[Electronics-Talk] retromercials

Mon Aug 22 15:14:43 UTC 2016

I remember that retromercial, I didn't know it was a national chain 
though.

On Mon, 22 Aug 2016, Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:22:30
> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gerald Levy <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
> 
>
> As long as we're on the subject of retro commercials, does anyone remember 
> the classic radio jingles for Robert Hall, a nationwide chain of family 
> clothing stores that went bankrupt in 1977?  Their most famous jingle was, 
> "When the values go up, up, up.  And the prices go down, down, down.  Robert 
> Hall will show you the reason they give you.  High qualitee.  Economee." 
> One reason they went belly-up is that they were notorious for selling 
> clothing that was cheaply made and out of style.  Rumor has it that they 
> fitted the Beatles with their trademark Nehru suits when they arrived in the 
> US in 1964.  I don't know whether this is true or not, but I can attest that 
> they still had Nehru suits on the racks ten years later in garish colors 
> that nobody wanted to buy.
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Shannon Cook via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 9:33 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Shannon Cook
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
>
> It was "plop, plop, fizz, fizz.
>
> Shannon Cook, MSW, CPM
>
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> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of cheez via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 9:26 AM
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> Cc: cheez <cheez at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] retromercials
>
> Alka-Seltzer also had the jingle, "Flop, flop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief 
> it is."
>
> Vince
>
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> 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'
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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.
>>>
>>> -----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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