Reading all of the great articles being written about the show and discussing it on here is definitely something I will miss.
quote:I'm an old and it was the same tune, slightly different words. Was written and performed based on the coke song, but dropping Coke references. I still hear it on SiriusXM 70s channel now and then. New Seekers was the group.
I know you olds probably heard and loved this song back in the day after the Coke ad, but here is a much longer single released by the band and people that sang the Coke ad song: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing. It doesn't have any Coke mentions, but its quite catchy.
quote:Genius marketing because it convinced everyone to use two Alka Seltzer tablets when you really only needed one.
Plop plop fizz fizz - alka selter animation guy
quote:It is. I'm almost 49 and I was about 5 when it came out so I do remember it, but probably because it played for a long time too. I've always loved music and such as well and picked up on music a lot back then. I loved the radio and records, and am actually a huge 70s music buff too as that was my decade from 4 to 14. I also remember the modified song as well and even think I had a 45 of it.
Annie, I've always assumed 88 was your class year. Were you old enough to really experience that Coke ad? Of the ones you mentioned only (maybe) plop, plop fizz fizz and the Indian tear were as impactful I think. Some of those others were certainly memorable, but "Coke. It's the real thing." supersedes them all I think.
quote:i'm '88 also ('89 technically)...and i remember it too...i was also 5 when it came out...but it persisted for a long time and was re-used on coke ads for years with other variations or just the jingle/catch phrase part....the song itself had some popularity as a single.quote:It is. I'm almost 49 and I was about 5 when it came out so I do remember it, but probably because it played for a long time too. I've always loved music and such as well and picked up on music a lot back then. I loved the radio and records, and am actually a huge 70s music buff too as that was my decade from 4 to 14. I also remember the modified song as well and even think I had a 45 of it.
Annie, I've always assumed 88 was your class year. Were you old enough to really experience that Coke ad? Of the ones you mentioned only (maybe) plop, plop fizz fizz and the Indian tear were as impactful I think. Some of those others were certainly memorable, but "Coke. It's the real thing." supersedes them all I think.
I can remember seeing all the people on tv, I remember seeing the Indian ad as well.
I also remember Watergate, Vietnam, Patty Hurst on tv as well and I was very young, about this same time. some things just stick with you.
I can still sing the entire Fig Newton and Plop Plop songs. I've always picked up music very well and fast.
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different eras. now there aren't only 3 options, or 5 options, or 12 options, or 30 options, or 300 options...there's also internet and streaming.
Numbers will never look the same again. Hell, it would take an era-defining network drama to surpass the LOST finale, IMO. Something that is just earth-shatteringly good, that crosses multiple genres.
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different eras. now there aren't only 3 options, or 5 options, or 12 options, or 30 options, or 300 options...there's also internet and streaming.
Numbers will never look the same again. Hell, it would take an era-defining network drama to surpass the LOST finale, IMO. Something that is just earth-shatteringly good, that crosses multiple genres.
It doesn't surprise you that Sons of Anarchy, which ended this past December, had triple the viewership of Mad Men?
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And on this thread, it's mentioned as a Mount Rushmore show, or the end of the Golden Age of modern television, often times right alongside Breaking Bad. However, Breaking Bad more than tripled Mad Men's viewership.
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And on this thread, it's mentioned as a Mount Rushmore show, or the end of the Golden Age of modern television, often times right alongside Breaking Bad. However, Breaking Bad more than tripled Mad Men's viewership.
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And on this thread, it's mentioned as a Mount Rushmore show, or the end of the Golden Age of modern television, often times right alongside Breaking Bad. However, Breaking Bad more than tripled Mad Men's viewership.
The Mount Rushmore thing has absolutely nothing to do with viewership. It's about quality.