1) All the babies in this early 80's Huggies commercial got the kid pretty psyched.
2) All the Transoformers in this commercial might have a similar effect--on you.
3) This Grape Nuts ["The Energy Flakes!"] ad is stunning. Can you imagine someone making an extended cinema verite-style tone poem commercial with a minimalist soundtrack these days? [OK. But can you imagine two?]
4) This Levi's ad is a totally different kind of stunning. Imagine The Music Man shot by the guy from the A-Ha video, but instead of music, it's Dacron Polyester. Weeird.
And now we know where the AFLAC goose got its start.
Fun! I love the cereal tone poem.
My favorite old Levis ad had the same jingle as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTVwCZnMm50&search=levi%27s%20good%20morning%20world
but it was animated, with a guy swinging on a Tarzan rope. If anyone has come across it, I'd love a link.
The voice in the Levis ad sure sounds like Ken Nordine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Nordine