Favorite print advertisements or commercials from your childhood?

[SASM]

My latest thesis assignment has us examining pop culture. Some of the ads, both print and television, that we were checking out in class today REALLY brought me back to my childhood...Love's Baby Soft, Calvin Klein jeans, Sun-In hair lightening spray, Absolute Vodka, and Marlboro Man to name a few. These were not necessarily favorites but they brought me back to my younger years. What are some of your favorites or some that just stand out in your memory??

[PunkyBoo]

DH and I both have told our kids numerous times about the cartoon owl asking how many licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop commercial. Plus I loved the Pepsi commercials with the Harlem Globetrotters (I got to see them film one and one of them Curly, bought me an ice cream :D )

[rlu]

DH and I both have told our kids numerous times about the cartoon owl asking how many licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop commercial.

This one is still on, not sure which cable channel. "One, two, three, crunch! Three!"

Have a coke and a smile
there used to be more clydesdales on tv. (and those frogs!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcbasIb8lQ
Was it calvin klein or jordache that Brooke Shields did?
Only YOU can prevent forest fires.
Give a hoot, don't pollute! (I have that song going through my head now)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYp0jEZ3HJg
Enjoli http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4MwbVf5OA

[elbenn]

The super catchy Dr. Pepper commercial "I'm a pepper, you're a pepper, he's a pepper, she's a pepper, wouldn't you like to be a pepper too".

[Philly Mom]

I love the coffee (Maxwell house?) commercial that was shown at Christmas every year until recently when they redid it. The son comes home for Christmas and the sister meets him at the door and they brew a pot of coffee letting the parents know he is home. I have older brothers so I think it always resonated with me. I don't even drink coffee.

[SASM]

OMG...these are fantastic!!! I Sooo loved the Tootsie Pop commercial!! I think I have seen it in the last year...or maybe it was on a tshirt??

[squimp]

As a hippie-wanna-be I always loved like to buy the world a coke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-Qiyklq-Q

And this "keep america beautiful" commercial had a big impact
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OHG7tHrNM

Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en4muUSIRT4

Have it your way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJMsFGH4eoQ

And for print, I always remembered that coppertone little girl ad, so dumb but I remember it.

[Gena]

My all time favorite is the Detroit-area commercial for Faygo Pop and featured the much-loved Boblo Boat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqyDj7RX6Y

[lizzywednesday]

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Was it calvin klein or jordache that Brooke Shields did?
...

Nothing came between Brooke and her Calvins.

[KLD313]

The Wendy's commercial with the old lady saying where's the beef. I liked some of the other ones mentioned, too.

[Mikey0709]

I'd like to teach the world to sing... in perfect harmony.... i'd like to buy the world a coke...... and i forget the rest of the words.....

this song always made me smile.

[wencit]

The one from my childhood that sticks out to me now that I'm a mom:

"Calgon, take me away!"

:D

[anonomom]

It's always the Jingles that get me:

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't! (Almond Joy/Mounds)

I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid.

[PunkyBoo]

I'd like to teach the world to sing... in perfect harmony.... i'd like to buy the world a coke...... and i forget the rest of the words.....

this song always made me smile.

I'm such a weepy mama I'd probably cry if I heard that now! Oh and what about the Sergio Vallente jeans??? That one had a catchy/annoying jingle too didn't it?

[elektra]

"Mikey likes it!" - I was so disappointed when I didn't like life cereal.
I love that Christmas coffee one too.

I remember local spots as well,like "Larry H. Parker got me $2.1 million."
And "its cal worthington and his dog spot!......go see cal, go see cal, go see cal. "

Totally remember the tootsie pop, two all beef parties, and where's the beef too!

[TwinFoxes]

When I saw that Elektra replied, I knew she'd mention "Cal Worthington and his dog Spot". It's burned into the memories of all of us SoCal folks! There was also one for Pete Ellis Ford in SD, but in LA they had Pete Ellis Dodge, same jingle, different words.

Nationally, I loved the "My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R..." commercial. I also totally loved the Coke song. I think it may have been an actual song at some point.

[MamaInMarch]

My Buddy/Kid Sister!!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=4j2xEwEHbrE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4j2xEwEHbrE

[elektra]

When I saw that Elektra replied, I knew she'd mention "Cal Worthington and his dog Spot". It's burned into the memories of all of us SoCal folks! There was also one for Pete Ellis Ford in SD, but in LA they had Pete Ellis Dodge, same jingle, different words.

Nationally, I loved the "My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R..." commercial. I also totally loved the Coke song. I think it may have been an actual song at some point.

I bet when my dementia has set in and I can't find my way around the block, I will still know how to get to Pete Ellis Dodge- "long beach freeway, Firestone exit, Southgaaaaate."

[happymom]

I grew up without a tv so can't contribute my own memories, but when we were growing up, if we said "Mommy" in a certain tone to my mom, it would remind her of a commercial from when she was little and she would break out into, "Mommy...what is it dear...I want a Salerno, Salerno cookie..." so that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw this post.

[TwinFoxes]

I bet when my dementia has set in and I can't find my way around the block, I will still know how to get to Pete Ellis Dodge- "long beach freeway, Firestone exit, Southgaaaaate."

"Pete Ellis Ford, Garnet Avenue, exit I-5, Mission Bay." :) We will make a fine pair in the old folks home!

[specialp]

My sister was older than me and I remember her being all over the spuds mackenzie dog for the bud light commericals.

[AnnieW625]

"Pete Ellis Ford, Garnet Avenue, exit I-5, Mission Bay." :) We will make a fine pair in the old folks home!

That's the tag line for Clairmont Toyota or Clairmont Ford now I think, has been since the late 90s when I went to school at State.

Cal Worthington commercials are legendary. The Long Beach Cal Worthington Ford is the only one left in CA I believe, the Sacramento dealerships closed in the mid 90s to early 2000s.
http://www.mydogspot.com/
http://jalopnik.com/5975780/the-ten-bestworst-local-car-ads (if you go to the bottom of this page, Cal Worthington is right there at #1 and it is great montage).

Other stuff I remember from my childhood:
Mc Donalds ad with the girl remembering her piano recital music of Fur Elise by singing about Mc Donalds food

OJ Simpson Hertz commercial ca. around the mid to late 80s when he was in Naked Gun movies

9 Lives

Wheres the Beef? from Wendy's

We are the World promo for Live Aid

I always wondered why the people in cigarette ads were always so perfect looking

Denise Richards will always remind me of Bonne Bell skin care products

Not really an ad, but in July 1990 Cameron Diaz (http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_2757392/seventeen-magazine-united-states-july-1990/) was on the cover of Seventeen Magazine and I knew then she'd be something big then. In 1988 I thought the same thing about Milla Jovovich (http://img2.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/e/d/edkoddloi4dcldik.jpg) who went on to model for Maybelline cosmestics like Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington. I was fashion magazine obsessed by the time I was 11 (she was 12 so I thought it was very cool), and it has never really went away.

Mark Wahlberg in Calvin Klein underwear

Claudia Schieffer, Cindy Crawford, and Anna Nicole Smith as Guess girls.

Paula Abdul modeling Reebok high tops (the ones with two multi colored tongues).

[MelissaTC]

In the NYC area but Crazy Eddie's. his prices are insane!! Until Eddie got caught laundering money and went to jail, lol.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=jc-Mhynh_pg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djc-Mhynh_pg

[KLD313]

In the NYC area but Crazy Eddie's. his prices are insane!! Until Eddie got caught laundering money and went to jail, lol.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=jc-Mhynh_pg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djc-Mhynh_pg

Yes! I was just going to ask if anyone remembers those ads.

[amatahrain]

I love the coffee (Maxwell house?) commercial that was shown at Christmas every year until recently when they redid it. The son comes home for Christmas and the sister meets him at the door and they brew a pot of coffee letting the parents know he is home. I have older brothers so I think it always resonated with me. I don't even drink coffee.

That was Folgers. I LOVE the smell of ground coffee and spend more time than is normal sniffing the coffee aisle at the store. I don't drink coffee but if I did it would be Folgers just b/c of those commercials. I switch the channel or fast forward 99% of the time for commercials but always stop for Folgers. I think they brain washed me :)

There are so many commercials that make me want to scream. The ones with the pig that talks makes my skin crawl.

[kmkaull]

My sister was older than me and I remember her being all over the spuds mackenzie dog for the bud light commericals.

I loved that one. Even had a Spudz stuffed dog.

As a young girl, this Clairol ("Gonna wash that gray right out of my hair!") one always fascinated me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbLUoDbzkog

[TwinFoxes]

My brother used to love the Norelco one with Santa sledding on a razor.

[EllasMum]

The one commercial I always remember from my childhood is a Lifesavers commercial.

Tweet tweet!
Twiddle twiddle!
There's only one candy
with a hole in the middle!

What made it so memorable for me was my Dad's rendition of it. My brother was about 3 or 4 when that commercial was popular, and my Dad would sing,

Tweet tweet!
Twiddle twiddle!
Blair's bum is a thing
with a hole in the middle!

Naturally, we all thought this was hysterical. To this day, all of my siblings sing this whenever we see Lifesavers. :)

[tmahanes]

It's always the Jingles that get me:

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't! (Almond Joy/Mounds)

I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid.

These definitely!

I LOVED the budwiser frogs.

And Bill Cosby singing about Jello!

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[ilfaith]

Also local to New York metro...Coronet children's furniture store (located at 1111 Old Country Road...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBBIeZ1UdFk

As far as national commercials...
Ancient Chinese Secret
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzixL7Ef-bI&feature=player_embedded

Here are some other greats from the 70s...
http://rcktman.com/2010/11/15/my-top-10-classic-1970s-commercials/
I also remember loving the Charlie the Tuna commercials for StarKist And the Lorne Green Alpo commercials

Some of the iconic 80s campaigns included
Bartles & James wine coolers
California Raisins
Dunkin Donuts Time to make the Donuts
Bud Lite (Gimme a light)

And a few other favorites...
Wendy's Soviet fashion show ("Swimwear...Evening wear")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFaIcx0WkOY

Ginsu knives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wzULnlHr8w&feature=endscreen

And let's not forget the great spokespeople like Frank Perdue and Orville Reddenbocker

I actually have a degree in Advertising...a BS appropriately enough.

And one final word...
Snausages

[jawilli4]

The other Tootsie Roll commercial, "Tootsie Roll Pop and Chocolatey Chew, Tootsie Roll I think I'm in love with you. Whatever it is I think I see, becomes a Tootsie Roll to me."

An Idaho Potato commercial, "Hey ho I'm from Idaho."

A DC area commercial for martial arts, "Nobody bothers me. Nobody bothers me, neither."

The McDonalds commercial with a bunch of kids happily walking in a row to McDonalds in yellow galoshes.

The My Buddy commercial.

[Twoboos]

"Sorry, Charlie!" I say this to my kids all the time and they look at me like I'm nuts.

Snausages just made me LOL!!!

[Green_Tea]

The McDonalds commercial with a bunch of kids happily walking in a row to McDonalds in yellow galoshes.


My parents LOVED that commercial! My dad thought it was the cutest thing ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmsD7Xugja4

My sisters and I loved the "I Love NY!" tourism campaign of the early 80s. I also remember the jingles from Petland, D'Agostinos, The Milford Plaza, and beautiful Mt. Airy Lodge from living in NYC in the 90s.

Oh! And Catskill Game Farm! "You'll find adventure...at Catskill Game Farm...adventure is in our nature!" I can also sing the Thompson's Calm Bar and Barbos Furniture jingles from memory. If you went to Cape Cod as a child, you probably can too!

[Mermanaid]

We wear short shorts, if you dare wear short shorts Nair for short shorts.

Why does that so easily come to mind?!

[chozen]

The OLD Charmin toilet paper ones with the older man in the grocery store. Also liked mr. Clean.

[mmommy]

I always got a kick out if the accidental "you got your chocolate in my peanut butter. You got your peanut butter on my chocolate" Reese's ads. Even as a kid I wondered who was walking around so clumsily with an open jar of PB! and I'd never seen an actual adult eating a giant candy bar.

[Kestrel]

RE:The OLD Charmin toilet paper ones with the older man in the grocery store.

This one! Mr. Whipple, Right?


Anyone remember "Snap, Crackle, & Pop"??


Or "Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids"???

Coo-coo for coco puffs?

[klwa]

"It's shake and bake, and I helped!" I always wanted my mom to get Shake n Bake....

The M&M's commercial with the little boy who always ate green M&M's before he went up to bat....

"Thank you Easter Bunny! Bawk Bawk!"

[trales]

This is drugs, this is your brain on drugs, any questions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FtNm9CgA6U

Watching all of these has brought back so many funny memories.

[lizzywednesday]

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My sisters and I loved the "I Love NY!" tourism campaign of the early 80s. I also remember the jingles from Petland, D'Agostinos, The Milford Plaza, and beautiful Mt. Airy Lodge from living in NYC in the 90s.

...

OH MAN, I'd almost forgotten about the D'Agostino commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jMekEGSRFM

And I've passed by the Milford Plaza on trips into the City with the jingle in my head:

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

Here are two of the I Love NY commercials:

Celebrities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qG72jPE9qw

Real people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gsyQeV2aR8

My 8th grade field trip was to Mt. Airy Lodge. (For non-area peeps, here's what we're talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2758nEdA7M)

It was pretty pathetic - just above a cheap motel. I heard that they've done some major renovations, but I still have the memories of 18 teenage girls sharing a motel room to change clothes after using the pool and I just can't shake them.

Friends & I still joke about the champagne glass tub, which we (obviously) did not see in person, but all talked about.

[Mermanaid]

How about, "please pass the jelly?"

[SASM]

What great responses! I totally forgot about a lot of these commercials and now I cannot get them out of my head!!!! This is great!!!

[SASM]

Had to share as I stumbled upon these while researching my assignment...Two of these are NOT from my childhood (it's bad enough that my parents thought that smoking around us was okay) but I just had to pass these along! I STILL cannot believe these are actual ads!! Thankfully, we've come A LONG way!!!

Cola is GOOD for babies...start them young:http://images.google.com/imgres?q=vintage+ads&hl=en&biw=1430&bih=712&tbm=isch&tbnid=Qf_KEcxHbkQo7M:&imgrefurl=http://smilepanic.com/these-vintage-ads-should-have-been-forbidden/vintage-ads-cola/&docid=Bw_dLMkH9sHk5M&imgurl=http://smilepanic.com/wp-content/uploads/Vintage-Ads-Cola.jpg&w=500&h=582&ei=m3oqUbSGCILC0QHA9oCgBg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,i:282&iact=rc&dur=1035&sig=106197505357916825512&page=2&tbnh=180&tbnw=155&start=28&ndsp=36&tx=68&ty=64

Sugar helps you lose weight: http://images.google.com/imgres?q=vintage+ads&hl=en&biw=1430&bih=712&tbm=isch&tbnid=RvpydMGSyyA_PM:&imgrefurl=http://www.jonathanmalm.com/eye-candy-vintage-ads/&docid=s4lwRvz2naKjmM&imgurl=http://www.fakingcreativity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2-lying-vintage-ads-406x570.jpg&w=406&h=570&ei=m3oqUbSGCILC0QHA9oCgBg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,i:315&iact=rc&dur=1350&sig=106197505357916825512&page=2&tbnh=183&tbnw=142&start=28&ndsp=36&tx=70&ty=63

This one is downright scary:http://images.google.com/imgres?q=vintage+ads&start=173&hl=en&biw=1430&bih=712&tbm=isch&tbnid=sJFraNYPADMMxM:&imgrefurl=http://psychographism.blogspot.com/2010/11/vintage-ads-banned-ads-vol2.html&docid=YkSRlFVpi-QsXM&imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wY19AmXgOd4/TNIihg2JutI/AAAAAAAAAJA/7PzpmLNF2zY/s1600/Vintage-Ads-Innocence.jpg&w=500&h=643&ei=V4EqUa65KIOW0QGkxoCoAQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,i:7&iact=rc&dur=1357&sig=106197505357916825512&page=6&tbnh=194&tbnw=169&ndsp=35&tx=86&ty=109