Tripartisonship; Market Making & Stepping in Front

[Amy Burns Short]

This is one of many Retromercials stilled aired on TVLand, for whatever that
may be worth; my 4-year-old gets a kick out of it and others when he's
allowed to watch them.

There is also some documentary aired periodically on the same station about
the making of some of those 60s/70s commercials -- also featuring the
development of some of the more memorable catch phrases/advertising slogans
of the era.

Amy
amy.short at murraystate.edu


Alice Faber wrote:


> I think I remember this from high school, which would be late 60s. I
> didn't have a TV as an undergraduate, so if it wasn't late 60s, it
> would be mid- to late 70s.
>
> Peter A. McGraw wrote:
> >I remember the commercial.  I don't remember the prop falling apart, but
I
> >do remember that it was for Alka-Selzer or some similar remedy.  The
"plot"
> >was the filming of an ostensible spaghetti commercial, and with retake
> >after retake, each of which called for him to sample the spaghetti and
> >exclaim, "Mama mia, 'atsa some spicy meatball," the man looked and acted
> >progressively sicker.  I think late 60s seems a bit too early--more like
> >70s or 80s.  I THINK it was after the famous "I can't believe I ate that
> >whole thing" and "Try it, you'll like it" commercials.
> >
> >Peter Mc.
> >
> >--On Friday, May 25, 2001 11:13 AM -0700 "A. Maberry"
> ><maberry at U.WASHINGTON.EDU> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 25 May 2001 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> >>>
> >>> THAT'S A SPICY MEATBALL--My friend says that this catchphrase comes
from
> >>> a
> >>   character on the old Abbott & Costello show.
> >>
> >> That might be. I also remember a sort of off-the-wall commercial for
some
> >> canned spaghetti and meatballs the plot of which was that the  "star"
is
> >> an actor playing an Italian guy  making a commerical for spaghetti
> >> and trying, unsuccessfully to say the phrase "At'sa spicy meatball".
When
> >> he finally does say it correctly, some other prop like the stove in the
> >> background falls apart. Late 1960s early 1970s?
> >>
> >> allen
> >> maberry at u.washington.edu
> >
> >
> >
>
>***************************************************************************
*
> >                              Peter A. McGraw
> >                  Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
> >                           pmcgraw at linfield.edu
>
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