Best Old TV Commercials » Drinks

Cereal – Cheerios and V8 for Healthy Breakfast

Best Old TV Commercials — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:48:57 +0000

Unlike it’s popular sugary cousins, Cheerios hasn’t evolved much with the times, mainly because it hasn’t had to. Cheerios have always been Cheerios. They’ve never tried too hard to be the coolest kid on the block. Cheerios is all about communicating the nutritional and health benefits, and in this case, a cross-promotion with V8 juice.

This must’ve been before they started putting the actual toys in boxes. Maybe not, but there’s a special offer on this commercial to send off to get your free Rocket Toy, which actually looks like a cool cereal toy. (You know, one that grabs more than 2 minutes of your child’s attention span.)

It’s too bad kids had to wait in the mail for them though, it’s all about instant gratification, baby.

Kool-Aid – Roller Hockey

Best Old TV Commercials — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Kool-Aid is the high-powered, high-sugar drink that kills thirst instantly. It’s the choice of roller hockey kids everywhere, who are playing with some strange looking equipment, but seem quite safe about it.

In comes Kool-Aid man to save the day, and presumably ruin a good game of street/field/roller hockey on old-school quad skates. He bursts through the wall in typical fashion, annoying the refs. He seems to side with the White/Green team first, and he makes a really unfair goalie since he’s as wide as the goal. I’m sure the other team won’t mind, they’ll be given plenty of Kool-Aid to quench that powerful thirst for sweet Kool-Aid nectar.

Hawaiian Punch – How about a nice hawaiian punch?

Best Old TV Commercials — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:05:23 +0000

This classic advertising campaign for Hawaiian Punch features “Punchy” – the lovable, generous keeper of Hawaiian Punch. He offers Hawaiian punch to his victims, who oblige, then he decks them unexpectedly in the face.

Hawaiian punch is basically a fancy version of kool-aid, non-carbonated soft drink with multiple flavors that rivals in sugar content and is now sold in 2-liter bottles next to soda.

Kool-Aid Commercial from the 1950′s

Best Old TV Commercials — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:41:03 +0000

Kool-Aid goes far back. These little packets of flavor and dye haven’t changed much – even in the 1950′s they were marketed as the cheap, easy thirst quencher of children everywhere.

Starkly different from today’s advertising, and inherently classic 1950′s style, smiling kids sing about the wonders of this tasty artificial drink. It’s “Pure and Good” with the “Parents Magazine Seal”.

Kool-Aid – Kool-Aid Smiles

Best Old TV Commercials — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:34:49 +0000

Kool-Aid has powered the past 3 or 4 generations of children with sugary flavored goodness. And it was good. It’s the tastiest cheap drink around, and you were either drinking it or selling cups of it on the sidewalk for a nickel or a dime a cup.

Enter the Kool-Aid man – a giant, smiling punch bowl with a tendency to break through walls and a happy jingle. Thirst is definitely on the run for these kids – in the form of little packets of flavor and dye.