Saturday, November 08, 2008

Classic TV Advertisements

I was up kind of late last night and one of the last things I was planning to do was to check my facebook profile. While I was there, I figured I'd leave a snappy status update on what I was doing right at that moment. Seeing I was tired and headed off to bed, I came up with "taking Nytol to get some Z's." That randomly came out of nowhere but it was certainly appropriate, even though I never did take any Nytol and had no intentions to. But then I got to thinking of this classic 1980's sleeping-aide product and the catchy jingle that accompanied it. So where's the best place to look up old videos of commericals, TV shows, and a variety of other things? None other than YouTube. Sure enough, that old Nytol ad is on there:



Watching that again and listening to the jingle honestly made me chuckle out loud. I guess one of the images that has been imprinted in my mind was the Nytol pills turning a complete 90 degrees to where two Z's are displayed on the pills as opposed to the N's. You know something, that ended up being a great marketing ploy for Nytol. And just think, all these years later, we're still remembering those ads.

It didn't end there either. Even after I got my fill of that old Nytol commerical, I browsed the other related videos on YouTube and caught a glimpse of other classic 1980's commericals. Here is one for the Whatchamacallit candy bar made by Hershey's:



I don't know if it brought back memories for you, but it sure did for me. I remember it being played countless number of times on Nickelodeon or during commerical breaks on Saturday mornings. It certainly is one of those commercials that became a classic and really helped to elevate this particular candy bar. Whatchamacallit wasn't the only candy bar to have a catchy jingle during this particular era. Check out this one for Reese's Pieces Candy:



That one probably isn't as memorable as the previous video but it still is a fun ad to watch. Especially when you look at all of the "pieces" that exist in our world, you can tell they really did their research in creating that ad. And Resse's Pieces remains one of my favorite candies today, especially when you put them in a Dairy Queen Blizzard. It's great to see Reese's Pieces still in existence today, even though you don't see advertisements like these promoting candy anymore. And last but not least, here's one more blast from the past:



Anyone remember these? I sure do. Back in the day, Lifesavers made these tiny bite sized candies and filled them in these handy-dandy little containers that you could safely enclose without the candies turning stale. Supposedly they were made from the small holes that were created in the regular Lifesaver candies. I wonder why they discontinued this product because the small "dots" were fun to eat. Maybe they were only meant to be sold for a limited time or they weren't getting as much sales like they were for the regular Lifesavers. Either way, it's still a product from that past that brings back a lot of memories.

Hope you enjoyed this blast from the past as much as I did. It's pretty amazing the things you find on YouTube that really helps bring back great memories.

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