What were some of your favorite commersials from when you were a kid?

I'm gonna date myself here...one of my favorites was the Right Guard commercial where the guy opens the medicine chest and there's another guy on the other side. (He lives in the apartment next door and they share the medicine chest) "Oh, Hi Guy!" "Mona!" (snicker) I also loved the Alka Seltzer "I Can't Believe I Ate That Whole Thing" Commercials used to be so much more fun.....and you KNEW what they were advertising. More recently, I used to love the Joe Boxer guy (happy little black guy dancing around in his underwear) and the "Rubber Band Man" (I think he was for Office Depot). I also liked Steve...the Dell computer kid. But it seems like they take all the good commercials off the air and run the idiotic ones (anything having to do with natural male enhancement) into the ground. Just like they do with all the decent TV shows...they cancel tham and leave all the crap on the air.

This may be WAY before your time, but the one commercial that stays in my "kid head" is Ipana toothpaste starring Bucky Beaver. Any of the baby boomers can sing this one for you. I also liked your choices because of their humor. We could all use a little more laughter in the world. It's really sad that the funniest thing in America these days is the president who seems to goof up every day.
The worst commercial lately is the whiny caveman. I don't know about you, but I can get all the whining I need without the television.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEERE'S THE BEEF!?!

Not dating myself...lol

I liked the Pepsi commercial with the little boy and the litter of puppies all over him and he just kept giggling. I also liked the Coke commercial with everyone singing "I'd like to teach the world to sing" To date myself also I can remember when they banned all cigarette commercials and they had a special that aired with every cigarette commercial because it was going to be the last time we ever saw them on TV.

Tootsie Roll Commercials:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayjR8Qby...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fGTUFqPJ...

My favorite was the match books with faces. I think it was for Winston cigarettes. The guy book was trying to impress the girl book. Really cute.

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Yes, I remember those commercials. They were very entertaining. I used to love the Frito-Bandito too, but he was pulled because he wasn't "politically correct".

The Kool-Aid Man commercials were so funny. I don't think I could be that calm if a pitcher of kool-aid broke my living room wall. I loved the Tootsie Roll commercial where everything turned into Tootsie rolls. Of, course the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial with Mr. Turtle, Mr. Owl, and the kid who asked the eternal question. Mr. Whipple and the Charmin he was always trying to protect was funny, until he squeezed it himself. The Coke commercial with Joe Greene and the kid was the best. Who could forget Mikey and Life cereal? I also liked the Trix commercials. I felt bad for the rabbit.