Saturday, September 30, 2006

Remember these Old Ads

classic TV commercials........."From the Valley of
                               ------------Ho Ho Ho-------------   Green giant

classic TV commercials

This one's from the mid-sixties, as the food giant was moving into more specialized products.

The voice of the Jolly Green Giant was Elmer "Len" Dresslar Jr, he died in October, 2005

 

.............We did have some neat old ads........

.....and Remember the stuff that cleaned like a white Tornado...................................    AJAX

 

"Ajax cleans like a white tornado!" Yeah, just ask the folks down in Florida how clean a tornado leaves your home!

Ajax had some great campaigns during the Sixties and this was a long-running series. Don't you wish, you had nothing better to talk about than your floor cleaner?!?

Critics would often site these commercials as examples of what was wrong with TV advertising, complaining that they were infantile and condescending to women in particular. But they got results.

classic TV commercialsThis concept wouldn't work well today because there are no housewives left. These days, if you can afford not to work, you probably have a maid!

 

....................................There was lots of them ,.....Can you think of any??

4 comments:

jmhachey MSN said...

Hi Les ! Many old radio ads Chevrolet, Plymouth, Dodge, Edsel, Father Knows Best etc ... http://www.tocmp.com/audio/OTR/index.html JM

les__f MSN said...

Yes JMh  I Remember those ads,......and Thanks for that webaddress,......it does have some interesting old ads,..as well as other stuff: I also came across another Bus /Tram,type of site today,....I'll post it if I can Remember where I saw it?  

les__f MSN said...

"Here's some great advice ,when leaving your kids with a sitter,...Tell the sitter ,to Make sure that you Give them All the soft drinks they like" hahahahahah,.........................Thimk the kids would be pinging off the walls or what,.......but that's what this ad for Canada Dry actually says.   .................................Might as well let them dig into the sugarbowl too!! note at the bottom of the ad.............:It's Time...                                                            .... for a ---                                                               ---Healthy Change...... hahahahah   I guess the onset of type 2 diabetes was considered a Healthy Change in those days....................

edbro68 MSN said...

The 'Father Knows Best' ad takes me back. Somewhere in the fifties, Father Jim Anderson (Robert Young) is punishing his son, Bud Anderson (Billy Gray). Being an old WWII pilot, he says " You won't have the use of the car for a week. No wheels. You're grounded! And so began an expression used by millions of parents ever since. In our day, Father knew best and if you thought he didn't you knew better than to say it aloud.             Ed