[Electronics-Talk] retromercials

Mon Aug 22 04:13:45 UTC 2016

One commercial had "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!".  I don't 
remember what that was selling though.

On Sun, 21 Aug 2016, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 15:55:02
> From: Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <geodom at optonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
> 
> Yes, I remember:  "Mama mia that's a spicy meat balla!"  Then there's the 
> "plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is" song.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 12:33 PM
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> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
>
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> In the late 1960's, there was a famous Alka-Seltzer commercial that played
> endlessly on TV in which an Italian guy gulps down a glass of the stuff
> while exclaiming, "That's somma spicy meatballa!".
>
> Gerald
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>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Laz via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 11:55 AM
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> Cc: Laz
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
>
> 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.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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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