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Remember when commercials MEANT something?

 
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:39 am    Post subject: Remember when commercials MEANT something? Reply with quote
I remember this commercial (even though I wasn't born yet). This commercial makes ME want to indulge, just by the wholesome, straight-forward, no-nonsense marketing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BBqgMQluDM&feature=related

Do you know of any similarly wholesome and mouth-watering commercials?
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
From the Colonel himself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwURoueDzFo
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
^ that's a good one!!

Everybody (from the US) knows this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0

I'd like to see some gems from other countries, too.

edit: In keeping with the season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9XC3tAbkQ&feature=related

(No wonder he went out of business)
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lawyertood



Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul, Incheon and the World--working undercover for the MOJ
PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
not wholesome or mouth-watering (wonder if it would work on the girl in your avatar?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwh3nQP5Uo
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soju pizza



Joined: 21 Feb 2007
PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This conversation would be incomplete without this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
lawyertood wrote:
not wholesome or mouth-watering (wonder if it would work on the girl in your avatar?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwh3nQP5Uo


Nice. Forget the wholesome and mouth-watering part. I shouldn't have restricted the OP like that.

Anyway, in keeping with the importance of a manly smell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af1OxkFOK18

(yeah, not real, but I liked it)

Edit: I'm pretty sure this one's real:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aj55sgudlc&feature=related

Edit again: Great song done differently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6bZSM48vU&feature=related
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mishlert



Joined: 13 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
From Italy

Birra Peroni

Illy
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
PostPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
soju pizza wrote:
This conversation would be incomplete without this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0

Laughing that commercial introduced the question into the culture forever

That short old lady had a perfect delivery. Can't get enough of that ad.
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cbclark4



Joined: 20 Aug 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Aavtigbz4&NR=1
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms_SjACUvOM
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jazblanc77



Joined: 22 Feb 2004
PostPosted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Commercials have never had any meaning; they're just gimmicks.
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genezorm



Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: Mokpo
PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
jazblanc77 wrote:
Commercials have never had any meaning; they're just gimmicks.


seconded
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browneyedgirl



Joined: 17 Jul 2007
PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
jazblanc77 wrote:
Commercials have never had any meaning; they're just gimmicks.


They do have a deeper meaning:To sell something.
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