Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 7:40 am
Thought this could be fun and bring back some great commercials from times gone by!
Blitz Weinhard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iigxaFBTAZ4&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eqnGXTh1fM&mode=related&search=
Rainier Beer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCW9gqN-_mE&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvidWtxxGs&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-WuLQz_ns
Olympia Beer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCgOKJf4od4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewdI-OGyngI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSnqQFY8fZ0
WOW...do these bring back memories or what...love the pull tabs on the Oly commercials!
You got any others......try to keep them to PNX beers though!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 10:56 pm
Whoa, that "Pickup Truck" ad for Oly is a gem.
Anyone recognize the singer? I have a feeling her career went considerably further.
The voice-over sounded familiar, reminding me of the spectacularly subtle, highly persuasive "Morning in America" spots for Reagan in 1984 (hey, I'm on the other side, but I know effective advertising art when I see it).
So I Wiki'd up that campaign, I found its narrator (who was also their creator) was Hal Riney, who (1) is from Longview, and (2) at the apparent time of the beer ad was with BBDO SF. Same guy, hmmm? The parallels in motif are notable. (It predates Chiat/Day and the "Artesians" campaign.)
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 11:26 pm
Some early 70s Olympia radio spots can be found here:
http://www.pdxradiospots.com/archives/2005_03_01_archive.html
Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 7:23 am
Do tell....who was the singer. Can't quite figure it out.
Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 1:34 pm
Um, I really don't know. Your comeback implies it should be obvious.
Oh, I found that narrator's voice again in http://www.seattlehistory.org/av_files/fabsounds.mp3 described as "A mid-1960s audio postcard from Pacific Northwest Bell" on http://www.seattlehistory.org/col_av.cfm
Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 1:38 pm
No...I don't know either...I was just curious if you did. She does have a sound that would have been big at the time!
Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 5:44 pm
Gread thread!
Legendary stuntman and actor, Richard Farnsworth, played the "Artesian Gardner" in the Oly spots. I loved his characters.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002070/
