Posted on 03/24/2024 6:51:53 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Television has been a staple of American culture for over half a century, and along with it, the commercials that go with it. In fact, the television commercial is so integral to the medium of TV that the two are nearly inseparable!
From simple product placements to elaborate marketing campaigns, TV ads have been a mainstay in our lives since the early days of television. Let’s take a closer look at the evolution of television ads over time.
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Dinah Shore
Interesting. My personal second best is Chevy’s “Heartbeat of America” ads. A lot of time has passed, no?
Here’s what I do not recall until recently: Pharmaceutical ads that call out side effects worse than death itself. Good God! Oh, and ads that cheer men into woodys without regard for God’s discipline.
Hey. I’m just an old fart with firmware that can do just fine without such “help,” at least for now
Very few commercials deserve to go viral. This one from Food City does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoABty_zE00
-PJ
It also seems like it depends on what channel you watch.
If you watcheded Nick at Night, you got Viagra and Cialis commercials.
If you watched MeTV, you got portable oxygen tanks, step-in bathtubs and dialysis at home commercials.
If you watched LOGO and Lifetime, you got AIDS commercials.
If you watched MTV and VH1 commercials, you got tech school and bail bonds commercials.
-PJ
Around the time this commercial came out I marched in a Veteran’s Day parade with a Marine master sergeant who enlisted in the Corps in 1936. He said his proudest achievement was bringing out his entire unit from the Chosen Reservoir. He had no trouble fitting into his uniform but didn’t think the stitching would stand up to drycleaning anymore. I wore my dress blues I got at Navy OCS in 1969.
Click on the gif to see the full commercial.
-PJ
They stopped talking about the product and try to tie everything to having a “happy lifestyle” - even drugs are now touted as “self-esteem elation”.
LOLOL! Me want candy bar!
“To me there is no TV commercial that beats Clara Peller’s original “Where’s the beef?” for Wendy’s.”
Geico - Hide behind the chainsaws #1 all time fav!
Read later, to see how many I remember.
The commercial I remember most was one I saw in the UK during the 80s.
You see and hear a vacuum rolling within inches of a sleeping cat. The vacuum quickly moves back and forth very close to the cat and the light flickers. The screen goes black and you hear a screaming cat. The announcer says “Time to buy a new light bulb...”
First time I saw it I shouted “...and a new F%$@ cat!”
FEAST!
I remember early commercials running a full minute.
It’s today’s that are short, around 15 seconds. 30 at most.
not me- We have been watching old mutual of omaha shows, and the commercials zip by very quickly- and were entertaining really-
i dont remember that specific commercial, but do remember commercials with people ‘driving’ like that with no car visible- can’t remember now what the commecials were for- maybe the same gulf gas-
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