Dick Cliche?

ROTFLMAO!

Semi-related to topic, maybe?

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Good Ol Days

[NSFW, of course]

What? no dog?

That was pretty cool.
The topless model in the bathtub was a nice surprise.

re: #1 Sharmuta

Dick Cliche?

ROTFLMAO!

And that would make Jr. Cliche Little Dick Cliche.

Sarcasm and nudity are nothing new. Got your attention now,
right?

re: #5 jorline

And that would make Jr. Cliche Little Dick Cliche.

He grew up to be a seanator, no?

re: #6 NonNativeTexan

Sarcasm and nudity are nothing new. Got your attention now,
right?

I love working in advertising...

re: #7 brookly red

He grew up to be a seanator, no?

Not to be confused with his uncle "Tricky Dick".

Uber-American films presents . . .

As I was walking down the street
One dark and dreary day
I came upon a billboard
Was much to my dismay
The sign was torn and tattered
From the storm the night before
The wind and rain
Had done it's work
And this is what I saw...

Smoke Coca-Cola cigarettes, chew Wrigley's Spearmint beer,
Ken-L Ration Dog Food keeps your wife's complexion clear
Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar
And Texaco's the beauty cream that's used by all the stars.

So take your next vacation in a brand new Frigidaire
Learn to play the piano in your winter underwear
Doctors say that babies should smoke until they're three
And people over 65 should bathe in Lipton Tea.
Plip Plop.

Charles!
Thanks!

Their almost as numerous as the Kennedy's, LMAO.

re: #4 UncleSam

Oh, then you should like the link in #2.

re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

As I was walking down the street
One dark and dreary day
I came upon a billboard
Was much to my dismay
The sign was torn and tattered
From the storm the night before
The wind and rain
Had done it's work
And this is what I saw...

Smoke Coca-Cola cigarettes, chew Wrigley's Spearmint beer,
Ken-L Ration Dog Food keeps your wife's complexion clear
Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar
And Texaco's the beauty cream that's used by all the stars.

So take your next vacation in a brand new Frigidaire
Learn to play the piano in your winter underwear
Doctors say that babies should smoke until they're three
And people over 65 should bathe in Lipton Tea.
Plip Plop.

Plop Plop
Fizz Fizz
Oh what a relief it is!

Almost sounds like Jack Benny announcing.

Zsa Zsa Cliche! I love it!

Got dammit cut, Best laugh of the day.

re: #17 Crimsonfisted

Zsa Zsa Cliche! I love it!

Did you Eva see her sister?

re: #19 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Did you Eva see her sister?

I think I just saw both her sisters when he yelled cut.

re: #19 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Did you Eva see her sister?

Only on the green, green, acres of home.

I'm sure their parody gave the commercial producers a big laugh back in the day, but it doesn't stand the test of time.

Was that Frasier Crane?

re: #23 Pianobuff

Was that Frasier Crane?

Good eye, he did look like him.

re: #23 Pianobuff

Was that Frasier Crane?

As long as Lilith doesn't make an appearance.

Nice to finally log on again since the spring of '04- been good reading inbetween then and now

"Her husband is an oil rigger for Chesterfield cigarettes. Her problem: stubborn stains."

re: #23 Pianobuff

Was that Frasier Crane?

I wish someone would take all the Niles quotes about Maris and her looks, string them together and Photoshop an image.

It would be a hoot.

Time for pizza and beer.
"Not all men are stupid. Some are bachelors".
/I kid

Later Lizards.

re: #27 Charles

"Her husband is an oil rigger for Chesterfield cigarettes. Her problem: stubborn stains."

Not sure I really got that one.
Help a guy out?

re: #27 Charles

"Her husband is an oil rigger for Chesterfield cigarettes. Her problem: stubborn stains."

... and his day job is driving relief cab ... or something.

I can actually remember when advertisers said things like, "Mr. and Mrs. America, out there in radioland..."

re: #30 DEZes

Not sure I really got that one.
Help a guy out?

Think "Marlboro Man"

Flip that image over to "oil rigger for Chesterfield cigs"

re: #32 Cato the Elder

Your secret is safe with us.

CUT DAMMIT CUT!

Priceless

Don't miss 4:10.

I was hoping that the Russian knocker-ladies would show up at the end.

"Sometimes Homer is unknowingly offensive."

re: #36 Charles

Thats what my 34 referenced!

I should have added the time stamp

re: #33 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Think "Marlboro Man"

Flip that image over to "oil rigger for Chesterfield cigs"

DOH!

re: #32 Cato the Elder

Wow. Is the Kaiser still there?

Excellent. Of course now the men are boobs, and the women the men of the house in the current cliche family.

re: #37 Pianobuff

I was hoping that the Russian knocker-ladies would show up at the end.

They kinda did. ;)

re: #36 Charles

Don't miss 4:10.

Haven't missed it the first 20 times I've watched it.

re: #41 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Wow. Is the Kaiser still there?

Just his roll.

re: #36 Charles

Don't miss 4:10.

Yeah, all right, I didn't.
But now how in th' hell do I get my eyebrows outta my hairline?

re: #46 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Yeah, all right, I didn't.
But now how in th' hell do I get my eyebrows outta my hairline?

She looked very familiar ,,,

hmmm

ummm

HEY ,,,WAIT ,, that was my MOM!!

re: #38 Charles

"Sometimes Homer is unknowingly offensive."

:D ... That was straight outta the Fifties.

re: #47 sattv4u2

She looked very familiar ,,,

hmmm

ummm

HEY ,,,WAIT ,, that was my MOM!!

Mine too.

re: #36 Charles

Don't miss 4:10.

That would be hard.

/Perhaps I should rephrase that.

re: #39 sattv4u2

The bit with the all in one remedy wasn't too far off. Geritol was orginally sold as a cure all, until the Alcohol tax people started to want to place a tax stamp on the bottles because they over 100 proof. People of the time were kinda shocked when they learned what the secret ingredient that took all pains away was.

re: #47 sattv4u2

She looked very familiar ,,,

hmmm

ummm

HEY ,,,WAIT ,, that was my MOM!!

(*murmuring, staring at the monitor* ... should I? ... should I? ... ?)

re: #36 Charles

Hooray!

re: #52 pre-Boomer Marine brat

(*murmuring, staring at the monitor* ... should I? ... should I? ... ?)

Go ahead, I kinda chickened out.

re: #40 DEZes

DOH!

Do they even make Chesterfield cigs anymore?!?!

re: #50 esch

That would be hard.

/Perhaps I should rephrase that.

Wood you please?

re: #53 Killgore Trout

Hooray for boobies!

Little editing's okay, ain't it?

Still a timely parody.

re: #27 Charles

probably would have landed them in very hot water if their clients

How right you are. TV standards back then mandated that if a man and a woman were on the same bed at least one of them haed to have at least one foot VISIBLY on the floor. On the Dick Van Dyke show and I Love Lucy thats why in the "bedroom scenes" hubby and wife were in twin beds, SEPERATE

re: #55 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Do they even make Chesterfield cigs anymore?!?!

No idea, tar tar.

re: #55 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Do they even make Chesterfield cigs anymore?!?!

I was thinking that about Geritol! I had to look it up. I am getting to be too old. I still think I am a Hee Haw girl wannabe.

re: #61 Crimsonfisted

Lou Ann or Kathy?

Or... gulp... Barbie Benton

re: #54 DEZes

Go ahead, I kinda chickened out.

There are some things which are beyond the pale.

/rats! ... :D

I think Americans were better at keeping secrets back then.

Not sure if that's good or bad.

re: #61 Crimsonfisted

I was thinking that about Geritol! I had to look it up. I am getting to be too old. I still think I am a Hee Haw girl wannabe.

Geritol is still made, get in the way to it in Wal-Mart... be very afraid.

re: #57 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hooray For Boobies

re: #42 pat

Excellent. Of course now the men are boobs, and the women the men of the house in the current cliche family.

heh

re: #63 pre-Boomer Marine brat

There are some things which are beyond the pale.

/rats! ... :D

So we are both chicken. ;)

moderen day commercials-with the same tone- Enzyte- 'Bob is living large' or 'Bob has a swelling of pride' Same family, 50's atmosphere
good play on the style

re: #65 DEZes
Minimal alcohol now...FDA still has a problem with Patent Medicines though...some of them contain some really dangerous stuff (especially from third world countries).

re: #68 DEZes

So we are both chicken. ;)

cluck cluck cluck BAWWK

The good ole days, before teh Internets, TIVO, cel phones, and texting.

Back when commercials like this were legal...

More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette

re: #66 Killgore Trout

That one I'm showing to the wife.

re: #73 esch

Good luck.

re: #70 dmandman

Minimal alcohol now...FDA still has a problem with Patent Medicines though...some of them contain some really dangerous stuff (especially from third world countries).

Anything with alcohol is heavily taxed.
Medicine should never be just simple booze.

re: #64 Charles

I think Americans were better at keeping secrets back then.

Not sure if that's good or bad.

How do you mean "keeping secrets"?

We were (take your pick) more dignified/repressed/discreet/inhibited/etc.
There were things which someone of breeding didn't talk about.

/all that died in the Sixties

re: #74 Killgore Trout

Good luck.

Heh, I meant she loves quirky crap like that. Made me chuckle too.

Good find.

re: #62 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Lou Ann or Kathy?

Or... gulp... Barbie Benton

Minnie Pearl. Now. Not then. The voices in my head tell me that yes, you can still be a Hew Haw girl. Or one of Dean Martin's Gold Diggers.

re: #64 Charles

I think Americans were better at keeping secrets back then.

Not sure if that's good or bad.

In the sense that I don't think we need to know EVERY factoid of someone (think all the reality shows,,, all the commercials for erectile dysfunction ,,, the instant info on an atheletes foibles) it's a bad thing. We've become too tabloid obsessed. I think it was good for a little child to have a Joe DiMaggio or a Babe Ruth as a hero. We don't need to knwo that the Babe was a chronic woman chaser/ boozer

OTOH, it's good to have politicians in the light. I WANT to know who they associate with. I WANT to know who's contributing BIG dollars to them

re: #79 sattv4u2

In the sense that I don't think we need to know EVERY factoid of someone (think all the reality shows,,, all the commercials for erectile dysfunction ,,, the instant info on an atheletes foibles) it's a bad thing. We've become too tabloid obsessed. I think it was good for a little child to have a Joe DiMaggio or a Babe Ruth as a hero. We don't need to knwo that the Babe was a chronic woman chaser/ boozer

OTOH, it's good to have politicians in the light. I WANT to know who they associate with. I WANT to know who's contributing BIG dollars to them

You reminded me of a current commercial character that's a retro throwback. The guy's name is "Happy Peter" or something like that and he is the spokesman for some dysfunction medication. That guy could be right out of the 50's.

re: #65 DEZes

Geritol is still made, get in the way to it in Wal-Mart... be very afraid.

You just KNOW I am going to look! (and might buy, who knows?)

Nobody's posting.
The guys must be watching that blonde in the tub.

re: #78 Crimsonfisted

Minnie Pearl. Now. Not then. The voices in my head tell me that yes, you can still be a Hew Haw girl. Or one of Dean Martin's Gold Diggers.

I danced with a Gold Digger once. She was 30 years older than me and still sexy.

re: #80 Pianobuff

You reminded me of a current commercial character that's a retro throwback. The guy's name is "Happy Peter" or something like that and he is the spokesman for some dysfunction medication. That guy could be right out of the 50's.

"Smilin' Bob" from the Enzyte commercials...

Looks like the cliche family got a job in the Fallout 3 trailer:

re: #81 Crimsonfisted

You just KNOW I am going to look! (and might buy, who knows?)

Beware the walkers. ;)

re: #86 DEZes

Beware the walkers scooters. ;)

Hell , Wal Mart even PROVIDES them !

re: #84 talon_262

"Smilin' Bob" from the Enzyte commercials...

Dang you're right that's it, although 'Happy Peter' is probably what's making Bob smile.

okay ,, why did my 87 post twice???

re: #83 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I danced with a Gold Digger once. She was 30 years older than me and still sexy.

Sigh. I wish I could say the same, still sexy. I was once a Keno runner (you had to have a body to do that) in Reno, oh so many years ago.

Landed a man, and followed the "Sam Kinison Projection - 10 pounds for each year! (sorta)

Speaking of TV commercials, are any of you familiar with this story? Swedish TV viewers are terrified by a cosmetic ad.
[Link: www.thelocal.se...]
no kidding. ad at site.

re: #91 pat

Speaking of TV commercials, are any of you familiar with this story? Swedish TV viewers are terrified by a cosmetic ad.
[Link: www.thelocal.se...]
no kidding. ad at site.

Creepy, but not bad.

re: #88 Pianobuff

Dang you're right that's it, although 'Happy Peter' is probably what's making Bob smile.

The little short-haired brunette from the "Smilin' Bob as Santa at the office Christmas party" Enzyte commercial is a cute little minx, IMO...

;-P

re: #89 sattv4u2

okay ,, why did my 87 post twice???

I only see one.

re: #87 sattv4u2

Hell , Wal Mart even PROVIDES them !

I never see the elderly use the scooters, just the morbidly lazy.

re: #91 pat

It's the lighting and the wind. Put together it makes her look kind of like the Ring girl. She is sexy, but yeah it's creepy all right.

re: #72 Pianobuff

The good ole days, before teh Internets, TIVO, cel phones, and texting.

Back when commercials like this were legal...

More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette

[Video]

Even Father Knows Best was sponsored by Kent. Robert Young walked in the door and took a big drag before embracing Jane Wyatt. They'd stand there smiling while the smoke circled their heads and the kids were giggling over on the stairs.

movin on up >>>

re: #95 DEZes

I never see the elderly use the scooters, just the morbidly lazy.

For anyone else it is like giving up some independence. Not easily done.

re: #96 esch

Hey! Don't smear the Ring girl. She kicks ass. The scene where she outruns the Ringwraiths could have gone on for 2 minutes more.

Charles, you're setting the mood for the third season of "Mad Men" starting August 14th. Thanks!

Charles, you've been punk'd

This audio is obviously not from the 1960s. Listen to 1:10 or so...

re: #102 padre

If you're interested, the original version is available for download (and discussion) here:

[Link: www.archive.org...]

re: #38 Charles

"Sometimes Homer is unknowingly offensive."

I was waiting for the BEEE-YOOOH foghorn, as heard in WB cartoons, but I guess that was from a slightly earlier era in American advertising.

P.S. Although I am a notorious homersexual, I certainly like to think that I'm not a Homer Cliche...

I'm fairly certain that the unidentified individual playing the lead here is none other than Roger Price, famous as the creator of those clever "Droodles", something along the lines of "guess my caption" drawings. Price, I confess to being old enough to remember, had a "Droodles" TV quiz program in the 1950's, too. I seem to remember he was enough of a polymath (author, performer, producer, etc.) to have had no problem ever coming up with a gentle satire of American life like this one (too bad he's not credited.) Long-term, America wanted raunch like Lenny Bruce's and his ilk, not highbrow humour like Roger Price's or Jack Paar's. See Image: File:Pricedroodles.jpg for the cover of one of Roger Price's LP albums with a photo of him that resembles this actor to a T.

correction to my last comment: Switch "books" for "LP Albums" in the last sentence.