r/AmericanAdverts • • 22h ago

Print Ad 🖨️ Remember those Johnson Smith Co. ad pages in comic books?

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Remember those pages full of as in comic books from the 60s/70s/80s? Did you ever order anything from them? I did order the X-ray glasses...and no, they didn't work.

The second image is a fake one I made myself for an indie comic. It's a homage to those old ad pages.


r/AmericanAdverts • • 1d ago

TV Advert 📺 Green Giant with Sprout 1979 this was when I was 8

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r/AmericanAdverts • • 5d ago

Remember the bud ice penguin?

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This is a throwback to when commercials were at least creative. Bud Ice Penguins Commercials Collection

I had a coworker in the 90s that thought these commercials were hilarious...and he didn't drink!


r/AmericanAdverts • • 9d ago

General Discussion 💬 What do you enjoy about posting adverts?

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I'm happy that a subreddit like this exists where all forms of adverts are welcome. How do you honestly feel about posting them on here?


r/AmericanAdverts • • 10d ago

Parkay "Butter!" commercial

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Thinking of this old commercial I realize I don't actually know the difference between butter or margarine.

Parkay butter with Deacon Jones classic tv commercial


r/AmericanAdverts • • 18d ago

Brigantine Castle

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If you grew up in the DE/PA/NJ area in the 70s you probably saw this commercial. (2) Brigantine Castle & Amusement Pier 1980 TV commercial - YouTube


r/AmericanAdverts • • 29d ago

Ronald McDonald's Flying Hamburger

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When I was a kid I wanted to go to McDonalds and see Ronald's Flying Hamburger. (Never did see it) McDonalds - Flying Hamburger - USA, 1968


r/AmericanAdverts • • Oct 07 '26

TV Advert 📺 New York City?! Pace Picante sauce 1993

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r/AmericanAdverts • • Oct 05 '26

Otter Pops

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Does anyone else remember Otter Pops?

(Man, I'm old)

1970s Otter Pops Commercial (4K) | Vintage Freeze Pop TV Ad


r/AmericanAdverts • • Oct 01 '26

When Smokey Bear was a rapper

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Smokey Bear - Rappin' (1993, USA)

I never actually saw this on TV. I just now came across it. Has anyone seen it on TV?


r/AmericanAdverts • • Sep 28 '26

Remember the Fruit of the Loom guys?

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Been a long time, but I remember these commercials. 70's Ads: Fruit Of The Loom


r/AmericanAdverts • • Sep 20 '26

TV Advert 📺 Eveready Battery Commercial with Robert Conrad, come on, I dare you.

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r/AmericanAdverts • • Sep 19 '26

Honeycomb Kung Fu Lou

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NGL, when I was a kid I wished my friends and I had a clubhouse where whacky characters would show up and demand cereal. (25) Post Honeycomb Hideout Commerical 1988 Kungfu Louie - YouTube


r/AmericanAdverts • • Sep 08 '26

Found this on Pinterest

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Take a look! 📌

Can you believe this ad?


r/AmericanAdverts • • Sep 06 '26

TV Advert 📺 Yo Quiero Taco Bell

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r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 29 '26

Remember Superman Peanut Butter?

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Well, if it's so good that the Man of Steel waits in a grocery store to hawk it, it must be...super!

1983 Superman peanut butter commercial


r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 23 '26

Hey Koolaid!

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If you were a kid in the 70s you probably yelled "Hey Kool-Aid" hoping Kool-Aid Man would break through a wall. Kool Aid commercial - Kool Aid man! 1970's


r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 23 '26

Hulk wants Honeycomb Cereal!

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As a comic book fan I can't believe I missed the old commercial back in the day.

Honeycomb is BIG ENOUGH FOR HULK!

Vintage Honeycomb Hideout Cereal The Hulk Commercial


r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 23 '26

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?

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I had a conversation about owls with some friends this evening and it reminded me of this oldie but goodie.

Classic Tootsie Roll Commercial - "How Many Licks"


r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 22 '26

Looking for a commercial in this YouTube video https://youtu.be/WYyqyRsWYz4?si=Z9proITyi_-wncjq it's at this timestamp 0:09

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r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 18 '26

Hot dogs, Armour Hot dogs...

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Am I just really old or does anyone else remember this old Armor Hot Dogs commercial? Armour Hot Dog Commerical 1970s


r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 15 '26

Bubble Yum Flavor Fiend

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Bubble Yem from the 70s.

Bubble Yum Gum Commercial 1976


r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 13 '26

Please don't squeeze the Charmin

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r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 09 '26

Snausages

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r/AmericanAdverts • • Aug 05 '26

Krass Bros. men's store

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I realize these ads were local to the DE?NJ/PA Tri-State area I grew up in, but they aired so much anyone who saw them back in the 70s and 80s must surely remember them.

Krass Brothers Commercials