August 18th, 2010 
rberry Love this one from the early ’90s. It’s actually a rather good and convincing ad that shows many features and benefits of having a cell phone. Remember when you actually couldn’t leave your house if you were expecting an important call?
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August 17th, 2010 rberry retroCRUSH fan Dana submits this classic for our second installment. Drawing on the rich cultural history of Chinese laundrymen, this ad features a fantastic cultural exchange of Western capitalism, and Eastern mysticism. The woman is thoroughly amazed by the ancient wisdom and wonders in making her clothing so fantastic, unaware that he was simply using [...]
August 16th, 2010 rberry I stumbled on this one looking for a different version that featured a cartoon of a singing vacuum cleaner, and thought it was pretty great. The jingle is pretty damn catchy and gets the point across. This woman REALLY loves the results. Plus she likes things that are both tough and gentle. I love the [...]
July 25th, 2010 rberry Funny how things pop up. Of course, we’re huge Cindy Morgan fans over here at retroCRUSH, and an unrelated search for old Irish Spring soap commercials turned up this gem. Gotta love her Irish accent. I bought a bar of this today, and was sad to see it’s changed to more of a light green/dark [...]
July 24th, 2010 rberry I was born in 1969, which let me experience all the coolest ’70s and ’80s pop culture during my formative years. Though I might have problems remembering which day to take out the trash, I can remember the wonderful commercials from this time as if I watched them minutes ago. A popular tactic of many [...]
February 27th, 2010 rberry They just don’t make good marble slot hole games like they used to. I clearly remember this commercial being effective enough to make me ask for it for a birthday present. It was pretty fun, but my sister rarely wanted to play it , so like most multi-player games, it just sat in my closet. [...]
February 27th, 2010 rberry Wow! I’m a bit late to the Baby Laugh A Lot craze, as there appears to be several weird remixes of this on YouTube, but ho-lee crap this is one scary ass commercial.
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February 25th, 2010 rberry Love this one a lot! “Put your balls in my top, and out my mouth they will pop!” It doesn’t get any better than that!
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