Sometimes it really worries me that the things I can most easily remember, can get to most quickly in the old brain bucket, are commercials.
Especially those commercials from the formative years.
I can whip out a jingle or a tagline from commercials dating way back, and repeat 'em like Rainman in a phone booth (yikes, no more phone booths!).
What makes these commercials so sticky in the brain? I don't know, but obviously this is the intended effect, eh?
So here in this Christmas season, I've been thinking about all of those old Ronco commercials. No, not the new Ron Popeil ads. Those are lame.
The old Ronco ads. Let's talk 1970's.
Remember when Ronco ads used to repeat, ad nauseum, at every commercial break?
Here's a few I was able to find on the web:
Smokeless Ashtray
Boogie Nights Record Album (Click to play)
Ice Cream Machine(Click to play)
Look at this!! The early Bedazzler!!
Rhinestone and stud setter(Click to play)
Oh yes. Good times.
There are a few of my faves I wasn't able to find. For example, the Egg Scrambler. A funny little machine that with a pinprick to the egg and the revs of a small motor would scramble it up inside the shell.
Or the Record Vacuum. I found a couple of those ads, but not the one I remember. In the one I recall, they ran the vinyl through the vacuum then tossed a handful of confetti at it (to prove the static was gone, I think?).
Ah yes.
But then, there will always be the gold standard of Ronco commercials.
Found on the web and brought to you.
"Hey good looking! I'll be back to pick you up later!"
Enjoy
Mr. Microphone! (Click to play)
