[Electronics-Talk] retromercials

Mon Aug 22 06:58:17 UTC 2016

That was another alka seltzer commercial.

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To: Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials

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 
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> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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> 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.
>
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> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 12:33 PM
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> 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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> 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.
>>
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>> From: Sandra Streeter via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:01 PM
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>> 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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