Commercials describe Advertisements created to sell a product, concept or service.
Commercials
"The most difficult time we had with commercials was finding out when they wore out." - Rod Erickson
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Who Talked About This Genre
- Allan Burns
- Phil Carey
- Stan Chambers
- Art Clokey
- William Clotworthy
- Henry Colman
- Walter Cronkite
- Richard Donner
- Barbara Feldon
- James Garner
- Jonathan Harris
- Florence Henderson
- Paul Henning
- Lamont Johnson
- Lynwood King
- Charles Lisanby
- Anne Meara
- Ricardo Montalban
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Howard Morris
- Bill Moyers
- Leonard Nimoy
- Don Pardo
- Maria Riva
- Isabel Sanford
- Hazel Shermet
- John Silva
- Ira Skutch
- Jean Stapleton
- Johnny Stearns
- Mary Kay Stearns
- Leonard Stern
- Jerry Stiller
- Helen Wagner
- Mike Wallace
- Matthew Weiner
- Joseph M. Wilcots
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Highlights
Walter Cronkite on trying to correct grammatical ad copy; he antagonized Winston cigarettes and never did another commercial
Clip begins at: 27:31, Duration: 02m 36s
On the very first TV commercial for Bulova watches
Clip begins at: 00:01
Florence Henderson sings the famous Wesson oil jingle.
Clip begins at: 00:04
On her commercial for Glade
Clip begins at: 01:35, Duration: 00m 17s
Barbara Feldon on the commercial she did for Revlon for Top Brass where she growls like a tiger
Clip begins at: 11:00, Duration: 02m 00s
Ricardo Montalban on his ads for Chrysler's Cordoba
Clip begins at: 20:45, Duration: 01m 22s
David Brinkley on a commercial he did for Camel cigarettes
Clip begins at: 00:02
Jean Stapleton on refusing to reprise Edith or a likeness thereof in TV commercials
Clip begins at: 02:51, Duration: 00m 37s
Leonard Nimoy on why villains were not allowed to smoke on Ziv Television Programs’ syndicated shows, due to sponsorship, circa 1950s-60s
Clip begins at: 16:09, Duration: 01m 42s
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