Classic Television Showbiz: Strange Stan Freberg Commercial (1980s)

Sunday, May 18, 2008

An add for the Sunday Funnies?

Anonymous said...: The appearance of Spider-Man puts
this ad into the late 1970's!; May 18, 2008 at 4:51 AM
Craig Zablo said...: And the reference to a beeper might even take it into the 80's!; May 18, 2008 at 8:14 AM
Joe Gannon said...: The references to the Annie musical and motion picture also place this in the early to mid 80s.; May 18, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Phillyradiogeek said...: The narrator mentions Garfield being on TV, which would put this no earlier than 1984. A very interesting find!; May 18, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Geoff said...: Given the blank slate at the end, one presumes this was syndicated to local newspapers, to run in their local markets.

That line about "Do you sleep in that hat?" "YOU'LL never know!" is a bit risque for an animated 1980s commercial... funny, though.; May 18, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Phillyradiogeek said...: Geoff, at least it's good to know that Tracy was staying faithful to Tess Trueheart rather than wasting his time with that harlot Brenda Starr--HA!; May 20, 2008 at 6:06 AM
Toby O'B said...: The voice for Brenda Starr was very familiar. The only name coming to mind is Sheree North, but I'm not about to swear to it....; May 22, 2008 at 7:46 PM