This commercial was very special as it was ONE of Jack Mercer's (Popeye's voice) last performances before he died. LOVED seeing this again after sio many years!
+Infinite Sky Nothing. David Naughton is alive and well. My post was a reference to a hilarious horror comedy film called An American Werewolf in London. Watch it. I won't spoil it.
I met David Naughton summer 2011 at a horror movie convention and we talked about these commercials...he chuckled and said he still gets a kick out of seeing these on youtube.
After american werewolf in london, he went on to become an acomplished actor in stage musicals most recently in "old timer the musical", he aslo does plenty of voice-overs in childrens movies. A very talented man.
@Bruce Andersen sadly his trip across the pond to ENGLAND resulted in Carnivorous lunar activies and death by ETF squad!! who else got the reference!? CHEERS!
For who? A man was lynched in Alabama, Reagan was shot, a deep recession began, the first cases of AIDS were diagnosed, Major League Baseball went on strike, 11,359 striking air traffic controllers were fired for refusing to return to work, the Atlanta child murders, the Iran-Contra scandal warmed up, the Cold War continued, Ali lost his final fight - and that's just a few of the things going on in America alone during the "better time" of this commercial... Maybe you were talking about "Donkey Kong". That came out in '81, too...
It's certainly the one I remember. I used to be an unabashed Coca Cola drinker; but after I switched to Dr. Pepper, I've never gone back! These commercials MAY have had something to do with me trying it! Thanks, David!
@@lindasanssouci726 I had this jingle running around in my head today, and this song had everything to do with me wanting to "Be a Pepper" too. A very classic style of bandwagon advertising, and like so many others, just stuck in our heads. I'd rather be a Pepper than teach the world to sing, and I wish I was an Oscar Meyer wiener!
This commercial was HUGE for Dr. Pepper. People were actually singing this. It was done in 1979, according to WP. That same year, he starred in a short-lived TV show "Makin' It" and had a HOT Disco song of the same name hit the charts. I saw him guest starring on the show Psych a few weeks back. Wild. The dancer
America lost its wholesomeness when they started shoving all this 30 yr crap food with preservatives and flavorings.... America doesn't care about us living long. Its about the fkng dollar
i had my first dr pepper today in about 40 years, why i don't know,but it was good!! so i went to youtube to see old commercials this was one of my fav's
When he was in American Werewolf in London and was in his werewolf costume the whole crew there sang I'm pepper your a pepper would you you like to be a pepper too
I'm laughing now because I'm imagining that scene in American Werewolf In London where David Naughton and Griffin Dunne are on the moors and instead of a wolf howling they hear this in the darkness 😂😂
I said to myself... I need to find that old Dr. Pepper commercial where the guy adds "aye aye!" to the jingle. This is it! That kinda stuck with me. All these years, every time I sang the jingle I would add that "aye aye".😄👍
My teen idol from 10 years old to 13 years old !! Until I started 8th grade high school. And met a boy who became the real thing. He’s been my hero and idol now since August 1981 !!
I didn't expect to see David Naughton so happy and lucky after I saw one of his most popular films American Werewolf in London. :D This commercial is genius.
This commercial played for the first time on New Year's Eve 1979 ( or New Year's Day 1980). For this baby boomer and his friends, we thought it was terrific. The seventies had been a pretty down decade, what with Arab oil embargoes, the first serious recession since the 30's, double-digit inflation, and the first generation with college degrees who couldn't find a job. This commercial was so unexpectedly positive and forward-looking, we all cheered.
This was one of my favorite commercials when I was little. Yep, I had favorite commercials back then. I wish they would rerun some of the old commercials on TV.
I just barely remember this but yes it's great, so many singing, dancing people in one spot! Naughton is great. But I can't find the original "misunderstood" Pepper commercials. They used to run those endlessly!
This jingle was written and performed by Jake Holmes, Randy Newman, and Frank Gari. Jake Holmes would later do work on CBS in 1982 “Great Moments” and on NBC in 1985 “Let’s All Be There”. Randy Newman would later score on the Toy Story films. Frank Gari would later score on television idents and local newscasts,
