[Electronics-Talk] retromercials

[Laz]

It's Alka-Seltzer.

On 8/21/16, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Does anybody remember Speedy Alcacelzer?  (don't know if I spelled that
> product correctly)  Also, remember "More park's saussages, Mom!"?  And
> somebody must have complained, because later on, they spliced in a "Please!"
> And you could hear the difference.  There was some kind of commercial in the
> late sixties that had little bits of things that went by quickly, one of
> which was some kids, one of which was banging on the piano the way kids do,
> and then running somewhere, maybe into the kitchen.  Also, the Bustelo
> commercial with that little kid singing:  "En mi casa toman Bustelo!  Pam.
>
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> From: Sandra Streeter via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:01 PM
> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Sandra Streeter
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
>
> To an OT response from Vince, my answer—to keep the conversation going:
>
> I couldn’t tell whether you shared your faves with the group, but you
> should! And if this “reply all” doesn’t go out to the entire group, I’ll
> make sure I send my answer to them, as well. I’m going to return to this
> paragraph after I finish, once I’ve had time to think of some of my faves.
> Really glad for the on-list response that sent me another link to try. Okay,
> let’s see: there was the one for the American Lung Assn., “it’s a matter of
> life... and breath,” with the ascending melodic line between and after the
> two phrases; one for legal blindness that was highly visual (don’t you love
> that) with three little tones, several times; a cystic fibrosis commercial
> that started with a kid coughing and saying,  “I’m Mike. Everybody has a
> problem. My problem is CF”, and another introducing Tracy, and in a watery
> voice typical of severe CF saying, “But we need help”; there was a radio
> spot for MS where it was described as “the mysterious crippler of young
> adults”; I also liked the fairly recent one about computer viruses that
> warned you to watch out for them so that “your computer can play with other
> computers”; I liked the Windex commercial that was a take on the Fifth
> Dimension’s “Let the Sun Shine,” and the Pledge one based on the Peter, Paul
> and Mary song, “Lemon Tree,” and the cough med commercial with the mother
> acting like a doctor with her waiting line of children, going, “Ne-e-ext?”
> Then there was the old aspirin commercial (I forget for which product) that
> used to run during “One Life to Live,” which talked about someone having a
> fever, and in the background at some point were these violins on tremalo,
> aptly capturing the headachy, tremulous feel you get when you have a fever;
> I also used to like the ones for KMart with Chrissy and her brother; and the
> Kraft Mac and Cheese ones with Annie and her brother; and what about the
> ones for a phone company with Melissa, her brother and a rather ornery
> father—I distinctly remember him yelling, ‘GUAM”, during one of them, to a
> snide question from one of the teenagers. And many more. I’m going to
> copy-paste this into a group message, in case it doesn’t go out, but this is
> really fun, and I hope this exchange goes on for a while...
>
> The Indian-war-whoop one was shown late evenings (say, around 10:00) on the
> CBS and/or ABC affiliates in Hartford (WTIC) or New Haven (I BELIEVE, WNHC)
> respectively. As I said before, I have no recollection of what it marketed,
> but as an older person no longer scared by it (I’ll probably start a bit if
> I do find a source and hear it, just because it would re-start that old
> reflex from when I was a kid), I still want to see it.
>
> Oh, what about the cerebral palsy one with just a repeated melody (I can’t
> account for the visuals, obviously)? I think folks were more into PSA’s
> about various medical issues then more than now.
>
> So, thanks!
>
>
>
>
> Sandra
> "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is
> invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
> The Little Prince
>
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