The Retroist » Commercial http://www.retroist.com Retro Blog and Podcast Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:33:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Monkees and Bugs Bunny? Oh yeah! http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/27/the-monkees-and-bugs-bunny-oh-yeah/ http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/27/the-monkees-and-bugs-bunny-oh-yeah/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:00:50 +0000 TheSixMillionDollarJedi http://www.retroist.com/?p=39765 With the odd combination of Bugs Bunny and the Monkees, how can you not buy some Kool-Aid?

]]> http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/27/the-monkees-and-bugs-bunny-oh-yeah/feed/ 8 Mark Hamill Endorses Kodak http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/24/mark-hamill-endorses-kodak/ http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/24/mark-hamill-endorses-kodak/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:46 +0000 TheSixMillionDollarJedi http://www.retroist.com/?p=39549 Before Mark Hamill was shooting lasers in a galaxy far, far away he was shooting pictures with the Kodak Tele-Instamatic camera in 1971.

If you look and listen closely, the woman he is photographing is Jan Brady herself, Eve Plumb.

]]> http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/24/mark-hamill-endorses-kodak/feed/ 1 Pac-Man Washes Down Power Pellets With 7-Up http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/19/pac-man-washes-down-power-pellets-with-7-up/ http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/19/pac-man-washes-down-power-pellets-with-7-up/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:07 +0000 TheSixMillionDollarJedi http://www.retroist.com/?p=39545 Continue reading →]]> During the summer of 2011, 7-Up released retro-style bottles and cans of the famous beverage and added real sugar. After watching this commercial I hope 7-Up brings the bottles back again. Every time I went to the grocery store I bought a six-pack of it.

Pac-Man is the perfect “spokescharacter” for a beverage. He gets a lot of exercise and eats quite a bit so I’m sure he’s constantly thirsty. I can see Pac-Man being a distant relative of the 7-Up Spot. Add an altered version of Kim Carnes’ giant hit “Bette Davis Eyes” and you have a very effective 1980s TV commercial.

]]> http://www.retroist.com/2012/01/19/pac-man-washes-down-power-pellets-with-7-up/feed/ 1 1989 Sports Illustrated Christmas Offer Commercial http://www.retroist.com/2011/12/23/1989-sports-illustrated-christmas-offer-commercial/ http://www.retroist.com/2011/12/23/1989-sports-illustrated-christmas-offer-commercial/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:00:07 +0000 The Retroist http://www.retroist.com/?p=38567 Continue reading →]]> Great news citizens of 1989 get a subscription to Sports Illustrated and you will also get a free NFL Films’ “Football Foolies” videotape, a baseball preview issue, a Sportsman of the Year issue, a special 35th anniversary issue and the 1990 swimsuit issue. What a bargain!

]]> http://www.retroist.com/2011/12/23/1989-sports-illustrated-christmas-offer-commercial/feed/ 0 “Norelco, even our name says Merry Christmas.” Eh? http://www.retroist.com/2011/12/07/norelco-even-our-name-says-merry-christmas-eh/ http://www.retroist.com/2011/12/07/norelco-even-our-name-says-merry-christmas-eh/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:00:19 +0000 Retro Justin http://www.retroist.com/?p=37778 Nothing says retro like a Christmas commercial using stop-motion animation. I totally dig Santa riding an electric razor through the snow, but can someone tell me what the heck do they mean by the very last sentence in the commercial??

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