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Jiffy Pop — Was It More Fun to Make Than Eat?
It’s Friday night, and this one brings back that whole feeling of the weekend finally being here. Maybe there was…
Muriel Cigars — Edie Adams Made “Hey Big Spender” Her Own
Here’s one where the commercial spokeswoman may have become better remembered than the product. Edie Adams spent an incredible 19…
Cathy Rigby Built Quite a Career After the Olympics
This old Cathy Rigby Stayfree commercial brings back a completely different Cathy Rigby memory for me. Back in the 1990s,…
Did You Walk A Mile For A Camel?
If you grew up watching television in the 1950s or ’60s, cigarette commercials weren’t unusual or something that jumped out…
My Favorite Martian
When I think of My Favorite Martian, I really don’t remember watching it as a first-run show — I remember…
The Monkees, Bugs Bunny and Kool-Aid
Talk about putting two things together that you wouldn’t expect — The Monkees and Bugs Bunny selling Kool-Aid! But the…
The Bullwinkle Show
I think one of the reasons Rocky and Bullwinkle still holds up is that when we watched it as kids,…
Flatsy Dolls: They Were Flat and That Was That!
Here’s one that really could only have come out of the late 1960s — Flatsy, the doll whose big selling…
When Jonathan Winters Sold Us Hefty Trash Bags
Here’s one of those commercials where the product almost takes a back seat to the guy selling it. Jonathan Winters…
Enjoli: The 24-Hour Woman Who Could Bring Home the Bacon
Who remembers “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan…”? Sometimes the commercial becomes more memorable…