[Electronics-Talk] retromercials

Mon Aug 22 10:10:49 UTC 2016

"I can't believe I ate the whole thing" was another classic Alka-Seltzer 
commercial from the late 1960's.  During this period, Alka-Seltzer changed 
advertising agencies and dropped its mascot,Speedy Alka-Seltzer, an animated 
Alka-Seltzer tablet from its commercials.  But by the early 1980's, by 
popular demand, Speedy had been reinstalled as the face of this iconic 
heartburn remedy, and he was once again singing the jingle, "With 
Alka-Seltzer you're sure to say, relief is just a swallow away".

Gerald

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 12:13 AM
To: Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk
Cc: Jude DaShiell
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 <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Laz via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 11:55 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> 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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