Tag: throwback ads
Cheerios: Get Yourself Go!
Before cereal commercials got too complicated, Cheerios gave us the Cheerios Kid, Sue, and the promise of “go-power.” The idea…
Silly Rabbit, Trix Are For Kids!
The Trix Rabbit is one of those cereal mascots who spent decades chasing the same bowl of cereal and almost…
Nobody Doesn’t Like Sara Lee
As a kid growing up, I didn’t understand why everyone said “Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee” was incorrect English. I…
Virginia Slims: “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby”
The Virginia Slims commercials were some of the most memorable cigarette ads of the late 1960s and 1970s, built around…
Wendy’s Soviet Fashion Show: “Daywear… Eveningwear… Swimwear”
The Wendy’s Soviet Fashion Show ad was a wonderfully odd 1985 commercial from the same general era as Wendy’s famous…
You Get A Quick Tan With QT !
1963 was a little early for me to go out and get a quick tan. I just did it the…
“Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya…”
That line was everywhere. The ads promised you didn’t need much, just a small dab, and suddenly you’d look sharp,…