Do you remember when Bert Parks promoted Casio watches?

[Hawkee]

Perhaps best known for hosting the Miss America pageants there are few things people never knew about TV host Bert Parks. In 1980 Bert Parks became the spokesman for Casio watches in a commercial. The commercial featured Bert Parks in a game show type setting telling people about the newest Casio watches and I have to admit some of these watches were cool. And Casio even had a musical watch that played holiday songs for Christmas and Happy Birthday whenever someone had a birthday. This commercial seemed to be Bert Parks's only Casio commercial. But why of all things Bert Parks would choose Casio to be a spokesman for? The world may not know