Does anyone else remember a TV ad (seen in Canada in the early 1970s, probably in the US also) in which someone opened a cupboard, and dozens of cans of Carnation Milk that were placed in there haphazardly fell down on the person's head? (It might have been Campbell's soup but I remember it as Carnation Milk). I have had no luck finding this ad preserved online anywhere, but it is preserved forever in my memory whenever I open one of my high-up kitchen cupboards where things are rather precariously stacked.
No, but speaking of Carnation, do you remember when sponsors of TV shows had their ads read by the principals of the show, as part of the show?
Case in point: George Burns and Gracie Allen were sponsored by Carnation. At ad time, Gracie would appear touting the praises of Carnation Instant Milk. She would mix a glass of it and drink it down on camera, smiling and smacking her lips. Now, everybody knows that instant milk, when mixed with room temperature water, tastes like the cardboard that the box is made out of. But of course Gracie was the consummate actress.
Other examples of in-show ads are Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (sponsored by Lipton Tea) and Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour (sponsored by Geritol -- "twice the iron in a whole pound of calves liver!").
Oh, we loved the Milk Tray adverts! It was fun to think of some dashing man in black who would ski down mountains or swing on ropes just to bring us chocolates.
There was even a scene in Coronation Street where a chap bought a box of Milk Tray, but he took out the chocolates and put in a black negligee instead.
They were rubbish chocolates anyway.
Reminds me of the Ferrero Rocher advert for chocolates ... the Ambassador's Reception ... "Oh you are spoiling us Ambassador!" Those were rubbish chocolates too.
Oh, we loved the Milk Tray adverts! It was fun to think of some dashing man in black who would ski down mountains or swing on ropes just to bring us chocolates.
There was even a scene in Coronation Street where a chap bought a box of Milk Tray, but he took out the chocolates and put in a black negligee instead.
They were rubbish chocolates anyway.
Reminds me of the Ferrero Rocher advert for chocolates ... the Ambassador's Reception ... "Oh you are spoiling us Ambassador!" Those were rubbish chocolates too.
A little pedestrian perhaps, but not rubbish (the FR that is)
No, but speaking of Carnation, do you remember when sponsors of TV shows had their ads read by the principals of the show, as part of the show?
Case in point: George Burns and Gracie Allen were sponsored by Carnation. At ad time, Gracie would appear touting the praises of Carnation Instant Milk. She would mix a glass of it and drink it down on camera, smiling and smacking her lips. Now, everybody knows that instant milk, when mixed with room temperature water, tastes like the cardboard that the box is made out of. But of course Gracie was the consummate actress.
Which is the premise of the very best "I Love Lucy" episode (pretending to like the product you're consuming on camera). (clip is just the good part, you don't have to watch the whole episode)
I don't really remember the ad Ariston - and on - and on - and on - to indicate that it would last for a very long time but what I do remember is a few years after it was on, I worked with someone who was known as Aris - because he went on and on and on. I've worked with a few Aris's since then.
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It gave Anthony Head a job though.
My parents met him once, at the height of Buffy fame, and told me later they had been very excited to meet the coffee man!
Case in point: George Burns and Gracie Allen were sponsored by Carnation. At ad time, Gracie would appear touting the praises of Carnation Instant Milk. She would mix a glass of it and drink it down on camera, smiling and smacking her lips. Now, everybody knows that instant milk, when mixed with room temperature water, tastes like the cardboard that the box is made out of. But of course Gracie was the consummate actress.
Other examples of in-show ads are Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (sponsored by Lipton Tea) and Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour (sponsored by Geritol -- "twice the iron in a whole pound of calves liver!").
They were rubbish chocolates anyway.
Reminds me of the Ferrero Rocher advert for chocolates ... the Ambassador's Reception ... "Oh you are spoiling us Ambassador!" Those were rubbish chocolates too.
A little pedestrian perhaps, but not rubbish (the FR that is)
Which is the premise of the very best "I Love Lucy" episode (pretending to like the product you're consuming on camera). (clip is just the good part, you don't have to watch the whole episode)