Regional Commercial Classics: What do you remember?
Growing up in metro Detroit there are three main local commercials I will never forget.
First and foremost, there was "Mel Farr... Superstar!" Mel Farr Ford featured commercials where he would be in his trademark tan suit and flying over the city of Detroit bringing all of us the best deals in town. Anyone who spent any time in Michigan in the pre-cable days will clearly remember this commercial. (See one here.) Even the dealership website features Mel Farr flying around and following your mouse cursor.
Keeping to the car dealership theme, there was always this commercial from Alan Ford in Bloomfield Hills, MI of a hillbilly playing a guitar with his dog by his side singing, "Here Dog, come on Dog, me and Dog want you to go to Telegraph Road... right now.... and get a good deal!"
But what takes the cake was this Detroit Zoo commercial, played for years on local television.
"Five minutes please. Just five minutes!"
What local commercials do you remember from where you have lived?
Labels: commercials, memories, metro Detroit, Michigan, nostalgia
posted by Michael Beck @ 4:44 PM
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Easy Peasy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgTjY_9CMS4
He gave away free haircuts!
This one does too but you do need to know Gene Kelly's rutene in the movie Singing In the Rain to get the full effect!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CNO-iJ1KOw
Wow it is on YouTube. Here is Gene Kelly, note he does not start dancing till ~1/3rd into it and the curb and puddle splashing is in approx the last 1/2rd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkEvy-9yVyQ
It is worth seeing the whole thing. I will be buying the movie as it is good, and also to rip that part to keep on my hd.
i remember a furniture commercial and i think the company is still in business.
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