It might as well be. The way people behave in these snapshots of culture are so far removed from the context of contemporary life as headhunters and witch doctors.
because is all do with heart not like now, and some people do all for money (sorry but i hate youtube now, the people on the top, and do crap video and get money and other thing tv ed ecc.)
***** sorry for my enghish im italian, thank you for say to me im funny no, im not arrogant, Unfortunately a part of the society is like i explain before
TheMikeSwitch LOL. 😆ZERO subtlety with all of the advertising. To women, they’d hit us where it hurt, like, “Don’t you want to give them the best ____whatever...the cleanest laundry; the whitest milk, the crispiest chicken, etc.?” 😁Good times....Good times.
ARGH man i really was hoping that wasn't him he looks like shit, and like he needed the money and would rather not be doing such a shitty commercial. probably the low point of his career
I like how old commercials took their time to have a conversation about the product unlike commercials nowadays that are in such a rush to brush the message by you so fast that it enters your subconscious before your higher brain can process it.
The voices of the actual actors were not used. There were voice actors that lent them their voice so there were two jobs in one. You wonder why the voice actors didn't do the commercial themselves? Because they looked like Humpty Dumpty and Uncle Fester.
It has to do with the “transatlantic accent”. When radio was getting bigger it became clear that a new “standard” accent had to be created so that a southerner in America and a Londoner in England could understand each other over the radio. This accent carried on into the world of television. An accent that was (usually) self-taught. It was meant to be clear and without any accent or slang meaning as long as you spoke English you could understand it perfectly.
I'm sure those kids are still alive. Maybe the mother too, if she was 30 in that commercial (which looked to be somewhere around 1955-1958), then she'd be 90 to 93 now. Just saying maybe, my grandmother lived to 97
+Timesmanify Actually, a lot of the processed food junk from back then did contain multiple chemicals that are known to actually cause cancer (not just an increased risk) :\ Plus you have all the cigarette ads telling you smoking is good for you.. So yeah, imagine how many more people WOULD be alive :P Oh, also it was only in 1990 when the NLEA started requiring all food products to list nutritional information and all ingredients :) So back then, if food had the ingredients listed, a few could've been omitted any nobody would've been the wiser :D
One thing about the 50's and 60's I recall is that on television there were more westerns on than there are now, detective shows seemed to abound and the sitcoms all seemed to deal with Dad and his job, or Chip finding a date for the whatever, or Brenda Sue trying to decide which boy to go with to the whatever. Screw the Korean War, race issue, Russia, the bomb, or any world crisis. TV was escapism.
The cartoons were a damn sight better as well, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and all the others that went with the 60s, like Speed Racer and Gigantor these commercials really bring back more than a few memories. The 50s and 60s were good times to grow up in, and just be a kid.
The so-called "banning" of cigarette commercials in 1970 was actually a windfall for tobacco companies, since no company could then advertise anymore, they saved probably billions in advertising.
I sent off for one of those secret decoders, when I was a kid. Waited two weeks to get it, then anxiously had to wait for another week for the next episode of Cpt Midnight! Copied the code..... After three weeks, I was sitting on pins and needles...... the code said "Drink Ovaltine Everyday!"
@Dream Gary that's why you grow your own !couldn't do that back in the day without living in fear about being caged with murders and rapist! In fact alot of weed in the 70s was laced with PCP!!! Didn't know PCP or angels dust was organic!
Yyyyyyeeeeesssss, "A Christmas Story". Actually, that movie was set in the early 40s, I think--not the 50s-60s. (9:10 Lifebuoy Soap--that's what caused Ralphie's "blindness" in the movie, according to his Dad.)
theblacktweezer Drives wives into rideing ther husbands wild lmao...shows u even in the 50s n 60s as much as they wanna defend themselves there no diffrent lmao
Sad to say I remember watching all of these when they were new... alka-seltzer was made in south bend Indiana., as a boy I met the midget who voiced speedy... he was my dads friend... Dick Beal. He even came with me to school one day... he was the hit of show and tell. Before it was over, the whole school assembled in the gym, he signed autographs for everyone including staff. He was only 4 1/2 feet, but a heart as big as the sky.
I'll never go without showing my kids these this is so special its crazy how generations have blossomed now. Would be cool to see this kind of commercial nowadays haha .
How can my brain remember this from about 65 years ago: "I hate Bosco, it's not the drink for me; Mommy puts it in my milk, she tries to poison me; Well I fooled Mommy, I put it in her tea. Now I have no more Mommy, to try to poison me." !!!
I’m only 37 but I absolutely love the 40’s and 50’s. I’ve always felt like it was the time I should have been born in because I never related to my own age group. I can’t tell you much modern day news because I watch a lot of ancient news and I listen to FDR’s Fireside chats.
LOVELY, I have that Fluffo fealing! Who would ever have thought at the time that things which annoyingly interrupted your favourite programme could one day be looked back on as entertainment, but old ads can be fascinating! FLUFFO sounds like something you would find in a Benny Hill when-ads-go-wrong sketch! 10.20 UK
Amazing how old TV ads can bring back such warm, wonderful memories.Sometimes 1965 feels like 100 years ago, other times it seems like yesterday.I remember all the ads made during 1964, when I was age 4, and the years thereafter.Ads since 1990 are boring.Bell telephone used to advertise in the 1980s, as did General Electric.Remember when the soldier would call his mom? It would get me teary-eyed.
I love watching those vintage commercials ❤️ but most of the comments are like “things were better back then” but then again it’s tv commercials! Even in our time commercials are always presenting things pleasant! I mean that’s their goal!!
Fr a lot of the time comments are people complaining about sexism and then people saying they’re snowflakes. So annoying it’s a old tv ad not a political debate
5:56 James died on June 3, 1997, from lung cancer at his home in Palm Springs.[2] His remains were interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.[9]
Nope. It was NOT developed for the astronauts, and they did drink it for many decades, often even in preference to other drinks provided. From John Glen to the Space Stations: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_(drink_mix)
Tang is the only one of these things I'm old enough to remember. My grandmother used to sprinkle powdered Tang over crushed ice when I was a kid. It was good.
I believe the Mountie starting at 1:00 was played by that famous actor Buster Keaton. He also is seen as the villain who got captured and tied up, even wearing his trademark chapeau (hat)!
I, too, want to thank you for sharing these very memorable jingles with us. I remember them in real time...which makes me officially old :D But they were written in such a way that you could not help but remember the lines. Fun, catchy and to the point without mega "sets" What a novel idea!Life was a bit slower then and families were more in tact. It really is amazing how they reflect such a huge change in our American ideals/life. Although everyone didn't look like the families depicted, many looked similar.
We kept that long glass bottle of Alka-seltzer in our fridge. Mom always wanted a couple of Alka-seltzer after a shouting match with Dad. Swish and swirl 🤬, swish and swirl🤬...😆❤️
Ok, so if you were a kid back in the 50’s or 60’s, theses ads will make you nostalgic. But if you were a parent during that time, it wasn’t the “good old days, easy times” you remember. And it sure wasn’t great for women or minorities of any type. We got to have this childhood. It was amazing. This is part of what being a parent was, your worries were not for your children to know about, let alone fix. THAT is the gift you give your children. Just don’t kid yourself that it was easy for everyone.
I'm so glad SOMEONE in this comment section actually can see past their own narrative and not claim the 50s were really the "good old days" for most people ♡