Best Old TV Commercials » Restaurants

McDonalds – Ronald Rides to the Store

Best Old TV Commercials — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:47:18 +0000

Although I don’t have the facts, I think it’s safe to say that McDonald’s has spent more money on advertising and marketing towards children more than any other restaurant has ever done in history. In fact, McDonald’s advertising has caused mixed reactions from both the FCC in the United States as well as the public about the limits to children’s advertising.

In this short commercial, Ronald and some strange character are walking around in some twisted fairy-tale land and Ronald has a problem – he needs to get to the boys and girls in McDonalds, and in a hurry! This strange character in McDonaldland (Does anyone know who this is?) gives Ronald his imaginary car and Ronald rides all the way to the closest McDonalds to cheer with the kids.

KFC – MC Hammer Loves Popcorn Chicken

Best Old TV Commercials — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:38:01 +0000

Brand names are interesting characters; they adapt, evolve, and change with the times. They actually do this better than people do, and here’s a good example of that.

MC Hammer, remember him? The baggy-pants wearin’, 2-legit-2-quit, flat-topped rap music star who you “Can’t Touch”? Well, nobody under the age of 15 will have any idea who he is but the rest of us either heard of him or were dressing like him back in the early 1990′s. And along with that comes big records, big shows, and big advertising contracts with KFC.

The point of this spot is quite simple – MC Hammer likes popcorn chicken. You like MC Hammer. Therefore, you should eat KFC’s popcorn chicken.

KFC – The Colonel Explains His Chicken

Best Old TV Commercials — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:32:05 +0000

Colonel Sanders was proud of his special recipe fried chicken. So proud he wanted to promote it himself on television. In this spot, the Colonel sits down with some family…maybe it’s his, maybe it’s someones, but ah well who cares, there are kids who can sit on his lap. Anyway, the late Colonel Sanders explains how Famous Recipe fried chicken is made to perfection - along with the signature bucket o’ chicken for the whole family.

The voice at the end (the short 5 second jingle) refers to himself as the colonel, but this voice is clearly not the colonel. I suppose the colonel was then what he is now – an epithet to delicious fried chicken.

Kentucy Fried Chicken – Good Chicken

Best Old TV Commercials — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:14:51 +0000

Before KFC, there was Kentucky Fried Chicken. Today, in the United States, KFC is still Kentucky Fried Chicken. This commercial stars the late Harland “Colonel” Sanders (1890 – 1980) selling his famous secret recipe fried chicken.

With the help of Dave Thomas from Wendy’s restaurants, together they simplified the menu and KFC restaurants became a huge francise success. Since then, KFC has seen huge success globally.

Burger Chef – Get a Star Wars Poster!

Best Old TV Commercials — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:59:44 +0000

The late Burger Chef serves up Star Wars posters with the purchase of a large soda for $0.49 to Lucas’s biggest advertising sellouts, C3P0 and R2D2.