http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztzPlgm_S4w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jubP3t27IQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWP4h-6QhWA&feature=related
Those of us living in or around Cleveland will be familiar with the notorious commercials for Norton Furniture. For those who haven't, I'd like to introduce you to the source of my nightmares. Words cannot describe them, so I'd suggest you just watch.

oh dear god.....:yikes:

oh dear god.....:yikes:

Imagine growing up with these...

Was that the Ghoul in the last ad?

Was that the Ghoul in the last ad?

Yup.

I have not seen him in years.

I thought there was an unwritten rule such as attorneys not representing themselves where business owners would not star in their own ads?

I thought there was an unwritten rule such as attorneys not representing themselves where business owners would not star in their own ads?

I guess Marc kinda broke that one...

Oh man, I love local commercials.
Cal Worthington has been on the air here in Cali for decades!
He's more campy than creepy though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QOsLdT4slsk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iGEYCsvPJzw

Oh man, I love local commercials.
Cal Worthington has been on the air here in Cali for decades!
He's more campy than creepy though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QOsLdT4slsk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iGEYCsvPJzw

I grew up on Cal Worthington and his "dog" Spot.

I wish I could jump on some of the cars that CAL had for the prices he had ...hehehe!!:thmbsp:

Mopar Madness!!!

Here in NE Tennessee we had this old codger named Cas Walker. He was a local grocery store mogul, & he was about as backwoods as they came. He sponsored this one locally-produced gospel show, Mull's Singing Convention, starring the Right Reverend J. Bazzle (Basil) & Miz Mull. J. Bazzle looked & sounded like a toad frog, while Lady Mull-his wife, sported a beehive that would make Marge Simpson green w/envy. Anyhow, they shilled for Cas almost as much as they did for Jay-Zus. Once, Cas was hawking special prices he'd gotten on Walnuts. J. Bazzle chimed in, went on & on about 'em, finally asking his wife-whose somnolent expression rarely changed-"Miz Mull, does Cas Walker have the biggest nuts in town ?!?" "Yass, J. Bazzle, I b'lieve he does..." Went COMPLETELY over their heads. Local TV in Flyover Country-Gotta love it ! (grin)-Unca Sandy

Here in NE Tennessee we had this old codger named Cas Walker. He was a local grocery store mogul, & he was about as backwoods as they came. He sponsored this one locally-produced gospel show, Mull's Singing Convention, starring the Right Reverend J. Bazzle (Basil) & Miz Mull. J. Bazzle looked & sounded like a toad frog, while Lady Mull-his wife, sported a beehive that would make Marge Simpson green w/envy. Anyhow, they shilled for Cas almost as much as they did for Jay-Zus. Once, Cas was hawking special prices he'd gotten on Walnuts. J. Bazzle chimed in, went on & on about 'em, finally asking his wife-whose somnolent expression rarely changed-"Miz Mull, does Cas Walker have the biggest nuts in town ?!?" "Yass, J. Bazzle, I b'lieve he does..." Went COMPLETELY over their heads. Local TV in Flyover Country-Gotta love it ! (grin)-Unca Sandy

What year was that? I'm thinking it must have been a long time ago to happen.

Now this has got to be creepy for a direct tv commercial.

The Steven King novel/movie its based on has always creeped me out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVPvzPPOP84

That's not really Kathy Bates is it??

Anyone remember Fred Rated (Shadoe Stevens) for Federated Stereo Stores?
Get a load of some of those prices!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM7yGRMjbrI

Anybody remember the Duracell commercials with the battery people? The ads themselves are clever, but the characters are pretty creepy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVEmoqhRJg&feature=related

Anybody remember the Duracell commercials with the battery people? The ads themselves are clever, but the characters are pretty creepy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVEmoqhRJg&feature=related

I remember that one. :lmao:

Nobody from Seattle in this thread yet? Be sure to honk when you drive by Vern Fonk.....

:D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxMdsv-AfQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uitLlXxQSoE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3SCvDT0keQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agAgUoWHpic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWpoUMbqJE&NR=1

and theres about a bazillion more....


John

Nobody from Seattle in this thread yet? Be sure to honk when you drive by Vern Fonk.....

:D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxMdsv-AfQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uitLlXxQSoE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3SCvDT0keQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agAgUoWHpic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWpoUMbqJE&NR=1

and theres about a bazillion more....


John


I loved the Vern Fonk commercials! I heard an interview with the guy who stars in those a while back on 99.9 he was hiliarous!

Just remembered another one. The guy who wakes up with that butt ugly Burger King in his bed. Even the voice over is creepy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4_5qoy4oaQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztzPlgm_S4w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jubP3t27IQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWP4h-6QhWA&feature=related
Those of us living in or around Cleveland will be familiar with the notorious commercials for Norton Furniture. For those who haven't, I'd like to introduce you to the source of my nightmares. Words cannot describe them, so I'd suggest you just watch.

That dude creeps me out! The guy sounds like Peter Lorrie! I seen one of those woman lamps at the Volo antique museum.

Anybody remember the Duracell commercials with the battery people? The ads themselves are clever, but the characters are pretty creepy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVEmoqhRJg&feature=related

I'd forgotten that one.

Creepy just barely begins to describe it.

What year was that? I'm thinking it must have been a long time ago to happen.

Prolly about the same time as June telling Ward while she (Tossed A Salad as she always did) "Ward weren't you a little rough on the Beaver last night?"

GEICO. Any company that's trying this hard to win your business can't be trusted.

Wow, it appears as though noone has cornered the market on creepy drek.

The Burger "King" as previously mentioned is the creepiest I've seen to date.

Yeah, I dunno what they were going for w/that Mondo Bizarro Burger King "King", but he/it is REALLY out there...

Those of us living in or around Cleveland will be familiar with the notorious commercials for Norton Furniture. For those who haven't, I'd like to introduce you to the source of my nightmares. Words cannot describe them, so I'd suggest you just watch.

I can't see myself ever buying anything from a guy that creepy. Those are just plain bad.

The Norton ads are funny as hell to me. Like that Go See Cal themesong, the chimp on roller skates is interesting. In Indiana there have been the Don at Don's Guns commercials for a couple decades or so. I was so sheltered as a kid I wasn't even phased by Don sporting the latest barely legal hand cannon inbetween reruns of Who's the Boss or whatever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCsFZ3AS3E

Orville Reddenbacher still being used for the popcorn comercials..now that is
creepy..

My favorite of all time, Eddie Antar!

Yes he was some sort of international criminal and the business was a money laundering operation, or something like that............... there was trouble eventually.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5HfjEFrF4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxEwxZSN1QU&feature=related