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libertina

this is all I got, folks...

Aug 14, 2008 23:57

This commerical, which usually aired during Wonderama!, was one of the highlights of my childhood weekends, beyond singing in folk Mass. How much do I dig the shameless E.T. bandwagoneering [note the wily substitution of "celestial person" for "extra-terrestrial"], the cruddy special effects, and the tinny, neo-futuristic brogue of seasonal ( Read more... )

pop culture crap, dorkitude

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rockrgirl8 August 15 2008, 04:15:45 UTC

this cake is FREEEEEEEEEEEEZING! (it's ice cream cake, seth). ; )

libertina August 16 2008, 03:35:07 UTC

Hey, he really was quite lucid and intelligent on our dates, I swear! However, there was no ice cream cake to manhandle or fishtanks to talk to... ;)

How was the move????

buscemi August 15 2008, 04:53:38 UTC

Hee! That reminds me of the Family Guy episode where they went to the Twinkie (er, sorry, Twinkee) factory.

I was thinking about you the other day. ( beelzebabe posted the Mermaid Parade photo with you, her and fierceblue ). :)

libertina August 16 2008, 03:39:12 UTC

I remember that episode...it was a good one.

And yes, our mermaid costumes bring me great pride. I have to say they were pretty fabulous, and the photos don't do them justice. Not too shabby considering I made my Cyclone headdress out of a spray-painted wastebasket! And we were in great company--2nd place for Best Sea Creature behind the amazing fantabulous brilliant brooklyngirl!!!

transistorblast August 15 2008, 11:00:44 UTC

I don't remember this one, but the Carvel "Fudgie the Whale" commercial is seared in my child memories. I think Carvel ran that ad for years without a change.

libertina August 16 2008, 03:32:31 UTC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67J2Gtc_m5c

Of course you know these ads; you're a Garden State native! Wonderama! ran on WOR-TV based out of Secaucus. Growing up, I deseprately wanted a Carvel to open near me so I could experience the rapture of eating a Hug Me the Bear or Cookie Puss. When you really think about it, "A Whale of a Dad" is hardly a compliment. Not to mention that an edible whale is a rather weird icon for a franchise to build its frozen-dessert empire upon. Although, I suppose no weirder than a grotesque, vaguely pedophilic-looking clown and his amorphous purple blob of a sidekick.

transistorblast August 17 2008, 12:16:01 UTC

The strange thing about watching WPIX (channel 11) while living in Jersey, was seeing local (New York) commercials for places I could not possibly visit. Like Crazy Eddies (speaking of iconic commercials!). My home town didn't have a Carvel, but there was a knock-off ice cream place called Carousel (and, I kid you not, we also had a Blue Castle hamburger joint as well). Both are long gone, now (but so is Crazy Eddie's).

The only things I remember about WOR-TV are The Magic Garden and (on another plane of reality) The Richard Bey Show.

penpusher October 16 2008, 20:11:19 UTC

OMG... what garbage we were fed. Between Crazy Eddie commercials... wow Richard Bey. WOR, eventually WWOR TV Channel 9 as I remember it. The Joe Franklin show. What a hoot ( ... )

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Cookie o'puss jjb August 21 2008, 01:54:57 UTC

Where've YOU been all my life?

mister_punchy August 23 2008, 18:52:19 UTC

Have you heard Patton Oswalt's rant about Carvel commercials? Funniest fucking thing ever. Tom Carvel "sounds like Tom Waits gargling chunks of hot asphalt" and the broken-legged leprechaun cake made by the slightly altered Fudgie tin is "Patty O'Cripply, wishing you St. Patrick's Day wishes as he drags himself across the forest floor."