Dinray2013
08-29-2015, 04:16 PM
My old school commercial loving friends, I need your help! I'm currently trying to figure out the names of every single Retromercial (or close to it, anyway) that aired on TV Land from 1996 until 2004 when they phased them out. Based on old videotapes from my collection and YouTube, below is an alphabetical list of what I've figured out so far.
I know I'm still missing a few, so feel free to add on whatever spots I've overlooked.
LAST UPDATED: 3/4/24
A
Adlai Stevenson for President ("I Love The Gov.")
Alan Cranston for Senate (1986 -- "Zschau’s Greatest Hits")
Albert Gore for Senator (Smith County, TN: Summer 1970...)
Alka-Seltzer (Speedy singing “Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz”)
Alka-Seltzer (“Spicy Meatball”)
All Detergent (w/ Lily Tomlin)
Alpo (w/ Lorne Greene)
AMC Pacer (1975 -- "Sandwich King")
American Motors Rebel (“Driving School”)
American Tourister (1970’s w/ an Ape in a cage)
American Tourister (1980 w/ a bellhop in an ape suit)
Anacin ("Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself.")
Apple (“1984”)
Arm & Hammer (“What took you so long?”)
B
Ball Park Franks (w/ Redd Foxx)
Band-Aid ('60s -- "With Super Stick"...it can stick to an egg)
Band-Aid (“I am stuck on Band-Aid…”)
Barbie (1963--'Barbie', 'Ken', & 'Midge' dolls)
Bardahl (“His sticky valves are riding with you tonight”)
Barry Goldwater for President (Musical March)
Basset Furniture (Vicki Lawrence as Goldilocks helps the three bears redecorate)
Bayer Asprin for Children
Bell System (“Joey Called”)
Bic Banana Ink Crayons (w/ Charles Nelson Reilly)
Bosco (Bosco Bear)
Bounty (Rosie the Waitress)
Braniff (w/ Whitey Ford & Salvador Dali)
Braniff (w/ Andy Warhol & Sonny Listen)
Brylcreem (Two black & white spots with the "A little dab will do ya" slogan)
Bud Davis for Senator
Buick Riviera (1979)
Burger King (1982 w/ Emmanuel Lewis)
C
Calgon (“Ancient Chinese Secret”)
California Avocados (w/ Angie Dickinson)
Campbell's Pork & Beans (Early '70s -- Eating a forkful through a car wash in a top down convertible)
Cap’n Crunch
Chap Stick (“Call me ‘Suzy Chap Stick’”)
Charmin (“Don’t Squeeze The Charmin”)
Cheer (with Ed McMahon)
Cheer (1968 with a Vulcan wannabe)
Chevrolet (2 min. spot featuring a jazzy version of the “See The USA in your Chevrolet” slogan)
Chevrolet Bel-Air (1955)
Chiffon
Chock Full o' Nuts (Featuring a slot machine & Jean Martin singing the famous "Heavenly Coffee" jingle)
Chrysler Cordoba (1975 “Soft Corinthian leather” w/ Ricardo Montalban)
Chun King (Stan Freberg spot—“Only her grocer knows”)
Clairol Herbal Essence Herbal Essence Perfume Oil (Animated ad from ‘73)
Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo (Animated ad from ‘72)
Clairol Summer Blonde (“You can give your hair that summer look. All year long…”)
Coca-Cola (“Mean Joe Greene”)
Cole of California
Comet (w/ Josephine The Plumber & Louise Lasser)
Comet (w/ Josephine The Plumber & Robbie Benson)
Command (Men’s hairspray)
Cover Girl (Clean Make-Up “The next boy you meet…may be the one” [w/ Susan Dey])
(Paul) Coverdell for Senate (1992 -- Margie Lopp's Jingle)
Crest (w/ Jodie Foster)
D
Dannon (1977—“Old Russians”)
Diet Pepsi (Early ‘80s—“Now you see it, now you don’t”)
Diet Pepsi (1987—“Apartment 10G” w/ Micheal J. Fox)
Diet 7-Up (1980 w/ Flip Wilson & Geraldine)
Dino’s Brand Golf Balls
Dippity-Do
Dodge Charger (w/ Jennifer O’ Neill)
Dodge Dart (w/ Pamela Austin)
Don Nickles for Senate (1992 -- "The Tax Man")
Doublemint (Black & White spot w/ the Doublemint Twins)
Dove Dishwashing Liquid (w/ an animated dove)
Dow Bathroom Cleaner (Animated spot w/ Paul Winchell)
Downy (Animated commercial--"The fabric softener that turns irons into pussycats")
Dr. Pepper (1977—“Be A Pepper”)
Dristan ("It's like sending your sinuses to Arizona")
Dukakis For President (1988 - "No Jack Kennedy")
Dukakis For President (1988 - "The Packaging of George Bush")
Duncan Hines (w/ a TV repairman & the "So moist, so moistfully good, they'll always come back for more" jingle)
Dunkin’ Donuts (1982—“Time to Make the Doughnuts”)
E
Evel Knievel Stunt & Crash Car
Eveready (w/ Robert "I dare you to knock this off" Conrad)
E-Z Pop
F
Federal Express (1979—"Hello, Federal")
Federal Express (1981—"Fast-Paced World")
Federal Express (:15 spot for their overnight service)
Folgers (w/ Roy Scheider)
Ford Fairlane (w/ Ann B. Davis)
Ford Mustang (1966)
Ford Thunderbird (1974--"Make a little thunder of your own")
Foster Grant (1972 w/ Cindy Williams)
Fred Grandy For Governor (1994)
Frosted Flakes (w/ Tony The Tiger at the rodeo)
Frosted Flakes (w/ Tony The Tiger & his mom)
Frosted Flakes (at Grauman's Chinese Theatre w/ Carol Wayne)
G
Gary Hart (1980 - Ed Asner)
General Electric (A Bull in the Lexan shop)
Gillette (“How are you fixed for blades?”)
Ginsu
Good ‘N’ Plenty (Choo-Choo Charlie)
Great American Soup (Stan Freberg classic with Ann Miller as a tap dancing housewife)
Green Giant (Cream style corn featuring Sprout)
H
Hawaiian Punch (“How ‘bout a nice Hawaiian Punch?”)
Hershey's ('70s--w/ a little girl, her dog, & the classic "Great American chocolate bar" jingle in the background)
Hunt’s (with Barry Livingston and William Demarest from My Three Sons)
I
I Love New York (Two ads from the popular tourism campaign)
Ike for President (“I Like Ike”)
Ipana (Bucky Beaver)
Isuzu (Impulse feat. Lying Joe Isuzu—Late ‘80s)
J
Jacobson Lawn Mowers (“Faster Than Sheep”—Stan Freberg spot)
Jaratran (w/ Clara “Where’s The Beef?” Peller)
Jerry Springer For Governor ("Confession")
Jim Inhofe for Senate (1994)
Jimmy Carter for President (1976—"Essence")
Jockey (1981--w/ Jim Palmer & Earl Weaver)
John Lindsay (w/ Carroll O'Connor)
Jordache (“The Jordache Look” at a roller disco)
Jordache (“The Jordache Look” at school)
K
Ken-L Ration (“My dog’s better than yours”)
Kennedy for President (1960—“Ken-ne-dy for me” Jingle)
Kennedy for President (1960—“Mrs. JFK"...Jackie Kennedy campaigning for her husband en espanol)
Kentucky Fried Chicken (1967—“Escape”)
Kindness Instant Hairsetter (“Shame On You” jingle)
Kit Kat (1977--“Two Lions”)
Kit Kat (w/ a young boy with a lion on each side of him)
Kellogg’s Variety Pack (w/ Peter Marshall)
Keep America Beautiful (“Crying Indian”)
Kodak (Xmas ad with Dick Van Dyke hawking the Pocket Instamatic)
Kodak (with Mark Hamill and Eve Plumb)
K-Tel (The Blitzhacker)
L
Lady Clairol (Futuristic looking ad...Year unknown)
Lava (w/ Judd Hirsch)
Lay’s (w/ Bert Lahr)
Lay’s (w/ Tim Conway)
Life (“He likes it! Hey, Mikey!)
Life Savers (1979 - w/ Suzanne Somers & her dad)
Listerine (w/ Judd Hirsch as a DJ)
Lux
M
M&M's (1971 - "Tarzan")
Max Factor Pure Magic Super Lip Gloss (w/Cheryl Ladd)
Maxwell House
Maypo (“I Want My Maypo”)
Mazda (…but the Mazda goes “Hmmmmmm…”)
Minnesotans for [John] Marty (1994 - "That Darn Arne")
Minute Maid (with Bing Crosby)
Mitch McConnell for Senate (1984 - "Bloodhounds")
MJB (w/ Teri Garr)
Morton’s Salt (1965: Evolution of the Morton Salt Girl)
Mr. Clean
Mrs. Butterworth’s (‘70s—talking bottle)
N
National Republican Congressional Committee ("Out of Gas")
Nestea ("Take the Nestea Plunge")
New York Telephone (with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca)
Nick Belluso For Governor (1978 - "Hypnotist")
9-Lives (Morris the Cat & a toy mouse)
9-Lives (1978--Morris the Cat at the beach)
Nixon for President (1968—“Convention”)
Nixon for President (1968—“Youth”)
Nixon for President (1972—“McGovern Defense”)
O
Orville Redenbacher Popcorn (with Jim Backus & Natalie Schafer)
Oscar Mayer ("My bologna has a first name…")
Oscar Mayer ("Oh, I love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener…")
Ovaltine (with Scott Baio)
P
Parkay (w/ Vic Tayback)
Pat Brown For Governor (w/Burt Lancaster)
Pepsi (Early '60s w/ Polly Bergen)
Pepsodent (Two ads with the “You'll Wonder Where The Yellow Went…” slogan)
Plymouth Duster
Pontiac GTO (1965)
Pontiac GTO (“The Judge” featuring Paul Revere & The Raiders)
President Reagan (“Prouder, Stronger, Better” [“It’s morning again in America”])
R
Raid (Biker Bugs)
Ramblin’ Root Beer
Reese's ("Hey, you got chocolate in my peanut butter!")
Rheingold Beer ("My Beer Is Rheingold, The Dry Beer" jingle -- Stop motion marching beers)
Richard Nixon For Governor (1962 - "I'm For Nixon")
Right Guard (Two ads featuring Chuck “Hi, Guy” McCann)
Ronald Reagan For Governor (w/ John Wayne)
[Matthew J.] Ryback Is Right for Representative (1972)
S
Salada Tea (“Sip on back with Salada”)
San Francisco Art Institute (w/ Father Guido Sarducci)
Sasson (with The New York Rangers)
Scope ('60s--A guy practicing in front of his bathroom mirror ready to tell off his boss that he has bad breath)
Secret (with Joyce DeWitt)
Sergio Valente (“Uh-Oh, Sergio” at a roller rink)
7-Up (Animated commercial with a fire eater)
7-Up (Robert Abel’s "Bubbles" spot from ’74)
Shasta (1982—“Don’t give me that so, so soda”…Set at a beach)
Shasta (Eye catching spot featuring the “Don’t give me that so, so soda” jingle and a penguin)
Silvercup Bread (1955)
Slime Worms (1978)
Slinky
Soft N' Dri (Animated commercial with an octopus)
Spiro Agnew For Governor (1966 - "Our Kind of Man")
Star-Kist (1974—“Sorry, Charlie”…Charlie’s playing tennis)
Star-Kist (1976—“Sorry, Charlie”…Charlie’s playing a harp)
Sugardale (1971— Singing Sandwiches)
T
Tab (2 commercials featuring the "Be a mindsticker" slogan)
Tab (New Tab is here..."The diet drink of the '70s")
TDK (1982 with Stevie Wonder)
Tippee Toes (1981)
Tootsie ("Give Your Tootsie a Tootsie")
Tootsie Pop (w/ an animated tongue voiced by Paul Winchell)
Tootsie Pop (Mr. Owl answering the “How many licks?” query)
Ty-D-Bol
U
Ultra Brite (w/ Farrah Fawcett)
Ultra Brite (1977 w/ Cheryl Ladd)
V
Vlasic (1980—“That’s the best tasting pickle I ever heard”)
Volkswagen (1968 Karmann Ghia)
Volkswagen (1979 Rabbit w/ Wilt Chamberlain)
Vote America (w/ Jay Leno)
W
Wendy’s (1984—“Fluffy Bun”)
Wendy’s (1985—“Russian Fashion Show”)
Wind Song Perfume (“Your Wind Song stays on my mind”)
Wonder Bread (The Fresh Guys)
Worthington Ford
I know I'm still missing a few, so feel free to add on whatever spots I've overlooked.
LAST UPDATED: 3/4/24
A
Adlai Stevenson for President ("I Love The Gov.")
Alan Cranston for Senate (1986 -- "Zschau’s Greatest Hits")
Albert Gore for Senator (Smith County, TN: Summer 1970...)
Alka-Seltzer (Speedy singing “Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz”)
Alka-Seltzer (“Spicy Meatball”)
All Detergent (w/ Lily Tomlin)
Alpo (w/ Lorne Greene)
AMC Pacer (1975 -- "Sandwich King")
American Motors Rebel (“Driving School”)
American Tourister (1970’s w/ an Ape in a cage)
American Tourister (1980 w/ a bellhop in an ape suit)
Anacin ("Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself.")
Apple (“1984”)
Arm & Hammer (“What took you so long?”)
B
Ball Park Franks (w/ Redd Foxx)
Band-Aid ('60s -- "With Super Stick"...it can stick to an egg)
Band-Aid (“I am stuck on Band-Aid…”)
Barbie (1963--'Barbie', 'Ken', & 'Midge' dolls)
Bardahl (“His sticky valves are riding with you tonight”)
Barry Goldwater for President (Musical March)
Basset Furniture (Vicki Lawrence as Goldilocks helps the three bears redecorate)
Bayer Asprin for Children
Bell System (“Joey Called”)
Bic Banana Ink Crayons (w/ Charles Nelson Reilly)
Bosco (Bosco Bear)
Bounty (Rosie the Waitress)
Braniff (w/ Whitey Ford & Salvador Dali)
Braniff (w/ Andy Warhol & Sonny Listen)
Brylcreem (Two black & white spots with the "A little dab will do ya" slogan)
Bud Davis for Senator
Buick Riviera (1979)
Burger King (1982 w/ Emmanuel Lewis)
C
Calgon (“Ancient Chinese Secret”)
California Avocados (w/ Angie Dickinson)
Campbell's Pork & Beans (Early '70s -- Eating a forkful through a car wash in a top down convertible)
Cap’n Crunch
Chap Stick (“Call me ‘Suzy Chap Stick’”)
Charmin (“Don’t Squeeze The Charmin”)
Cheer (with Ed McMahon)
Cheer (1968 with a Vulcan wannabe)
Chevrolet (2 min. spot featuring a jazzy version of the “See The USA in your Chevrolet” slogan)
Chevrolet Bel-Air (1955)
Chiffon
Chock Full o' Nuts (Featuring a slot machine & Jean Martin singing the famous "Heavenly Coffee" jingle)
Chrysler Cordoba (1975 “Soft Corinthian leather” w/ Ricardo Montalban)
Chun King (Stan Freberg spot—“Only her grocer knows”)
Clairol Herbal Essence Herbal Essence Perfume Oil (Animated ad from ‘73)
Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo (Animated ad from ‘72)
Clairol Summer Blonde (“You can give your hair that summer look. All year long…”)
Coca-Cola (“Mean Joe Greene”)
Cole of California
Comet (w/ Josephine The Plumber & Louise Lasser)
Comet (w/ Josephine The Plumber & Robbie Benson)
Command (Men’s hairspray)
Cover Girl (Clean Make-Up “The next boy you meet…may be the one” [w/ Susan Dey])
(Paul) Coverdell for Senate (1992 -- Margie Lopp's Jingle)
Crest (w/ Jodie Foster)
D
Dannon (1977—“Old Russians”)
Diet Pepsi (Early ‘80s—“Now you see it, now you don’t”)
Diet Pepsi (1987—“Apartment 10G” w/ Micheal J. Fox)
Diet 7-Up (1980 w/ Flip Wilson & Geraldine)
Dino’s Brand Golf Balls
Dippity-Do
Dodge Charger (w/ Jennifer O’ Neill)
Dodge Dart (w/ Pamela Austin)
Don Nickles for Senate (1992 -- "The Tax Man")
Doublemint (Black & White spot w/ the Doublemint Twins)
Dove Dishwashing Liquid (w/ an animated dove)
Dow Bathroom Cleaner (Animated spot w/ Paul Winchell)
Downy (Animated commercial--"The fabric softener that turns irons into pussycats")
Dr. Pepper (1977—“Be A Pepper”)
Dristan ("It's like sending your sinuses to Arizona")
Dukakis For President (1988 - "No Jack Kennedy")
Dukakis For President (1988 - "The Packaging of George Bush")
Duncan Hines (w/ a TV repairman & the "So moist, so moistfully good, they'll always come back for more" jingle)
Dunkin’ Donuts (1982—“Time to Make the Doughnuts”)
E
Evel Knievel Stunt & Crash Car
Eveready (w/ Robert "I dare you to knock this off" Conrad)
E-Z Pop
F
Federal Express (1979—"Hello, Federal")
Federal Express (1981—"Fast-Paced World")
Federal Express (:15 spot for their overnight service)
Folgers (w/ Roy Scheider)
Ford Fairlane (w/ Ann B. Davis)
Ford Mustang (1966)
Ford Thunderbird (1974--"Make a little thunder of your own")
Foster Grant (1972 w/ Cindy Williams)
Fred Grandy For Governor (1994)
Frosted Flakes (w/ Tony The Tiger at the rodeo)
Frosted Flakes (w/ Tony The Tiger & his mom)
Frosted Flakes (at Grauman's Chinese Theatre w/ Carol Wayne)
G
Gary Hart (1980 - Ed Asner)
General Electric (A Bull in the Lexan shop)
Gillette (“How are you fixed for blades?”)
Ginsu
Good ‘N’ Plenty (Choo-Choo Charlie)
Great American Soup (Stan Freberg classic with Ann Miller as a tap dancing housewife)
Green Giant (Cream style corn featuring Sprout)
H
Hawaiian Punch (“How ‘bout a nice Hawaiian Punch?”)
Hershey's ('70s--w/ a little girl, her dog, & the classic "Great American chocolate bar" jingle in the background)
Hunt’s (with Barry Livingston and William Demarest from My Three Sons)
I
I Love New York (Two ads from the popular tourism campaign)
Ike for President (“I Like Ike”)
Ipana (Bucky Beaver)
Isuzu (Impulse feat. Lying Joe Isuzu—Late ‘80s)
J
Jacobson Lawn Mowers (“Faster Than Sheep”—Stan Freberg spot)
Jaratran (w/ Clara “Where’s The Beef?” Peller)
Jerry Springer For Governor ("Confession")
Jim Inhofe for Senate (1994)
Jimmy Carter for President (1976—"Essence")
Jockey (1981--w/ Jim Palmer & Earl Weaver)
John Lindsay (w/ Carroll O'Connor)
Jordache (“The Jordache Look” at a roller disco)
Jordache (“The Jordache Look” at school)
K
Ken-L Ration (“My dog’s better than yours”)
Kennedy for President (1960—“Ken-ne-dy for me” Jingle)
Kennedy for President (1960—“Mrs. JFK"...Jackie Kennedy campaigning for her husband en espanol)
Kentucky Fried Chicken (1967—“Escape”)
Kindness Instant Hairsetter (“Shame On You” jingle)
Kit Kat (1977--“Two Lions”)
Kit Kat (w/ a young boy with a lion on each side of him)
Kellogg’s Variety Pack (w/ Peter Marshall)
Keep America Beautiful (“Crying Indian”)
Kodak (Xmas ad with Dick Van Dyke hawking the Pocket Instamatic)
Kodak (with Mark Hamill and Eve Plumb)
K-Tel (The Blitzhacker)
L
Lady Clairol (Futuristic looking ad...Year unknown)
Lava (w/ Judd Hirsch)
Lay’s (w/ Bert Lahr)
Lay’s (w/ Tim Conway)
Life (“He likes it! Hey, Mikey!)
Life Savers (1979 - w/ Suzanne Somers & her dad)
Listerine (w/ Judd Hirsch as a DJ)
Lux
M
M&M's (1971 - "Tarzan")
Max Factor Pure Magic Super Lip Gloss (w/Cheryl Ladd)
Maxwell House
Maypo (“I Want My Maypo”)
Mazda (…but the Mazda goes “Hmmmmmm…”)
Minnesotans for [John] Marty (1994 - "That Darn Arne")
Minute Maid (with Bing Crosby)
Mitch McConnell for Senate (1984 - "Bloodhounds")
MJB (w/ Teri Garr)
Morton’s Salt (1965: Evolution of the Morton Salt Girl)
Mr. Clean
Mrs. Butterworth’s (‘70s—talking bottle)
N
National Republican Congressional Committee ("Out of Gas")
Nestea ("Take the Nestea Plunge")
New York Telephone (with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca)
Nick Belluso For Governor (1978 - "Hypnotist")
9-Lives (Morris the Cat & a toy mouse)
9-Lives (1978--Morris the Cat at the beach)
Nixon for President (1968—“Convention”)
Nixon for President (1968—“Youth”)
Nixon for President (1972—“McGovern Defense”)
O
Orville Redenbacher Popcorn (with Jim Backus & Natalie Schafer)
Oscar Mayer ("My bologna has a first name…")
Oscar Mayer ("Oh, I love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener…")
Ovaltine (with Scott Baio)
P
Parkay (w/ Vic Tayback)
Pat Brown For Governor (w/Burt Lancaster)
Pepsi (Early '60s w/ Polly Bergen)
Pepsodent (Two ads with the “You'll Wonder Where The Yellow Went…” slogan)
Plymouth Duster
Pontiac GTO (1965)
Pontiac GTO (“The Judge” featuring Paul Revere & The Raiders)
President Reagan (“Prouder, Stronger, Better” [“It’s morning again in America”])
R
Raid (Biker Bugs)
Ramblin’ Root Beer
Reese's ("Hey, you got chocolate in my peanut butter!")
Rheingold Beer ("My Beer Is Rheingold, The Dry Beer" jingle -- Stop motion marching beers)
Richard Nixon For Governor (1962 - "I'm For Nixon")
Right Guard (Two ads featuring Chuck “Hi, Guy” McCann)
Ronald Reagan For Governor (w/ John Wayne)
[Matthew J.] Ryback Is Right for Representative (1972)
S
Salada Tea (“Sip on back with Salada”)
San Francisco Art Institute (w/ Father Guido Sarducci)
Sasson (with The New York Rangers)
Scope ('60s--A guy practicing in front of his bathroom mirror ready to tell off his boss that he has bad breath)
Secret (with Joyce DeWitt)
Sergio Valente (“Uh-Oh, Sergio” at a roller rink)
7-Up (Animated commercial with a fire eater)
7-Up (Robert Abel’s "Bubbles" spot from ’74)
Shasta (1982—“Don’t give me that so, so soda”…Set at a beach)
Shasta (Eye catching spot featuring the “Don’t give me that so, so soda” jingle and a penguin)
Silvercup Bread (1955)
Slime Worms (1978)
Slinky
Soft N' Dri (Animated commercial with an octopus)
Spiro Agnew For Governor (1966 - "Our Kind of Man")
Star-Kist (1974—“Sorry, Charlie”…Charlie’s playing tennis)
Star-Kist (1976—“Sorry, Charlie”…Charlie’s playing a harp)
Sugardale (1971— Singing Sandwiches)
T
Tab (2 commercials featuring the "Be a mindsticker" slogan)
Tab (New Tab is here..."The diet drink of the '70s")
TDK (1982 with Stevie Wonder)
Tippee Toes (1981)
Tootsie ("Give Your Tootsie a Tootsie")
Tootsie Pop (w/ an animated tongue voiced by Paul Winchell)
Tootsie Pop (Mr. Owl answering the “How many licks?” query)
Ty-D-Bol
U
Ultra Brite (w/ Farrah Fawcett)
Ultra Brite (1977 w/ Cheryl Ladd)
V
Vlasic (1980—“That’s the best tasting pickle I ever heard”)
Volkswagen (1968 Karmann Ghia)
Volkswagen (1979 Rabbit w/ Wilt Chamberlain)
Vote America (w/ Jay Leno)
W
Wendy’s (1984—“Fluffy Bun”)
Wendy’s (1985—“Russian Fashion Show”)
Wind Song Perfume (“Your Wind Song stays on my mind”)
Wonder Bread (The Fresh Guys)
Worthington Ford