From Beloved Geico Commercials to Disastrous ABC Sitcom: An Oral History of ‘Cavemen’
A TV show about cavemen so bad that real cavemen wouldn’t have watched it
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* The first was Isabella of France, who for a long time, was thought to have been involved in her husband’s death, supposedly from a red-hot buggering.
That’s She Wolf of France
Washington State had some excellent local commercials.
1.The ads for Vern Fonk insurance “remember to honk when you drive by Vern Fonk”
2.The Rainier Beer commercials, although I think these ads were also in other parts of the Western United States. These ads are certainly on par with the Budweiser frog ads.
3.Ivar’s restaurant.
Many of them are available on youtube
I’m certainly not the first to observe that for all the complaints over commercials, that they’re often the most interesting part of the show, and for many people, not just historians like me, they’re often the most interesting documents of old programs. Many people seem to prefer 50 or so year old television shows when they include the original commercials.