These were filmed in my neck of the woods - Cleveland!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvBNPb2-mEo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHJjY2yNOko&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhNyfGZKaDY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsEc7RIgNww&feature=related

OMG, great find! Thanks for posting!

My pleasure!! I still remember seeing these ads when they first aired years and years ago. Those were the days!!! :D

Ted is basically playing Ted Baxter in those commercials! I never realized that he had done commercials in character.

Southgate USA is still around! Here's their website:

http://www.southgateusa.com/home/

I've driven by there many a time because I have relatives who live in that vicinity.