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Hey everyone! Here's the unlisted link to our new commercial special. This will go public in a day or so but we wanted to share it with you first. This was so much fun to record and put together and we hope it's enjoyable for you to watch as well.

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Watching Bizarre Old Celebrity Commercials

Don't touch that dial! Join us as we watch some old celebrity commercials from the 80's & 90's featuring the likes of Bob Denver, Dom DeLuise, Herve Villechaize, Redd Foxx, Bill Cosby, Orson Welles, Rodney Dangerfield, The Three Stooges, Jerry Lewis... and many more! Support us on Patreon for tons of bonus content and features at: www.patreon.com/almostcultclassics. You can also find us on X: Joe: https://twitter.com/joeramoni Ryan: https://twitter.com/ryanlancello And don't forget to check out our website and merch store: https://www.almostcultclassics.com

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Lux Anatis

Man does this illustrate how incredibly bland even commercials are right now. Everything has been swallowed up by a gray blob.

Trembling Colors

There was Tom Bosley for Glad garbage bags for years

Lux Anatis

I had that Dark Tower game and it was absolutely incredible for the time. It was my favorite board game growing up and I actually still have the tower sitting on my at home work desk. It took four count em four D batteries, featured a column in the center that would spin and light up panels at the appropriate time, and an internal memory that would keep track of your progress. From what I remember, it was mostly indirectly competitive with each player taking turns gathering an inventory until they had what they needed to attempt to enter the tower. There was a single player mode so Orson could indeed have conquered the tower by himself. I had no idea a commercial for it ever existed, let alone starring Orson Welles, and was overjoyed to have discovered it on YouTube later on in life. It never dawned on me until then how ironic it is that a highly ambitious board game what's defining feature was a central computer guiding the players was set in medieval fantasy.

cdpren

Good stuff! If you do a Vol. 2 of this series go check out the George Kennedy for Breath Asure ads.

Danny Fontenot

I just realized that with Joe's savant-like knowledge of all things show biz, he reminds me of a young Frank Santopadre, who was the all-knowing co-host of Gilbert Gottfried's ACP.

Nathan Kearney

At 44:40, Orson looks at me like a financially unwise but momentarily satisfactory purchase.

JokersJuicyAss

Now granted a lot of old ads are even blander than modern ones, Joe just found the nuggets of gold

JokersJuicyAss

Holy shit, and Ryan is the loveable asshole.

Steven Trotter

That Tet Offensive comment really got me well done Ryan, instantly made me think of that Simpsons joke about Krusty in the 1960's

John-Paul

NBC was planning to get back into the Bill Cosby business mere weeks before the allegations surfaced. They even cancelled "The Michael J. Fox Show" which was a moderately popular sitcom that only ultimately ran one season, to make room for Cosby. Whoops!

John-Paul

Have you seen those commercials Jason Alexander does now where he plays all the characters? Very similar to that Michael Richards one you showed.

JokersJuicyAss

Another example of how PA is terrible, up in New York we have Sheet Pizzas, those things are like 3 to 4 feet wide and 1 and a half feet long

Sidetracks

"Make Room for Cosby" could have been the name of the show

Heath Chamerski

I've definitely thought with this video and the Jerry Lewis ones that Almost Cult Classics has taken on the vibe lately of Gilbert and Frank's old podcast in discussing old Hollywood. It's been amazing to listen to.