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Of course Cal Worthington's around still, but what happened to his dog Spot?
And what about those commercials for an insurance company or something with the really skinny guy who was always finding himself and his pet chicken in a precarious predicament? Anyone remember that?
And what about those commercials for an insurance company or something with the really skinny guy who was always finding himself and his pet chicken in a precarious predicament? Anyone remember that?
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Wed, October 4, 2006 - 1:08 PMI don't remember the chicken.
I've seen Cal Worthington commercials recently - they of course use old footage of him and animals... Wasn't Spot a monkey? -
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Wed, October 4, 2006 - 3:29 PM>I've seen Cal Worthington commercials recently - they of course use old footage of him and animals... Wasn't Spot a monkey?
Spot was a monkey, a hippo, and likely a whole menagerie of different critters. Glad to know Cal (or at least the ads) are still around.
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Wed, October 4, 2006 - 3:12 PMAmes Home Loans, had the ads with the skinny guy and the chicken. Said same skinny guy plays a townsperson in Blazing Saddles. At some point in the film something bad occures in the town, and the outdoor shower skinny guy is using falls apart, and he's left standing in the middle of town, wearing nothing but soap suds.
Cal's ads were great. Does anyone remember the AD-do (sp?) ads for plumbing and heating? They freaked me out when I was little. They were done like The Shadow radio plays. -
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Wed, October 4, 2006 - 3:23 PMAlright, I did a hunt for info on the Ames ads, and ran across this article on Cal Worthington. The comments have a wealth of local flavor.
www.losanjealous.com/2005/12...hington/
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Wed, October 4, 2006 - 3:32 PM>Ames Home Loans, had the ads with the skinny guy and the chicken.
Those old ads were great! *g*
>Does anyone remember the AD-do (sp?) ads for plumbing and heating? They freaked me out when I was little. They were done like The Shadow radio plays.
I remember those. The guy featured in them apparently was at one time the GM for Ch. 9 in LA (probably mid to late 60s or so) and reportedly wanted to try some new things (for his time) for the station. The station owner was not too keen on his ideas and fired him. -
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Wed, October 4, 2006 - 4:16 PMI remember AD-do. And that of course brings us to...
Jack Stephanski?
Stephan, Jack... Stephan!
Stephanopolous?
Stephan, Jack Stephan.
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Fri, October 6, 2006 - 3:50 PMI think it was - A-dEEEEEE-dOOOOO. Plumbing and heating!
Jack Stephanovich? -
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Fri, October 6, 2006 - 10:43 PMDr. Ross Dog food. give him Dr Ross dog food and do him a favor, it's got more meat and it's got more flavor!
Mission Pack no gift so right so gay so bright da da da and it's on it's merry way....
Felix Chevrolat with Felix the Cat
Cal Worthington had a show on Saturday or Sunday with Country Western Bands at his car lot.
Troy Troy whatta joy.... it was furnature recovering or furnature period.
Earl Schieb's $15 auto paint jobs. Might have been cheaper. There was Carcoa too, same business.
There was Boxing & wrestling at the Olymic Auditorium, had to be some good adds. Dick Lane MC
Same with Car & Motorcycle racing at Ascot, Dick Lane (I think) would MC the X racing and destruction derbys.
There were lots of cigarette ads of course. I'm trying to think of the really local ones.
Ron Popiel with the vegematic and other strange kitchen devices.
8track auto stereo in the 60's, Muntz on Reseda & the 405. -
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Sat, October 7, 2006 - 2:05 AMEvery Christmas season:
Image: two hands repeatedly knocking two wine glasses against each other.
Voice over: Ring, ring, ring out the year, sparkling with Andre, love and good cheer. -
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Sun, October 8, 2006 - 2:05 AMIT's the PEP BOYS.......etc.(it was such a hit,like in 'n out burger ,it may still be on the radio?)
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Wed, October 11, 2006 - 1:05 PM>Image: two hands repeatedly knocking two wine glasses against each other.
Voice over: Ring, ring, ring out the year, sparkling with Andre, love and good cheer.
Those ads didn't just run in LA. I saw those in other cities well into the 80s. Andre I think still runs similar ads around the holidays.
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Wed, October 11, 2006 - 12:44 PMIt was : Say the magic words, say "Mission Pack," and it's on its merry way
No gift so right, so gay, so bright, give the Mission Pack magic way.
How about, "From Fresno to San Diego, from the desert to the sea, _____________ has offices wherever you may be." Do you remember what now-defunct entity had such offices?
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Wed, October 11, 2006 - 1:11 PM>There was Boxing & wrestling at the Olymic Auditorium, had to be some good adds. Dick Lane MC
Same with Car & Motorcycle racing at Ascot, Dick Lane (I think) would MC the X racing and destruction derbys.
Dick Lane also used to broadcast the LA Tbirds roller derby games. He was using the phrase "Whoa Nellie!" long before it got associated with Keith Jackson, the long time ABC sportscaster.
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Mon, October 9, 2006 - 2:37 PMRemember the Carvel Ice Cream ads with Cookie Puss and Fudgie the Whale Ice cream cakes?
Alos the old Earl Scheib ads. "I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll paint any car any color!" -
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Mon, October 9, 2006 - 5:02 PMI remember Earl Scheib but not the Carvel ad.
I also remember some other ads from my early childhood, late 60's, which were probably not local but were shown locally.
In one a man is doing things, swinging a bat, fishing, etc, and his son is copying his every move. When he sits down under a tree and lights a cigarette his son again copies him (maybe with a stick, maybe with a cigarette). Obviously, it was an anti-smoking ad.
In the other one, a cartoon, some kids were going to smoke weed or something and they ask this little green character if he wants to join them. He refuses, makes a horrible face and says, "Why do you think they call it dope?"
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Wed, October 11, 2006 - 1:03 PM>n one a man is doing things, swinging a bat, fishing, etc, and his son is copying his every move. When he sits down under a tree and lights a cigarette his son again copies him (maybe with a stick, maybe with a cigarette). Obviously, it was an anti-smoking ad.
Yep, one of the early ones.
>In the other one, a cartoon, some kids were going to smoke weed or something and they ask this little green character if he wants to join them. He refuses, makes a horrible face and says, "Why do you think they call it dope?"
I don't remember that one, but there were similar anti-drug PSAs with that tag line being shown in those days. -
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Wed, October 11, 2006 - 9:35 PMJack Webb, Dennis Weaver and some others started 'Stomp Out Stupidity' when the white suburban kids started smoking pot. They visited Granada Hills High School when I was there. There was a TV campain along with it. The logo was a bare foot outline with SOS inside the foot. They handed out stickers I think.
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Tue, October 24, 2006 - 8:53 AMI suprised a freind from New Jersey because I knew about Cookie Puss and Fudgie the whale.
There is another common denominator for most of these commercials though,
I remember seeing most of them on Channel 5's movies till dawn.
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Tue, October 24, 2006 - 12:12 PMYou are not alone, pal. I hate that after a while, channels show infomercials. So many classics were first introduced to me on weekend and late night movie fests.
I remember KTLA showing Family Film Festival, and every Halloween seeing Mad Monster Party. That was a stop-motion classic.
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Thu, December 7, 2006 - 12:58 PMZacharrie All (I think that's how it's spelled) the little suit guy with the accent.
Ascot later on, mostly on radio went something like "where the 10 and the 405 slaaam! "(or something to that effect).
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Sun, December 10, 2006 - 4:28 PMAnybody recall:
"The Late Show... Relax, enjoy a snack and watch... The Late Show... Channel 2 is proud to bring... The greatest of greats... Here on the late Late Show."
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Tue, December 12, 2006 - 12:21 PMHow about Carpeteria? With the big genie holding a roll of carpet over his head?
Carpeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeria! CarpeteriAHHHHHHH! -
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Tue, December 12, 2006 - 12:22 PMAnd what about Sunday mornings on Channel 5 with the Little Rascals and all those old Popeye commercials, hosted by that Tom guy. He's still on local news radio, but he sounds really old now!
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Thu, December 21, 2006 - 12:27 PMI have a lot of tapes/DVDs ofold commercials from the mid 70s-1990s with Carpeteria, Zodys, Dial Chevrolet, National Lumber and lots of great stuff that used to be on the once-independent stations KCOP, KTLA, KTTV (Metromedia) and KHJ. Those commercials brought back many many memories for me growing up. I still boogie to the Carpeteria jingle (there were other variations like one sung by female singers with a horn section) and those genies are hard to find nowadays. The only surviving one near me is in North Hollywood above an old Carpeteria store now known as L&S Carpets. I miss the old days of local TV and those wonderful commercials.
I even posted a Carpeteria on YouTube found here:
www.youtube.com/watch
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