A commercial that has been burned into your memory

[Dysnomia]

Betson's furniture. Just look at all that ugly furniture that was trendy back then.

This one would have had the store immediately cancelled in current year.

Ditto.

Infamous tax dodging, off shore money funneling scam artist Crazy Eddie. The guy in the commercials is a DJ named Jerry Carroll. Crazy Eddie was of Syrian lineage.

Whole thing is crazier than the commercials themselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Eddie

 

[Mysterious Girlfriend X]

 

[Trilby]

God this guy advertised in my town for decades.

 

[Captain Syrup]

Whatever, Ant. I'd still smash that.

 

[knobslobbin]

"I felt it!"

 

[Captain Syrup]

Infamous tax dodging, off shore money funneling scam artist Crazy Eddie.

Yeah, most people don't realize Crazy Eddie was a real guy. They are familiar with his parodies. Like "Manic Mike" from Short Circuit.

 

[Trilby]

Yeah, most people don't realize Crazy Eddie was a real guy. They are familiar with his parodies. Like "Manic Mike" from Short Circuit.

Well he was local. I don't think his ads were nationwide unless a "Superstation" played them.

 

[Starscreams Cape]

On the way to Gencon we would always count down the miles until the Tom Raper billboards and the 10 miles of jokes that inevitably followed.



Also, I start singing this one in the shower once every two months. Why do advertisers use jingles? Because 30+ years later they still work.

 

[Captain Syrup]

Why do advertisers use jingles? Because 30+ years later they still work.

Only they don't use jingles anymore. Now they resort to creepy mascots and puns.

I hope "Flo" gets pecked to death by the emu from Liberty Mutual.

 

[Starscreams Cape]

Only they don't use jingles anymore. Now they resort to creepy mascots and puns.

I hope "Flo" gets pecked to death by the emu from Liberty Mutual.

And don't think you're going to get away Scot-free, Geico Gecco, you Cockney faggot. Im'ma get medieval on your ass.

 

[sasazuka]

Infamous tax dodging, off shore money funneling scam artist Crazy Eddie. The guy in the commercials is a DJ named Jerry Carroll. Crazy Eddie was of Syrian lineage.

Whole thing is crazier than the commercials themselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Eddie

Montreal comedy troupe Radio Free Vestibule/The Vestibules did a parody of Crazy Eddie-style ads, "Crazy Sammy's Discount Store". I can't find an upload of it anywhere but there's a full transcription on the "Insane Propieter" TV Tropes page.

Sammy: Hi, you might remember me. I used to be known as "Crazy Sammy". I owned Crazy's Sammy's Discount Store and my prices were so low, you'd have thought I was crazy. And I was. I was bonkers! I was losing money on every transaction, my store eventually went bankrupt, my friends deserted me, and I married a chair. Well, I finally got some help. I went to a therapist for two years, and now I'm better. And happy to announce the grand opening of my new store, Well-Adjusted Sammy's, where you'll find amazingly normal prices. Microwave ovens used to be two bucks! Now a sensible $199. ... And good news! The baboons are gone. So don't run - walk on over to Well-Adjusted Sammy's, where the prices are... (dramatic echo) Appropriate!​

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Also, I start singing this one in the shower once every two months. Why do advertisers use jingles? Because 30+ years later they still work.

Speaking of jingles who still work 30 years later, the Juicy Fruit jingle who was worthy enough to be mentionned in Family Guy.

 

[Trilby]

Speaking of jingles who still work 30 years later, the Juicy Fruit jingle who was worthy enough to be mentionned in Family Guy.

Leave it to Family Guy to make you feel old!

 

[BooneHelm]

For anyone who watched Pluto TV last year, they played this commercial nonstop and it has been burned into my memory forever.

THINK ABOUT WHAT I SAW

 

[Starscreams Cape]

For anyone who watched Pluto TV last year, they played this commercial nonstop and it has been burned into my memory forever.

THINK ABOUT WHAT I SAW

Oh FUCK YES!! I hated that fucking whiny chick so much after the 100th time I saw this promo on Pluto. Thanks for the trigger!

"So many questions!"

 

[bifftango]

Winners watch Pluto TV. Suckers be Stirr-ing!

 

[Trilby]

Winners watch Pluto TV. Suckers be Stirr-ing!

I've moved on to finding m3u links to add to an IPTV client. That's more challenging!

 

[bifftango]

For anyone who watched Pluto TV last year, they played this commercial nonstop and it has been burned into my memory forever.

THINK ABOUT WHAT I SAW

I've moved on to finding m3u links to add to an IPTV client. That's more challenging!

Ah, you're a masochist. I pay for SmoothStreams and live in comfort.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

If you were a kid of the 80s, you saw this multiple times a day during the summer. And they kept repackaging it into the 1990s.

 

[Kill a Troon for Pikamee]

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