This 1969 TV ad opened with the line “mama mia, thatsa spicy meatball.”
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- Chippendales
- Chef Boyardee
- IKEA
- Alka Seltzer
This advertiser promised “we put you in the driver’s seat.”
- Harvard Universcity
- Hertz
- Zamboni World
- Chevrolet
This advertiser claimed that “his prices are insane.” That is, until he went bankrupt.
- Crazy Eddie
- Sam Goody
- Robert Hall
- F.W. Woolworth
Late night radio in New York was dominated for a short period of time by this advertiser who popularized the tagline “Money talks, nobody walks.”
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- Dennison Clothes
- Fannie Mae
- Newark City Hall
- The law firm of Goldman, Silverman and Cashman
You apparently didn’t need to get a lot of this stuff because the ads said “a little dab’ll do ya.”
- Brylcreem
- Super Glue
- Viagra
- Tobasco
This is the advertiser that brought us the exclamation “where’s the beef!”
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- Chippendale’s
- Dinty Moore
- Wendy’s
- Chick fil A
This advertiser acknowledged that it was not #1 but interpreted that as a good thing because “we try harder.” (Hint: They had the foresight to not hire OJ as spokesperson.)
- City of Chicago
- Banquet Frozen TV Dinners
- Avis
- Ford
And finally, who said their stuff was “good to the last drop.”
- Pepsi
- WD-40
- Maxwell House
- Southern Comfort
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Whoa! I am getting old!! I could picture every commercial as I read the question. Funny how things like that stay with you.
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Nostalgic, creative, and very funny 🙂
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Thanks.
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Ken, you’re on a roll with the humor this week! Loved this even though I only guessed a few. Me and my growing-more-faulty memory! Fun. Shared on FB.
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It might not be your memory Rose Mary. A couple of them are regional and were only used in the New York area.
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I love pop quizzes! It is amazing how good slogans can stand the test of time. I found it interesting that the questions I had the easiest time with were ones that played before I was born.
Thanks for the fun!
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That was a fun step back in time. There were a couple of slogans I’d never heard. Of the rest, I only guessed right a little more than half, even though I remember the slogan, I don’t always remember the brand. What does that say about the effectiveness of advertising?
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Way too much TV for me as a child. Thanks for the laugh.
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This is great! I got more answers right than I thought. Thanks for putting this quiz together.
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Ken – very different to your usual blog. Good to change things up a bit.
I only recognise some of these advertisements. The first advert made me laugh!
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Was for obvious reasons not watching American television in 1969. Here are some old jokes about companies from Europe, “Take a chance – take Air France”. SABENA – such a bloody experience never again.
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Haha. And that was before airlines got really bad.
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Okay, now this was a party! I LOVED it! The only ones I didn’t guess I assume were not national? Like Crazy Eddy’s? But the Brylcream one really cracked me up. I remember my dad actually humming that jingle, as he combed Bryl cream through his hair! Hahahahaha!
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Crazy Eddie was regional in northeast. Apparently he was also a crook.
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I got 6 right. Shows my age. But Chipendale’s for Where’s the beef is definitely the funniest option. Fun post, Ken. Humor is welcome.
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I remember these so much. It is funny, I remember some of these commercials more than I do with the tv shows being broadcasted at the time.
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Brilliant! I totally loved the “where’s the Beef” campaign. That little old lady was hilarious sliding around the back of a cab:-0
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These bring back memories. Some slogans are really catchy. I can still hear even the music to some of them. LOVE this!!
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This was fun – I remembered them all – even Crazy Eddie – except ‘where’s the beef’. Just goes to show how much TV we watched in those days if we remember the commercials 50 years later.
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My perfect score made me realize, “I need a LIFE”!
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I only missed two. I’m either: 1) too old, 2)have a good memory, or 3)need a life. Thanks for the memories.
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Wouldn’t we all like to be too young to remember these.
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Re the Brylcreem question: Tabasco sauce is a Louisiana product, and when I lived in the Big Easy I put plenty of Tabasco sauce on my red beans and rice every Monday, so I knew that couldn’t be it.
The Alka-Seltzer ad I remember is the “I Can’t Believe I Ate The Whole Thing” one:
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I forgot about that. Good one. One of my multiple choice answers would be Chris Christie.
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Those are some classic ads. I hadn’t seen most of them until today.
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Love the pop quiz format Ken! These ads are hysterical, especially since I guessed so many incorrectly. Thanks for sharing.
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