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OTIS CAMPBELL WASN'T A DRUNK - HE DIDN'T HAVE STASHES OF BOOZE, HE HAD STASHES OF 40% BRAN FLAKES

A QUAINT 1959 ANIMATED SOUTHERN SENATOR WHO PREFERS QUAKER PUFFED CEREAL, OVER THE DOLLAR SIGN SHAPED CEREAL

THE NIGHT THAT SIX MEN SERENADED JACK BENNY, WHILE HE WAS IN HIS ROBE, AND STANDING ON HIS BEDROOM BALCONY

I JUST HEARD ABOUT JONATHAN WINTERS PASSING AWAY - 3 DAYS AFTER HIS PASSING

WELCH'S WINE - DISCONTINUED PRODUCT

REMEMBER THOSE TINY BUILDINGS IN THE PARKING LOT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTER - FOTOMAT STORES?

REMEMBER BACK IN THE GOOD OL'E DAYS WHEN GAS STATIONS USED TO GIVE AWAY, OR SELL ITEMS AT LOW PRICES TO ENTICE YOU?

DID YOU EVER WONDER HOW JOE NAMATH FINANCIALLY SURVIVED AFTER FOOTBALL? HE BECAME A SECRETARY TO A FEMALE BOSS!!!

A TV COMMERCIAL WITH A DISEASE CARRYING SUPER-HERO FLYING MOUSE AS A SPOKES-MOUSE FOR AN OAT CEREAL - NOT TOO SMART!!!

PEANUT BUTTER & NO JELLY CANDY BAR (DISCONTINUED PRODUCT)

WITH HALLOWEEN ALMOST HERE - IT IS TIME TO TRAIN YOUR PERSONAL MONSTER TO GET YOUR FAVORITE BEVERAGE.

A SILLY 1960s COMMERCIAL WITH A BUSINESSMAN ON A CHILD SWING - ACTING LIKE A KID. VERY GOOD AD!!!!

SHERIFF ANDY HID AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE TAYLOR HOUSEHOLD FROM THE VIEWERS

GEORGE ROMNEY WAS A POLAR OPPOSITE BUSINESSMAN, COMPARED TO MITT ROMNEY - A COOL 1955 AMERICAN MOTORS COMMERCIAL

HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO BET THAT THE MR. BELVEDERE FAN CLUB (1985 - 1990 TV SHOW) MET IN A PHONE BOOTH?

DON KNOTTS FOR DODGE TRUCKS - IMITATING BARNEY FIFE TYPE OF A CHARACTER

AUNT BEE TAYLOR, (FROM MAYBERRY, N.C.) SUGGESTS FOR YOU TO KEEP YOUR COFFEE IN THE LIVING ROOM CLOSET.

I'M ADDICTED TO CAP'N CRUNCH'S PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH

THE DAY THAT BULLWINKLE BEAT UP BORIS BADENOV & MADE HIM PULL HIS SLEIGH ON ALL FOURS

THE DAY THAT TOM SELLECK WORKED WITH PENNY MARSHALL & TERI GARR, AND WAS GIVEN HIS ONE & ONLY SUIT

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF TONY THE TIGER - PUSHED OUT OF A PLANE WITHOUT A PARACHUTE

PRODUCTS THAT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE - POST CEREAL PRESENTING "COUNT OFF"

DAFFY DUCK QUOTE ON THE BENEFITS OF EATING POST SUGAR CRISP CEREAL

FAMOUS CELEBRITIES BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS - MAUREEN McCORMICK (MARCIA BRADY - BRADY BUNCH)

KARL ROVE'S PATHETIC, REALLY, REALLY, PATHETIC ANTI-OBAMA / 007 SECRET AGENT PARODY COMMERCIAL

MENAGE A TROIS - ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY AND QUISP & QUAKE - QUAKER OATS CEREAL ANIMATED CHARACTERS?

BACK IN 1967, CHEVROLET MADE A CAR THAT COULD SPLIT APART, AND THEN COME BACK TOGETHER - SEE FOR YOURSELF

TV COMMERCIAL: EATING CHEERIOS TURNS A NON-BALLET DANCING MOOSE, INTO A BALLET DANCING MOOSE

REMEMBER THE GOOD OLDE DAYS OF FUNNY FACE DRINKS - GOOFY GRAPE & (POLITICALLY INCORRECT) INJUN ORANGE?

CLINT EASTWOOD NARRATED A COMMERCIAL FOR CHRYSLER, IT IS 99% TRUE, AND KARL ROVE CLAIMS "I'M OFFENDED" BY IT

FIRST BOX OF LIFE CEREAL IN MY LIFETIME & I WIN THEIR $50,000 PRIZE - 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (YEAH, RIGHT - I WISH)

I WAS PLANNING ON BUILDING A GLASS GARAGE TO SHOWCASE MY NEW CAR. 1960's TV COMMERCIAL SHOWED ME THAT I WAS DUMB.

WHICH CELEBRITY HAS THE BEST LOOKING LEGS IN THEIR NYLON ADVERTISEMENT?

WORLD'S BEST "WEENIE" SUPERHERO - NABISCO'S CHIPS AHOY COOKIEMAN

SUPER COOL JAMES BOND 007 TOY SET COMMERCIAL FROM THE EARLY 1960s

I'M CHECKING OLD MAGAZINE ADS & TV COMMERCIALS FOR THE BEST DOG & CAT FOOD - THE GOP WANTS TO DRIVE THE U.S. INTO A DEPRESSION / RECESSION

A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT TIM CONWAY (WHILE HE IS STILL ALIVE)

ADAM WEST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HOLD A SPOON - 3 YEAR OLD GIRL TEACHES HIM THE "CORRECT" WAY

A VERY ODD CELEBRITY ENDORSED COMMERCIAL THAT PUTS A HUGE GRIN ON MY FACE

WEIGHT LOSS TIP - DRINK COCA COLA AND LOSE WEIGHT, ACCORDING TO THIS 1961 TV COMMERCIAL.

I'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND WITH A BOTTLE OF GREY POUPON & NOBODY HAS ASKED TO BORROW IT.

NEWS FLASH: INANIMATE VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY - JERRY MAHONEY SWITCHED CEREAL BRANDS FROM LIFE CEREAL TO KELLOGG'S FROSTED MINI WHEATS

1950's - 1980's FRISKIES DOG FOOD ADS WERE THE CUTEST TV & MAGAZINE ADS IN THE WORLD, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

THE BEST SALESMEN FOR KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES - THE MONKEES

FEMALE DESCENDANTS OF H.J. HEINZ ARE CONNOISSEURS OF PICKLES. WHATEVER YOU DO - DON'T GIVE THEM A SOGGY PICKLE

SHERIFF ANDY TAYLOR DOESN'T USE TRAFFIC TICKETS TO RAISE MONEY FOR MAYBERRY - HE USES CORPORATE SPONSORS

A TRIP BACK INTO TIME - 1960's TV COMMERCIAL FOR AUNT JEMIMA PANCAKES, ALONG WITH A CUB SCOUT TROOP ON A CAMPOUT. VERY CUTE.

22 YEARS AGO, I REALIZED THAT SOLOFLEX MAGAZINE ADS WERE USING MY BODY WITH ANOTHER PERSON'S HEAD - YEAH, RIGHT!!!

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES HOST SUPPOSEDLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAN ROWAN (LAUGH-IN HOST)

REDD FOXX: SPOKESMAN FOR BALL PARK FRANKS & COLT 45 LIQUOR

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PEG & B.J. HUNNICUTT, A FEW YEARS BEFORE HIS DRAFT NOTICE ARRIVED

WAS DESI ARNAZ GIVING THE VIEWERS THE CUBAN VERSION OF "THE FINGER" - I'M JUST JOKING.

EARLY 1960's POST SUGAR CRISP COMMERCIAL HAS A VILLIAN NAMED BLOB, WHO SOUNDS LIKE DONALD TRUMP (IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.)

WHY ARE MORONS ATTRACTED TO THE COMMENT SECTION OF A YOU TUBE VIDEO? JUST LIKE A MOSQUITO TO A LIGHTBULB.

WHO WAS A BETTER SPOKES-ANIMAL FOR LARK AUTOMOBILES - MR. ED (TALKING HORSE) OR ZSA ZSA GABOR?

HAVE YOU EVER FANTASIZED ABOUT HAVING MASSIVE MUSCLES LIKE BULLWINKLE HAS? LEARN HOW HE CREATED HIS MASSIVE PHYSIQUE.

A FOND LOOK AT "THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET" WITH RICKY NELSON AND OLDER BROTHER DAVE

THESE LATE 1950's ADS FOR CHEF BOY AR DEE COULD BE DESCRIBED AS "'STRETCHING' THE TRUTH IN ADVERTISING"

TV STAR & MOGUL TV PRODUCER - DANNY THOMAS SHILLING FOR POST CEREAL (PROBABLY NEVER ATE A BOWL OF THE STUFF IN HIS LIFE)

LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ DEMONSTRATING A SUPER COOL RETRACTABLE HARDTOP FORD FAIRLANE SKYLINER

THE WORLD'S RICHEST CAT "MATILDA VAN HORN"

WATCH LARRY TATE (BEWITCHED) TRY TO STEAL A WINSTON CIGARETTE SLOGAN TO USE ON AUNT JEMIMA SYRUP

HENRY MORGAN (PANELIST ON "I'VE GOT A SECRET") HAD THE TYPE OF SARCASTIC HUMOR THAT I LOVE

READ MY POST - TO SEE CARTOON CHARACTER DICK TRACY TAKING A BATH IN A TV COMMERCIAL

I HATED COCOA PUFFS CEREAL - CEREAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE EATEN WITH REGULAR MILK, NOT A CHOCOLATE YUCKY FLAVORED MESS

JUST BECAUSE IDEAL TOYS SAID THEIR TOY TRUCKS WERE TOUGH & USED MEAN JOE GREENE AS A SPOKESMAN, DIDN'T MAKE IT SO.

"THE ONION" REPORTS ON AN INCREDIBLY TERRIBLE ACCIDENT - UNSUPERVISED CHILD ON A BINGE OF 4 BOWLS OF A BOO BERRY CEREAL

BAD IDEA FOR A TOY "MILKY THE MARVELOUS MILKING COW" WITH "PRETEND" MILK. LOOKING FOR A LAWSUIT.

COOLEST TOY THAT I WAS TOO OLD FOR - MARX BIG WHEEL

THE DAY THAT ROBERT YOUNG, ELEANOR DONAHUE, BILLY GRAY & LAUREN CHAPIN MADE BREAKFAST FOR JANE WYATT - WITH THE HELP OF SCOTT PAPER TOWELS

ADORABLE MID 1960's "LIFE" CEREAL COMMERCIAL - DEBATE WITH GOLFER BILLY CASPER & A KID - POINT & COUNTERPOINT

ALWAYS FEED YOUR PET LION KEN L RATION - ACCORDING TO THIS VINTAGE 1960's TV COMMERCIAL

MILTON BRADLEY BOARD GAMES "LIFE" & "MONOPOLY" - TRAINING GROUND FOR FUTURE REPUBLICANS?

PARTRIDGE FAMILY MEMBER CHANGES HIS ALLEGIANCE FROM KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES TO GENERAL MILLS BERRY BURST CHEERIOS

CANADIAN PEANUT BUTTER MAKER USES TONY RANDALL AS A SPOKESMAN & A CHIMPANZEE AS A SPOKES-SIMIAN

THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL POODLE

I DON'T UNDERSTAND MOTOROLA - EVERYTIME THEIR POPULAR PRODUCT GOES DOWN IN POPULARITY THEY ELIMINATE IT - TV'S, RADIOS

COULD IT BE THAT SANTA CLAUS IS THE OLDER BROTHER OF SUPERMAN?

CAP'N CRUNCH CONVERTS ELEPHANT HUNTERS INTO BUTTERFLY HUNTERS

THE GREAT CHARACTER ACTOR ANDY DEVINE DOING A KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES COMMERCIAL

SANTA CLAUS BROUGHT ME LOTS & LOTS OF TOYS - DICK TRACY RAY GUN - TWISTER - SHOOT AROUND THE CORNER GUN - JAMES BOND 007 ACTION SET

"WHITE CHRISTMAS" STORY LINE - BING CROSBY (GRANDFATHER OF DENISE CROSBY FROM STNG - TASHA YAR) SINGS TO THE AUNT OF GEORGE CLOONEY

AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION - I HAVE DISCOVERED WHAT ETHEL MERTZ IS GIVING FRED MERTZ FOR CHRISTMAS

I ASSUMED THE WORD "CHOCOLATY" WAS A MADE UP ADVERTISING WORD - I WAS WRONG

ONE OF THE MOST HEART WARMING AND SWEET COCA COLA / SANTA CLAUS COMMERCIALS THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN

MY VOTE FOR THE CUTEST TV COMMERCIAL IN TV HISTORY - A CLUE: "MY BOLOGNA HAS A FIRST NAME"

THE ONION RADIO NEWS: PARKAY MARGARINE TUB HAS SUFFERED A STROKE - WILL CONTINUE DOING TV COMMERCIALS

WAS CHRISTINE O'DONNELL INFLUENCED BY DARRIN STEPHENS FORBIDDING SAMANTHA STEPHENS TO USE WITCHCRAFT?

BUSTER KEATON - CELEBRITY SPOKESMAN FOR ALKA SELTZER

LONG LOST TOPPING FOR NAKED ICE CUBES - CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL

THE 88 YEAR OLD YOUNGSTER, GOING BY THE NAME OF BETTY WHITE, IS DOING IT AGAIN. A VIRAL VIDEO SHOWCASING A CLOTHING LINE OF HOODIES

SUGAR POPS PETE WILL SAVE THE DAY - FOND CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF A GREAT CEREAL BOX HERO

BEAVER CLEAVER'S TEACHER, MISS LANDERS HIRES BEAVER TO DOG SIT & FEED HER DOG PURINA DOG CHOW, IN A CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL.

WHO IS THE BETTER SPOKES-ICON FOR KOOL- AID: 1) KOOL- AID PITCHER, 2) BUGS BUNNY 3) "THE MONKEES"?

PROOF POSITIVE - FRED FLINTSTONE & BARNEY RUBBLE ARE CHEATERS, MISOGYNISTS AND ANIMAL HATERS

PETTICOAT JUNCTION - BILLIE JOE BRADLEY GETTING MARRIED - SURPRISING SINCE SHE HAS 24 YEAR OLD "WRINGLED OLD LADY HANDS"

COULDN'T THEY SEE 50 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE? SALES OF AYDS DIET CANDY DROPPED BY 50% BY 1988, BECAUSE OF THE DISEASE

THE ONLY REASON WHY A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A NERD - A COOL 1970 DODGE MUSCLE CAR

SEXY CHIQUITA BANANA COMMERCIAL - YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO "PLEASURE" THEMSELVES BY INSERTING "IT" INTO A BANANA (PG 14 RATED)

ONCE AGAIN, 1950s TV ICON CAUGHT DOING A PEEPING TOM (PEEPING CLARK KENT) ROUTINE ON NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN