Archive for the ‘Old School Commercial Mayhem’ Category

The Top Five Cereal Commercials of All Time

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

5. 3CPO Cereal - Star Wars - A Crunchy New Force at Breakfast 4. Fruity Pebbles - There were a bunch of Pebbles commercials where Barney dresses up and tricks Fred in some way to score the Pebbles. I think this one is the best of the bunch. 3. Crispy Critters Cereal ...

What’s Up With These Crazy Furniture Commercials?

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Cheesy cable access commercials aren't as prevalent as they once were in the 80's and 90's, but furniture stores seem to continue to carry the torch. Seems like every state has some sort of furniture commercial that has a guy screaming or singing directly at the camera. Most love to ...

Ridiculous Old School Cigarette Commercials

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Cigarette commercials have long been extinct, but in their 50's heyday, they were ridiculous. Check out these old school cigarette commercial winners: Did you know that more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette? "As cool and as clean as a breath of fresh air" - that's how they describe "America's most ...

Old School Commercial Mayhem – The Origins of McDonald’s Ronald McDonald

Monday, April 6th, 2009

McDonald's Ronald McDonald is the Hamburger Happy Clown, but who knew he was originally so creepy? The commercial below shows you the original Ronald McDonald. Long before the Mc DLT and the Mc Rib, they had a clown with a paper cup nose and food-tray hat. Plus, based on what ...