Michigan TV Commercials
Marc VanHeyningen
through your head from Michigan TV commercials, here's one I sometimes
recall before waking up in a cold sweat...
Here, dawg
C'mon, dawg.
Me and dawg want you go to to Telegraph road,
Right now,
Get a good deal!
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Marc VanHeyningen mvan...@cs.indiana.edu MIME, RIPEM & HTTP spoken here
David F. Dalrymple
> As long as people have been discussing songs that you get running
> through your head from Michigan TV commercials, here's one I
> sometimes recall before waking up in a cold sweat...
>
> Here, dawg
> C'mon, dawg.
> Me and dawg want you go to to Telegraph road,
> Right now,
> Get a good deal!
Anyone seen the Northwestern Michigan Fair advertisement that started
about 2 years ago (with accompanying joyous theme song)?
Goin' to the fair
Goin' to the fair
Goin' to the Northwest Michigan Fair
Cows and pigs and blah blah blah
(I haven't heard the song in a while)
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Pete Mitchell
How about this classic RADIO commercial:
We're the Chrysler-Plymouth dealer on Maple road...
Birmingham... Chrysler-Plymouth in Troy.
Birmingham's in Troy ! !
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Charles P. Mitchell
Bell Northern Research All opinions my own, not BNR's.
Dallas, Texas
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Charles P. Mitchell
Bell Northern Research All opinions my own, not BNR's.
Dallas, Texas
roger colin shouse
"...and they cannot fly either!!!"
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The University of Chicago Email: sh...@midway.uchicago.edu
roger colin shouse
ad that started out, "Oh, the stagecoach was a headed through the mountain."?
Don't get me started on old Detroit area TV and TV ads!!
Victor Morris
Is that place still open?
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Robert Dover
"Get on the right track, to 9 mile and Mack,
Roy O'Brien's trucks and cars <something> your money back!
Roy O'Brien's got the buyin's, the buyin's.
They come from many miles away.
You save yourself alot of dollars, dollars,
By driving out his way today....
<insert commercial drivel here>
So get on the track to 9 mile and Mack
To get the best deal in town,
'Cause Roy O'Brien's got the best deals around!"
I think the above is from late 50's-ish.
-Bob
"The Faygo Kid! Which way did he go, which way did he go?
He went for FAYGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Please, somebody stop me before I hurt myself.
Mike McNally
opened an ugly can of worms by writing:
>As long as people have been discussing songs that you get running
>through your head from Michigan TV commercials, here's one I sometimes
>recall before waking up in a cold sweat...
I remember Channel 50's "Bill Kennedy at the Movies" program being
a particularly rich source of diabolically memorable commercials
(memorable mostly because they were annoying or embarrassingly bad,
not out of any inherent aesthetic value..) I particularly remember
an aluminum siding (?) and interior renovation huckster named "Mr.
Belvedere" who was always moaning "Porches, porches, how am I going
to tell people about my beautiful porches?" and promising "We do good work"
Having been born in Chicago and having grown up in the western side
of the lower peninsula (North Muskegon) I was at least as influenced
by WGN from Chicago as I was by any Detroit station. Chicago has its
own memorable commercials. I may not know what my sibling's phone numbers
are but I will go to my grave remembering the phone number for a Chicago
carpet warehouse, for who could ever forget the "Five Eight Eight, Two
Three Hundred, EMPIIIIIRE!" jingle? I'm also probably doomed to carry
"Nelson Brothers loves you, and you'll love them too" around with me
forever as well.
roger colin shouse
I remember the Roy O'Brian ad from TV in the late 50's and early 60's.
On TV, cartoon train tracks would form an "S" down the screen, followed
by car tracks running straight down to form a dollar sign. Actually,
the sound track from this ad could still be heard occasionally on
TV and radio ads as recently as 4 or 5 years ago.
Don't I have anything better to do?
DANIEL WALTER BUTLER-EHLE
: I remember Channel 50's "Bill Kennedy at the Movies" program being
: a particularly rich source of diabolically memorable commercials
: (memorable mostly because they were annoying or embarrassingly bad,
: not out of any inherent aesthetic value..) I particularly remember
: an aluminum siding (?) and interior renovation huckster named "Mr.
: Belvedere" who was always moaning "Porches, porches, how am I going
: to tell people about my beautiful porches?" and promising "We do good work"
"P-O-R-C-H-E-S. . .How am I gonna tell people about my beautiful new porches."
"Hey, Mr. Belvedere, you're on!"
"I am?! Oh. . ."
<blah> <blah> <blah>
". . . call TYler eight-one thousand. WE DO GOOD WORK."
"It's one o'clock. Time for Detroit's FAvorite movie host,
Biiiiillllllll Kennedy!"
(although it wasn't always at 1:00; they moved it a couple times.)
That Belvedere Construction commercial when they started advertising
porches isn't very old. Late 70s at the earliest.
--Foggy on the Lake today,
Can hear the horn at North Entry
Dan Butler-Ehle <dwbu...@mtu.edu>
DANIEL WALTER BUTLER-EHLE
: Having been born in Chicago and having grown up in the western side
: of the lower peninsula (North Muskegon) I was at least as influenced
: by WGN from Chicago as I was by any Detroit station. Chicago has its
: own memorable commercials. I may not know what my sibling's phone numbers
: are but I will go to my grave remembering the phone number for a Chicago
: carpet warehouse, for who could ever forget the "Five Eight Eight, Two
: Three Hundred, EMPIIIIIRE!" jingle? I'm also probably doomed to carry
: "Nelson Brothers loves you, and you'll love them too" around with me
: forever as well.
What's the Chicago company at "call NAtional two-nine thousand, NAtional
TWO-nine--THOUSAND!"?
--Still no sign of land, how long is it?
Dan Butler-Ehle <dwbu...@mtu.edu>
Chris Gellasch
>Mike McNally (mcn...@quip.eecs.umich.edu) wrote:
>
>: I remember Channel 50's "Bill Kennedy at the Movies" program being
>: a particularly rich source of diabolically memorable commercials
>: (memorable mostly because they were annoying or embarrassingly bad,
>: not out of any inherent aesthetic value..) I particularly remember
>: an aluminum siding (?) and interior renovation huckster named "Mr.
>: Belvedere" who was always moaning "Porches, porches, how am I going
>: to tell people about my beautiful porches?" and promising "We do good work"
>
>"P-O-R-C-H-E-S. . .How am I gonna tell people about my beautiful new porches."
>"Hey, Mr. Belvedere, you're on!"
>"I am?! Oh. . ."
><blah> <blah> <blah>
>". . . call TYler eight-one thousand. WE DO GOOD WORK."
>
The guy in the commercial wasn't even Mr. Belvedere, it was Vince
something if I remember correctly....
Chris Gellasch
Mike McNally
DANIEL WALTER BUTLER-EHLE <dwbu...@mtu.edu> wrote:
>
>What's the Chicago company at "call NAtional two-nine thousand, NAtional
>TWO-nine--THOUSAND!"?
Could that have been the "Hey Culligan Man!" commercial? That phone number
definitely rings a bell (I know, I know..)
Timothy J. Hayes
Okay, here's a few for you:
"...no job's too big, no job's too small!
We're Father and Son, we do it all!" -- Father and Son
Construction Co.
Channel 50's Shocktober with Count Scary!
Nationwide Warehouse! Nationwide Warehouse!
All that comes to mind at the present time!
TJH
2230...@msu.edu
not I still remember that tune, to the commercial I sang it for my husband
who immediatley remembered it too:-P. But I thought it was a car dealer's name
not a st. "Telegraph Road" maybe I'm wrong.
Lisa
2230...@msu.edu
you have to go to what is it gettsburg, CA I think to get to boblo.
But someone did buy the boblo boats and will have them back in the water next
year. I read that earlier this sprinf
Lisa
2230...@msu.edu
would get all types of Sh*t in the mail from Mr. Belvedere, my grandmother
would always let me open the envelopes from that place, pens, letter openersm
he even sent peanuts through the mail. No wonder he went belly up all that
free stuff cost a bundle:-P
Lisa
Greg Kish
>>I liked the ads for Boblo (sp?).
>>
>>Is that place still open?
>
>
>Yup, it's still going, on it's last leg, and the boats don't go there anymore,
>you have to go to what is it gettsburg, CA I think to get to boblo.
>
>But someone did buy the boblo boats and will have them back in the water next
>year. I read that earlier this sprinf
>
>Lisa
Boblo has been bought out by a young investor from Washington state.
Since he purchased it this last spring he has made many improvments. It was
too late this year to put in any new rides, but next year they are susposed
to have a water park, large roller coaster, + some other rides. If I
remember correctly this last July 4th was the largest crowd that has ever
been on the island. They had a very good fireworks display, plus live
entertainment. To get to the island you can catch a boat in Gibralter, Mi.,
or go to Amherstberg,Ontario. They may cut the boat ride from Mi. out since
most of the visitors go to the Amherstberg dock. New also this year is live
entertainment, I know bands like the beach boys etc. will be playing there
over labor day weekend. One of the best things that they have done is that
they have really fixed up the marina, there is a new beach and pizza
delivery to your boat.
--greg--
Mike Connelly
>
> "...no job's too big, no job's too small!
> We're Father and Son, we do it all!" -- Father and Son
> Construction Co.
Stole that one from me Tim! (Later, they changed the last bit to
"Give us a call".)
> Channel 50's Shocktober with Count Scary!
>
> Nationwide Warehouse! Nationwide Warehouse!
>
>All that comes to mind at the present time!
For Lansing-ites:
"The only Ford dealer on Michigan Avenue,
Curtis, Curtis Ford!"
(Since parts of Michigan Ave. are in, shall we say, less salubrious parts
of Lansing, this led to some interesting grade-school variations...)
Another annoyance Lansing folk may remember is Discount Dave of Dave's
Discount Furniture. Discount Dave was actually a guest at my high
school graduation - this was after he had become Albuquerque Dave.
This is a story for another time.
I also remember bad-but-funny radio ads for Bedroom of Michigan Inc.
(featuring "Bob The Owner") in Grand Rapids (WLAV). I heard these on
the Dr. Demento Show in the early 80's. Anyone else?
And who could forget... Mel Farr, Superstar!!!
Mike Connelly ixoye | But the real problem with this man
Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ | Is he says he can't when he can
..!bellcore!pyuxd!mdc3 | -- Housemartins, "Sitting On A Fence"
Mike Connelly
ever have seen. In 1987, Kroger's hired some of the Detroit Tigers
that could be had cheaply (Dan Petry, Dave Bergman, Tom Brookens,
Darnell Coles... guys like Morris, Trammell, & Whitaker were conspicuous
by their absence, you get the idea.) They produced a short series of
commercials, of which I remember two:
#1 - Singeing (oops, I mean singing, but 'singeing' is somehow apropos
since none of these guys could carry a tune if it had handles)
the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" except they changed the
words:
Take me out to the Kroger's, take me out to the store
Buy me some eggs and corned beef hash
Kroger prices will save you big cash
Complete with song books w/ the Kroger logo on the back.
#2 - Same idea but this time they were parodying the song "Wild Thing",
walking around in a jungle "Kroger-Ing". The commercial ended
with Darnell Coles sticking his head through the tall grass and
saying - "Kroger, I think I love you!"
They had me crying, they were so awful. Anybody who saw these first
hand has to remember them. Were there more?
Chris Gellasch
>
>Okay, here's a few for you:
>
> "...no job's too big, no job's too small!
> We're Father and Son, we do it all!" -- Father and Son
> Construction Co.
house sprouting additions and then the dog house does the same while the
dog has this stupid expression on his face...
>
> Channel 50's Shocktober with Count Scary!
>
Ooooo, That's Scary! Don't forget the Scarymobile either or his cool
cousin with the Izod cape Val Scary (I think?).
Chris
Chris Gellasch
>Egad, I just remembered what have to have been the worst commercials I
>ever have seen. In 1987, Kroger's hired some of the Detroit Tigers
>that could be had cheaply (Dan Petry, Dave Bergman, Tom Brookens,
>Darnell Coles... guys like Morris, Trammell, & Whitaker were conspicuous
>by their absence, you get the idea.) They produced a short series of
>commercials, of which I remember two:
>
>#1 - Singeing (oops, I mean singing, but 'singeing' is somehow apropos
> since none of these guys could carry a tune if it had handles)
> the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" except they changed the
> words:
> Take me out to the Kroger's, take me out to the store
> Buy me some eggs and corned beef hash
> Kroger prices will save you big cash
> Complete with song books w/ the Kroger logo on the back.
>
>#2 - Same idea but this time they were parodying the song "Wild Thing",
> walking around in a jungle "Kroger-Ing". The commercial ended
> with Darnell Coles sticking his head through the tall grass and
> saying - "Kroger, I think I love you!"
>
>They had me crying, they were so awful. Anybody who saw these first
>hand has to remember them. Were there more?
>
batter and then telling you about things that were on sale....
Chris
Jennifer L. Archie
>> C'mon, dawg.
>> Me and dawg want you go to to Telegraph road,
>> Right now,
>> Get a good deal!
>>--
>>Marc VanHeyningen mvan...@cs.indiana.edu MIME, RIPEM & HTTP spoken here
>
>
>Lisa
>
Nope. It's Tellyyyy-graph road for sure. I'm gonna die remembering that
silly commercial with the farmer and his hound dog :-)
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that they belonged to anyone else, you're gravely mistaken...
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joe
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When "wide open spaces" brings parking to mind, die.
Bob Bayn
DANIEL WALTER BUTLER-EHLE <dwbu...@mtu.edu> wrote:
>What's the Chicago company at "call NAtional two-nine thousand, NAtional
>TWO-nine--THOUSAND!"?
NAtional 9-xxxx was (and 629- still is) the exchange for the Albion-Concord
area where my grandafather, an uncle and a coule of cousins farm the land.
--
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Ryan Trier
>DANIEL WALTER BUTLER-EHLE <dwbu...@mtu.edu> wrote:
>>What's the Chicago company at "call NAtional two-nine thousand, NAtional
>>TWO-nine--THOUSAND!"?
>
It's:
Lincoln, Lincoln,
Lincoln Carpets!
Better Carpeting For Less!
Call National Two-Nine Thousand
National Two-Nine Thousand!
On other TV threads:
I still regard Bill Kennedy of "Bill Kennedy at The Movies"
as a Movie God. Bill, the old ham, was fun as hell:
"And now, Act One of our Story, 'Make Mine Mink'...
I remember him explaining how Kirk Douglas got his dimple by
sleeping with a looped-eyelet-style button taped against his
chin. Yes, ol' Bill embellished that one to death - he had
Kirk sleeping with his impaled chin on a board just so the
button could carve a nice big dimple.
The Ghoul "Over dey" was wonderful low-budget stuff. It was
years later when someone from Cleveland told me about what
Parma was really like. Until then, all I knew was that:
"Parma spelled backwards is...Aaaaammmmm...raaaap"
<< insert song here:
"they're coming to take me away ha, ha
they're coming to take me away ho, ho
to the funny farm
where life is beautiful all the time
etc, etc" >>
It seems that a number of you watched the Kaiser Broadcasting
Network, with Belvedere Siding and Wrestling From the Como
Arena. My favorite was the younger (and hungrier) Ollie Fretter:
"I'll give you five pounds of coffee if I can't
beat your best deal! The competition knows me -
You Should Too!"
It was quite strange what Cable TV could bring to the small town of
Hurley, Wisconsin.
ryan
Joel Plutchak
>>DANIEL WALTER BUTLER-EHLE <dwbu...@mtu.edu> wrote:
>>>What's the Chicago company at "call NAtional two-nine thousand, NAtional
>>>TWO-nine--THOUSAND!"?
>>
>
>It's:
> Lincoln, Lincoln,
> Lincoln Carpets!
> Better Carpeting For Less!
>
> Call National Two-Nine Thousand
> National Two-Nine Thousand!
Curiously enough, in my freshman year at UW, I lived on the
same dorm floor as that guy's son. He did a dead-on imitation
of his father that was good for a chuckle or two.
--
Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst
"I'm mentally OVERDRAWN!"
Timothy J Lundgren
>
>"P-O-R-C-H-E-S. . .How am I gonna tell people about my beautiful new porches."
>"Hey, Mr. Belvedere, you're on!"
>"I am?! Oh. . ."
><blah> <blah> <blah>
>". . . call TYler eight-one thousand. WE DO GOOD WORK."
>
>Biiiiillllllll Kennedy!"
>
>(although it wasn't always at 1:00; they moved it a couple times.)
>
Ok, how about "You've got an uncle in the furniture business, Joshua Dore,
Joshua Dore" sung to a stupid tune that seems permanently hard-wired into my
brain.