Showing posts with label TV commercials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV commercials. Show all posts
February 10, 2025

The 80's Will Never Die #6 (Hellman's Mayonaisse/When Harry Met Sally)

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Super Bowl commercials always lean heavily into pop culture and this year's crop was no exception. Check out this parody of the iconic ...
December 10, 2024

The 80's Will Never Die #5 (Roxette/Repatha)

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  The music in this commercial for Repatha, a drug used to treat high cholestrol, is a cover of the 1988 power ballad "Listen to Your...
October 26, 2023

Board Games of the 1970's Highlighted Americans' Angst

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*AUTHOR'S NOTE: Board games are commonly defined as "any game of strategy in which pieces are moved on a board." For the purp...
February 24, 2023

Super Bowl Ads Lean Heavily into Pop Culture... Here's the Reason Why.

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If there is any skepticism regarding either the importance or financial impact of leveraging prevailing pop culture to influence consumerism...
January 19, 2023

Commercial We Loved: Carl's Jr. Flat Buns

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Carl's Jr. was once known for its provocative TV ads featuring scantily clad Paris Hilton, Nina Agdal, Kate Upton and other female model...
September 19, 2021

What's the Deal with the Serena-Wonder Woman Commercial?

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Not sure what the recent fascination with Serena Williams is all about. She's 40, well past her prime athletically, is constantly injure...
November 11, 2009

Commercials We Loved - Fruit of the Loom and Big Fig

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Here's two from the 70's featuring grown men dressed as fruit. There were several of these Fruit of the Loom spots. Looking a...
September 16, 2009

Commercials We Love - "You Will"

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This 1993 commercial (narrated by Tom Selleck) always seemed kind of vague, even cryptic. Now of course, it all makes perfect sense an...
June 24, 2009

Commercials We Loved - "Terry Tate - Office Linebacker"

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This one is for Reebok -- "Terry Tate - Office Linebacker" -- from the 2003 Super Bowl. The acting in this is great, especially th...
May 29, 2009

The Star Trek Reboot Brings Back Memories

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Was really taken with J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek movie. Sure, the whole time travel plot device has been done to death (in  Star Trek: ...
April 23, 2009

Commercials We Loved - "Laptop Hunters"

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Don't know if it's her bubbly personality, the red hair, her Lisa Loeb "geek-chic" look, or the fact that I use a PC too (...
April 8, 2009

Howse About a Threesome?

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 Do you know what you were doing 15 years ago?...  I do... Watching this -- released 15 years ago today.
March 11, 2009

Commercials We Loved - "Be Like Mike"

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Getting pretty sick of that "What's G?" commercial , where a bunch of recognizable (and not so recognizable) athletes simply s...
February 13, 2009

Commercials We Loved - Super Mario Land 2 (Wario)

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Never played this one but the commercial was way cool... Related Posts: Commercials We Loved - "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker...
February 6, 2009

Deal Or No Deal Girls Branching Out

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Recently noticed that Deal Or No Deal briefcase model Hayley has a role in the new movie Fired Up , opening February 20th. Judging from t...
January 29, 2009

Commercials We Loved - Cindy Crawford & Little Richard for Charlie

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Here's a great one from 1993 starring Cindy Crawford and Little Richard... Related Posts: Commercials We Loved - "Terry Tate...
January 28, 2009

Chuck Amok

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Has anyone else noticed that the writers of the TV series Chuck (Josh Schwartz, Chris Fedak, Matt Miller, and others) have been having a l...
January 1, 2009

Welcome to Pop Culture Fiend

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Okay, this has been a long time coming… I always imagined those would be the words I’d use to introduce this website once it finally got u...