Jalopnik's Commercial Rundown
I don't have time for a full post today, but I did want to point to the fantastic commercial rundown Jalopnik is currently running (1960s, 1970s, 1980s). We've been known to feature the odd commercial from time to time, and they've got some great ones--among them two Car Lust favorites, Grace Jones' Citroen and Ricardo Montalban's Cordoba.
There are three glaring omissions from the Jalopnik list--the "Ride, Pontiac Ride" commercial, the Apollo/Chrysler New Yorker ad, and of course the classic Corvette moonscape tour de force. That Corvette ad may still be my favorite of all time. After all, it's defiant in its performance.
Unfortunately, Jalopnik also showed off a few classic commercials that I've been waiting to post on some future slow day. Selfishly, it's a little bummed; when I do run them I'll always be haunted by the fact that it will look as if I'm copying Jalopnik. There are worse perceptions, I suppose.
--Chris H.
Steaming Pile on July 03, 2008 at 06:02 AM
Well, you could dig out one of those ads Lee Iococca did himself where he says, "if you can find a better car, buy it."
Cookie the Dog's Owner on July 03, 2008 at 06:29 AM
There's some good ones in there (Paul Revere & the Raiders for the Pontiac GTO Judge! Soft Corinthian leather!), but I'm disappointed they didn't include any of the clever VW Beetle ads from the 1960s and 70s.
dan on July 03, 2008 at 09:11 AM
This reminds me of a great book I just,Ford and the American Dream by Clifton Lambreth.I think it is available at www.thefordbook.com