Justin Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 How about I kick things off with a retro commercial for a true retro icon - the 1973 Levi's Edition American Motors Gremlin: RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 (Note: You're probably asking yourself why didn't I post TV commercials to the TV Forum? Because it's not about TV and it's not about the commercials, it's about what's in them. AMC Gremlin isn't "TV". Neither is Levis, K-Mart, Polaroid, Kay Bee or Blockbuster. More so, it's about what they represent, our shared memories of those things and those times and what they mean to us. Everything else springs from that. This should be a fun topic!) RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 Tis the season. Justin and RickR 2 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 @MaximumRD What a classic MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 Hey good lookin', we'll be back to pick you up later! Justin and MaximumRD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 "Hey baby we'll be back to pick you up later!", I haven't watched the video yet 😆 Justin and RickR 2 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 PB Max commercial (1989) - PB Max isn't TJ Maxx. PB Max can be confused with a lot of things, which is the theme of the commercial. Early television commercials for PB Max declared that the "PB" in its name didn't stand for things such as piggy banks, polka band, portly ballerina, platinum blonde, penguin black-belt, pig basketball, plow boy, pure bliss, parachuting buffalo, or pink baboon — but that it in fact stood for peanut butter. PB Max was a candy bar launched by Mars in 1989 to compete with other peanut butter and chocolate products such as Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Twix bars. PB Max bars were made of creamy peanut butter on top of a square-shaped whole grain cookie, enrobed in milk chocolate. According to former Mars executive Alfred Poe, PB Max was discontinued due to the Mars family's distaste for peanut butter, despite $50 million in sales. MaximumRD and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 While we're taking a look back at candy bar commercials from 1989, who can forget the Caramello "Stretch It Out" jingle: RickR and MaximumRD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 Or Whatchamacallit? MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 And of course around the same time there were the commercials for Bubble Tape that were done very much in the same style as the opening credits to "You Can't Do That On Television" - almost a strange and choppy animation that had been done on black and white newspaper, and then colorized: MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 25, 2023 Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Justin said: According to former Mars executive Alfred Poe, PB Max was discontinued due to the Mars family's distaste for peanut butter, despite $50 million in sales. I remember the PB Max! It was awesome. WTHeck were they thinking??? I remember liking it MORE than my favorite....Reeces' Peanut Butter cups. Oh man, I'm getting sore about this dumb decision. 4 hours ago, Justin said: Or Whatchamacallit? I liked the song, but the candy was only so-so IMO. Great commercial though! MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 25, 2023 Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 Who could forget this classic? "Looks good, what is it Sargent? <awkward pause> "Nut...&...Honey" Ha ha ha. MaximumRD and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 25, 2023 Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 Or this. To this day, if anyone asks me what I want for dinner, I will start singing this jingle. MaximumRD and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 1 hour ago, RickR said: Or this. To this day, if anyone asks me what I want for dinner, I will start singing this jingle. omg I had totally forgotten that one and what a big joke that was, we thought it was so funny! RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Apparently Alex Karras doesn't like kickers. Who knew? Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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