Commercials

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1. Am I the only one who remembers an animated sunkist commercial that had an alligator jump out of an orange a kid was peeling?

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   1. Hey Gregory, you’re not the only one who remembers this Sunkist spot. It’s on You Tube (click here): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jP09HFiRD0

      One comment there in regards reads: “I asked many people about this Sunkist orange commercial. I finally found it and am no longer considering imagining seeing this as a child.” ENJOY.

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2. Looking for a recording of a jingle/commercial that used to play in the morning on Detroit radio/tv (1980’s — I think) that goes something like…

   “Wake up Detroit — it’s all brand new …” had a sort of Frank Sinatra feel to it.

   Any ideas?

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   1. Here is the STAND UP DETROIT promotion song done by Channel 7, WXYZ TV

      https://youtu.be/oLDECtanlp0

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3. Which ones feature Barry manilow? He did so many commercials.

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4. Do you have any of the commercials Barry Manilow did?

   Thanks,

   Tom

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5. One of the most FAMOUS Commercial jingles–just does NOT show up on the Internet despite numerous searches–perhaps you guys have a copy? “It’s National Shoes Rings The Bell” (SFX: Bell)…any chance?

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   1. I have been looking for that one myself.We had a National shoes right near us growing up!
      !

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6. I love going back intime and listening to these. I can still hear a lot of these and so quickly the words to the jingle return.

   However, I am looking for one jingle that I can’t find anywhere. Itwas a spot for Total gas stations right here in the metro detroit area. It was called “you’ve got enough to make it to Total”. It was a commercial where a guy is panicking basicly because his gas tank was low and he needed to reach the pumps and when he does the jingle starts “you did it! you made it! you feel so good (so good)! you make it to Total! You did it! You made it! You can always make it! We knew you could. You can always make it, always mae it to Total!”

   Does this sound familiar to anyone out here in radio land? I have tried Google, Youtube, The Total brands website, and I even tried a few contacts with no luck.

   Can anyone help, or at the very least, can someone please tell me that they remember this jingle? It seems it was played during the 80’s around the same time as an old Marathon commercial where they were advertising PBA4.

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7. This is just fabulous. Today, my wife and I were recalling the hilarious ads for radio advertising that came out in the early 80s. I found your site, and it has 3 of them: “Lather Puss Shaving Cream,” ” The Shoe Store Across the Street,” and “Advertise on the Radio–Norman T. Balone, Assistant Janitor.”
   Thanks a million for the memories and the laughs!
   — Pete

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8. WOW. I just spent most of the night listening to this stuff. Thank you. Do you take requests?
   OK – Holy Grail time: Do you have the custom “That’s My Wonderful Town” radio jingle – Detroit version – that was done for WCAR back in the early 60’s?
   AND…Holy Grail #2: The music that Channel 7 used to intro Shock Theater back in the late 50’s?

   This is an amazing site. Again – Thanks.

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9. Hey Dave…We do take requests for songs but some of the stuff you asked for we don’t have. The my home town is the only thing we have on the site. That was made for WJBK radio.

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10. In the late 1970s there was a Faygo radio commercial Faygo Cola Nuts! I cant seem to find it antwhere….

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11. I have been trying to find anything on the Faygo Cola Nut Commercial of the late 1970s..
    I have a Faygo history page and could you please find something

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12. Hello, I was just on your website and it brought back happy childhood memories. I grew up during the 1950’s-60s and remember a little jingle WIOS in Tawas, MI used to play. It was a male baritone voice singing,

    “Radio, your constant companion, radio, your traveling friend/ in your home, in your pocket or car, dial a smile wherever you are/ radio, your constant companion, radio, your family friend!”

    I heard it so many times that the words are burned into my memory even at age 60, as you can see! I don’t suppose you have any dusty archives that may have a recording of this jingle from the early 1960’s do you? It would be really neat to hear on your website. You could maybe get it transferred into MP3 format.

    Thanks for the memories!

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13. Anyone else enjoy the Stroh’s commercials from the 60s and 70s? I remember one where the off-screen announcer is singing the praises of the product when this lunch-bucket everyman asks “What is this fire-brewin’ business?” Then there are the ones where Thom Sharpe is seen staggering through the desert; coming up to two guys in an oasis, who offer water, he asks instead for an ice-cold Stroh’s beer! (There goes a real beer lover)…

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14. My mom, Ferol Kunard, sang a Crolwley’s milk jingle I think in the 50’s.
    I wondered if there would be any record of it anywhrere. “crowley’s milk flavor & nutritious–crowley’s milk delivered at your door etc. etc etc.

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15. 1992 there was a radio commercial for 7-eleven coffee.
    I heard it in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was a real catchy tune . Can you find a copy of it?

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16. Trying to locate a radio ad for Peter Pan Peanut Butter that was a parody of “The Graduate”…

    “One word… plastics. Like the new plastic jar of Peter Pan”…

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17. Audio from an agency tape I have from a station I worked at in the 17970’s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oLU4fz53Q0
    The video is from youtube videos. If you would like to use the audio you have my permission. I do not hold any rights nor are nor implied

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    1. Thank you kindly, Roger for visiting Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

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       1. I have a lot of old commercials on vinyl records about Chevrolet Busch beer etc. Can anyone tell me the value 1965 and under

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18. How about the atlas furniture commercial?

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19. I’d love to hear, Mello yellow jack’s little darlin’ beer commercial. My mom says I sang it as a child when I was still in diapers. My grandmother said, “Bonnie, if she’s old enough to sing beer commercials, she’s old enough to use the potty!”

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20. Took YEARS, but I finally ran across the Neil Diamond ’69 Buick spot. Scroll the playlist and click #34 on this page: https://archive.org/details/PsychedelicPromosRadioSpotsVol.8

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21. Can you find either County Seat jeans stores “Just direct your feet to the County Seat” or Dad’s root beer “If you don’t ask for Dad’s, all you’re gonna get is root beer”?

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24. Hey – great page! But the “BB King” Dr. Pepper clip is actually Chuck Berry.

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25. Great site, thanks for the memories!

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26. I am trying to find the Don Massey Cadillac radio spots. Anyone know where I can listen to them?

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27. I am trying to find the Don Massey Cadillac radio spots. Anyone know where I can listen to them? Some of the best spots I have ever heard.

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28. How about the Michigan Mobile Radio commercial with the drums and they list all the artists. It starts out with ant MMR you will see stereo tape in variety… and ends with if you want tapes to play in your car see crazy jack at MMR..

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29. Trying to locate an old Detroit News Jingle. The News gives gives me the blues. Written and preformed by Bill Meuller A.K.A. Blue Miller., who passed away 09/11/18.

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    1. Dan Eaton… How did he pass away a month AFTER you posted this?

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32. Love it

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33. There used to be a series of radio commercials in Detroit with what appeared to be a husband wife duo (fictional) their names were something like Gladys and Phil perhaps? He was not a bright bulb and she would always lose her patience and correct him very sharply.??? it was for a drug store something like Perry drugs or right aid maybe??They were hilarious does this ring a bell for anyone?

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34. Wow, what a library! Digging back into my foggiest memories…finding the Faygo stagecoach commercial was a real treat!

    I would love to find the 7-UP commercial from 1964 that sounded “like the Beatles” singing – ending with “7-Up, 7-Up, 7-Up your blues away.”

    I wish that film from Poopdeck Paul (Popeye Theater on Channel 9) and Milky’s Movie Party (on Channel 4) still existed…the latter also used to sometimes run a circus cartoon that I’ve been haplessly looking for, for decades now. I’m wondering if it’s simply lost?

    I have no idea how many of the 1930’s cartoons have been lost, versus those that have been preserved. I’m guessing actually a large portion have been preserved, because I’d guess there were a lot of copies made for a lot of movie theaters…

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35. Can these commercials be used in a play as commercial sound effects during a radio show?

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    1. Did you ever receive a response…or used any of the ads? I’m curious about the same thing.

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36. I, sent an email earlier regarding the classic commercials listed on your site mcrfb. would, it be ok If I downloaded them for my own personal use? I never, got a response as of yet.

    Richard Janes

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37. Does anyone have a clean copy of the Farmer Jack sound effect (the vibraphone in/out of “Farmer Jack Savings Time”) that they can share?

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38. There is an error in the listing for the COKE-The Kingston Trio-Things-Go-Better-With-Coke- radio ad (see the link below).

    https://usaradiomuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Coke-Kingston-Trio-Things-Go-Better-With-Coke-Full-Version.mp3

    The Kingston Trio is not singing the jingle. Rather, it is The Limeliters, another popular group from the same time period as The Kingston Trio. The lead singer of the group was Glenn Yarbrough. It is his voice heard speaking the sales pitch and singing the jingle with his trio mates.

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    1. John, thanks for your keen correction! It has been changed to the Limelighters, as you had correctly had indicated in your above comments. Thanks for visiting Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

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39. Good afternoon!
    A great collection…thank you!
    Can these be used for commercial purposes…I.e. on my own streaming station? Are these CC?
    Thanks!

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    1. Bill, for the most part, these ads are here, having been archived from collectors in general. I would say they are listed here having been gathered as this site do not claim ownership for any of these ads, many are already decades old. Therefore any use may be construed as listed under “public domain.”

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40. Would anyone happen to have the old TV commercials for WXYZ radio that used “It’s a Beautiful Morning” by The Rascals? I have been looking for that TV spot for 10 years and can’t find it anywhere. It was so good.

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