[Electronics-Talk] retromercials

cheez cheez at cox.net
Mon Aug 22 13:25:41 UTC 2016 

Alka-Seltzer also had the jingle, "Flop, flop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief 
it is."

Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Gail the U.S. Male via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at panix.com>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials


> 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'
>>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Gail the U.S. Male <gailcrowe1959 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
>>
>> That was another alka seltzer commercial.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> 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:
>>
>>> 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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