I Love Youtube
October 17th, 2018 at 6:53:19 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I jumped around it. That kid singing the Oscar Meyer song while fishing I must have seen hundreds of times as a kid. Honestly, these commercials are quite irritating. I think that was how they got you to remember them. Noticed one for a show called Fonzie loves Pinky. Now, I thought I could stand my ground with Happy Days trivia against anybody, but I never heard of this show. I did know Fonzie had a thing for Pinky and her sister Leather Tuscadero (played by Joan Jett) had something to do with it, but never heard of this show. In checking IMDB, they portray it as a three-part episode series on Happy Days, but that isn't how that commercial markets it. If I ever meet Henry Winkler, it will give me something to talk about. That and "What happened to Chuck?" Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
October 17th, 2018 at 8:03:54 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
It was the three episode series that kicked off season 4. But the intention was to make Pinky a central character in a re-boot of Happy Days, where Fonzie and Pinky were a long term relationship. But the actress who played Pinky, Roz Kelly, got into creative disagreements and she was removed from the show and her character essentially vanished. Pinky , still played by Roz Kelly, appeared in a single episode of Blansky's Beauties in 1977. Blansky's Beauties was a 13 episode spin off from Happy Days which was seen by virtually nobody. |
October 18th, 2018 at 4:17:04 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18209 |
That is the key to jungles. We hate them, but we remember them. Commercials are the toughest thing to make IMHO. A jingle or musical one helps. The President is a fink. |
October 18th, 2018 at 5:23:23 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I never got into Blansky's Beauties and didn't even know it was a Happy Day's spin-off until you mentioned it. The Wiki page says the same character and at the age, Pinky, appeared in Happy Days, which took place in the early 60's at the time and in 1977 on BB. This is the kind of anachronism that drives me crazy. The Wonder Woman TV show did this too, taking place during WWII in the first season and in the present day 1970's in the second, with no mention of a time machine or anything like that. I could buy Wonder Woman not aging, as I think she is immortal, but not the mortal characters like Major Trevor, if I have his name right. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
October 18th, 2018 at 5:28:26 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I took a sociology class in college that had a big emphasis on advertising. The professor said there were only about four types of strategies, and one of them was by annoyance, which was very big in the 70's. Didn't you just get terribly sick of Madge the Manicurist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzmTtusvjR4 Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
October 18th, 2018 at 11:18:28 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Anacin on purpose made some of the most irritating, yet effective, commercials. People hated them, but when they had a headache, they bought Anacin. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
October 18th, 2018 at 11:43:55 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | worst ad ever You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
October 18th, 2018 at 4:06:27 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Thanks. How am I going to get that out of my head now? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
October 18th, 2018 at 4:17:36 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Beyond irritating. I was forewarned, but I clicked on it anyway. |
October 21st, 2018 at 3:07:23 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | pretty funny If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |