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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?
