cleverly written.

 

[dilettante]

Once all restaurants are Taco Bell (or as it was pasted over for international audiences, Pizza Hut) commercial jingles become the pop music of the day:

 

[OldFeller]

Once all restaurants are Taco Bell (or as it was pasted over for international audiences, Pizza Hut) commercial jingles become the pop music of the day:

If we only sounded that good singing in the car.

 

[debodun]

 

[Pappy]

 

[OldFeller]

"For fun, it's the best of the toys"

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

 

[OldFeller]

I don't know how old time this one is but I never got tired of it when it was playing regularly.

It was that quote: "I mean, the whole turning people to stone thing was a bit of a buzz kill, right?"

 

[MarkinPhx]

 

[OldFeller]

A coke never did that for me. It just gave me gas.

 

[dilettante]

 

[Furryanimal]

 

[Magna-Carta]

The TV commercial that in the UK boosted the sale of Levi Jeans by 800%, and had an effect on the sale of boxer short underwear too.

The main character in the commercial is British model and singer-songwriter, Nick Kamen.

Then a year later a beer manufacturer (Carling Black Label) did their version with a different male model, with a twist at the end.

 

[Magna-Carta]

Cigar commercial.

 

[Lilac]

 

[Magna-Carta]

 

[Lilac]

 

[Lilac]

 

[Magna-Carta]

In the days when it was acceptable to buy and burn coal. 'Real Fire' comercial.

 

[OldFeller]

This jingle popped up in my head today. Why?

It's from 1967...

 

[Paladin1950]

 

[Paladin1950]

 

[Paladin1950]

 

[Paladin1950]

 

[mrstime]

When did Plop Plop fizz fizz start?


And since the “Plop Plop Fizz Fizz” jingle has had several reincarnations since it debuted in 1975, we can probably assume the folks at Alka-Seltzer agree. But some may wonder if catchy jingles like this one still have a place in marketing.

 

[Jules]

When did Plop Plop fizz fizz start?


And since the “Plop Plop Fizz Fizz” jingle has had several reincarnations since it debuted in 1975, we can probably assume the folks at Alka-Seltzer agree. But some may wonder if catchy jingles like this one still have a place in marketing.

On the CBC podcast, Under the Influence, Terry O’Reilly said that jingles disappeared when commercials started using popular music hits.