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Vaguely remember those commercials, simple line drawing animation with voice-over and nothing else. Caught my attention as a child. Piel's beer was a rarity as I recall, an uncle would bring it around occasionally. I remember the trade dress.
The favored brew for the Old Man was Black Label back then. "Hey Mabel, Black Label!" He somehow arranged for the local "distributors" to exchange a case of empties for another full case every other Monday.
Old fifties TV commercials. Amazing how some stayed in memory, even if the product was never in the house. Like "Speedy" Alka-Seltzer or Ernie Kovaks pitching White Owl cigars. Saturday morning Ovaltine ads. If we'd go to a grocery store with mom and see and ask for something that was advertised on the tube, she would say "NO! Those da**ed TV commercials!"
We did have Kellog's cereals on occasion tho. And I remember eating "Grape Nuts" sometimes. Mother was a "sugar nazi" so if we had a cereal around, it was rare and not with a sugar coating. Quaker Oats was a staple, fried cornmeal "mush" or bacon & eggs on weekends. I won't eat oatmeal to this day... thought it an awful gruel back then, my opinion hasn't changed.
The favored brew for the Old Man was Black Label back then. "Hey Mabel, Black Label!" He somehow arranged for the local "distributors" to exchange a case of empties for another full case every other Monday.
Old fifties TV commercials. Amazing how some stayed in memory, even if the product was never in the house. Like "Speedy" Alka-Seltzer or Ernie Kovaks pitching White Owl cigars. Saturday morning Ovaltine ads. If we'd go to a grocery store with mom and see and ask for something that was advertised on the tube, she would say "NO! Those da**ed TV commercials!"
We did have Kellog's cereals on occasion tho. And I remember eating "Grape Nuts" sometimes. Mother was a "sugar nazi" so if we had a cereal around, it was rare and not with a sugar coating. Quaker Oats was a staple, fried cornmeal "mush" or bacon & eggs on weekends. I won't eat oatmeal to this day... thought it an awful gruel back then, my opinion hasn't changed.
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