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Almost half a century ago, Linus in A Charlie Brown’s Christmas said that the day was overly commercialized. Run by some eastern syndicate. Crazy kid! …… Christmas isn’t too commercial is it?
However, I do believe that Christmas without Sainsbury’s is like a day without sunshine.

Sainsburys ad – circa 1990′s
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Getting Jobbed

I was avoiding this topic, but yesterday I heard someone say that Steve Jobs was “our generation’s John Lennon”. Well, if that’s true then we are all in a lot of trouble.

Jobs was a forward thinking businessman who put himself in the right place at the right time. He was able to do that better than anyone on this planet. And he was able to give people what they thought they wanted. For that he deserves credit (from a business standpoint).

 He didn’t advocate peace on earth, he didn’t demand an end to war, violence and racial issues, he didn’t say ‘love is the answer’, he didn’t question over-population, rampant consumerism or the future of mother earth. He was a businessman. He told people what they wanted to have and knew how to make consumers believe that what he was selling was what they needed.

Remember the 1981 movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy“? A Coke bottle is discarded from an airplane overAfrica and hits earth intact. It is found by simple tribesmen who believe it was god-sent and start worshipping it, putting it to use and eventually fighting over the one and only bottle. One different thinking man realises the trouble the bottle has caused his people and takes it to throw over the edge of the earth. In doing so, he discovers the outside world.

These so-called simple people went from happiness to hatred due to the ‘discovery’ of the bottle. These people were so “simple” that they believed that if they allowed their picture to be taken, they would lose their soul.

Today, we have something wonderful called facial recognition software that can not only identify people in the image, it can attach a whole data base of personal information to that face. Stealing that person’s soul?

Steve Jobs was a businessman. One of the best. And he was 3 months older than me. I figure I have 90 days to make the same kind of impact on humanity that SJ did. There’s no doubt that I think differently than most people. Some would say I am crazy. Are the stars aligned for me like they were for Mr jobs back in the 70′s? Wish me luck.

Steve Jobs Narrates Apple’s Commercial for the Think Different Campaign – 1990s
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Knight Moves

I love the free style sax playing by Curtis Amy compared to the more disiplined musicians below him on stage in the following clip.

This particular YT post of “Touch Me” has over 22 million hits for Misfit52687138- a popular song for sure. And of course, don’t forget the white knight riding in to rescue every ’60′s housewife by blasting away dirt forever – “stronger than dirt”.

The Doors – Touch Me – 1968

Ajax – Stronger Than Dirt

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Selling Stuff in the Sixties

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Ahhhhh yeah – the 60′s. When you weren’t playing with your Etch A Sketch there was TV – all 4 channels.

60′s Commercials:
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Small Town Toast

In 1969 Pepsi came up with the unforgettable jingle claiming “You’ve got a lot to live and Pepsi’s got a lot to give”. Well…..have you lived a lot since then? Has Pepsi given you a lot?

Small Town USA commercial – 1969

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Blind Iron Eyes

 

In 1970 this commercial ran for a short time but for those of us who remember it, well, let’s just say that the image of the  crying “Indian” (Iron Eyes Cody) has stayed with us forever.
The people who respect our mother earth, the creator and live in truth are the ones we should all follow. Not the current piper. If you look at this place you’ll see that not a whole lot has changed in our behavior in the past 40 years. If fact, we are even more insulated from the natural world. Sniff.

The Crying Indian – full commercial – Keep America Beautiful 1970
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post mortem: The ad promotes the “Keep America Beautiful” campaign. Now,  America IS beautiful in many parts but the word “Keep” implies status quo. And status quo is not the answer.

Sixties Stinky Scummy Slimey Slinky Scam

The Slinky scam of the 60s. How many kids fell for that toy that promised hours of fun while going down stairs and ramps and hand to hand and…..After a couple of times back and forth in the hands and a few attempts at going down stairs – after two it had had enough – and then I’d had enough…..that was it!
We learned at a young age that you could sell a raincoat in the sahara if the ad was done well……

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL – 1960s – SLINKY #5
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Caveman Thinking

This is just way too funny:

Vintage TV Commercial – Flintstones and Winston (1961)
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Bra Wars

Just before women started burning bras around 1970 or so, these Wonderbra commercials with the catchy jingle were on TV all the time (even when kids were watching). The hot item could only be displayed on a manikin. Real women could not be shown……

 Wonderbra Commercial 1968 YT post by marsonfurs

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Pine to Palmer

above: Palmer’s famous cover of Pressure drop released 1975

Up here in the north woods, Robert Palmer left his mark as he did in the R.O.W.

This is his 30 second Pepsi spot from 1989:

Pepsi – Robert Palmer – Simply Irresistible

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And of course, the inspirition for the ad:

Click here for Robert Palmer – Simply Irresistable 1988

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RP RIP September 26, 2003.