Bugeye Sprite TV commercial [Sprite soda]

[Vespa]

Does anyone other than me remember a TV commercial from the early 1980's for Sprite soda that featured a Bugeye Sprite? The commercial goes like this: Two cute girls are riding through the country when come to a small stream. There is a small bridge over the stream, but it's out and a bunch of guys are in the process of building another one. The girls give the "oh my, what are we going to do now?" look. All the guys come over, lift up the Bugeye, with the girls still in it, and carry it over the stream to the other side. At which point the girls give all the guys bottles of Sprite and the girls drive off into the sunset. I KNOW I've seen this, but I can't find it on the net anywhere. - Paul B.

 

[HealeyRick]

I remember the commercial, so you're probably not delusional :rolleye: Couldn't find it after a quick search, but here's a neat compilation of Sprites in film and TV: https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Austin+Healey&model=Sprite&page=1

 

[Gerard]

I remember the commercial, so you're probably not delusional :rolleye: Couldn't find it after a quick search, but here's a neat compilation of Sprites in film and TV: https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Austin+Healey&model=Sprite&page=1

I've seen a couple of episode of The Fugitive and Naked City where Bugeyes made appearances too.

 

[SaxMan]

The commercial sounds familiar. Of course, there is the Mentos commercial which basically has the same theme, except the girl is parking the car.