[Electronics-Talk] retromercials

Mon Aug 22 12:57:18 UTC 2016

I've had occassion to use alka seltzer in the past and it didn't 
disappoint either.

On Mon, 22 Aug 2016, Gail the U.S. Male via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 02:58:17
> From: Gail the U.S. Male via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
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> Cc: Gail the U.S. Male <gailcrowe1959 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
> 
> That was another alka seltzer commercial.
>
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> Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 11:14 PM
> 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:
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>> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 15:55:02
>> From: Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk
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>> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <geodom at optonline.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
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>> 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
>> 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.
>>>
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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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