VANITY: Does Anyone Remember This Commercial?

self | 10-31-2013 | Raven6

[Raven6]

Okay folks... I've had this eating at me for a couple of years and am to the point that I am seeking help from my FReinds.

Here is the deal... When I was a kid growing up in the late 1960's, there was a television commercial/PSA that was nothing more than a male voiceover and slow motion video of a hydrogen bomb explosion. Other than the voiceover, the only sound was a gong being struck everytime another "blossom" of the explosion would flare.

Does anyone else remember this? If so, does anyone with a better memory than mine have any further details on what was being said? The commercial mesmerized me at my age, and I was more interested in watching the explosion than in listening to the man's voice. It may have been some left-wing anti-nukes ad for all I know... But I am trying to find a video copy of it to show to my 9 year old son. I want him to understand the differences in the times we grew up.

THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU MIGHT PROVIDE!!!

[Raven6]

Can anyone assist?

[1rudeboy]

Anti-Goldwater ad, I believe.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkWAhuXtalw

[GeronL]

didn’t it only air as a paid ad once?

Then repeated a million times by the media for free?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It's in the same mold as The Rapist's despicable "black churches are burning" ads.

[Farnsworth]

That's the ad that sunk Goldwater...

I vaguely remember seeing it at age 4

[Yosemitest]

"Daisy Girl" Rare 1964 Lyndon Johnson Political Ad -aired only once- 9/7/64

TheCourtJestersClub· 37 videos Subscribe 61 50,012 136 9 Like About Share Add to Uploaded on Dec 26, 2011 "Daisy," sometimes known as "Daisy Girl" or "Peace, Little Girl," was a controversial political advertisement aired on television during the 1964 United States presidential election by incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign.
Though only aired once (by the campaign), it is considered a factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Barry Goldwater and an important turning point in political and advertising history.
It was created by Tony Schwartz of Doyle Dane Bernbach. It remains one of the most controversial political advertisements ever made.

[Responsibility2nd]

That’s the first thing that come to my mind too.

[Doc Savage]

Sorry, I was making out with Cindy Lou at the BiJou most of the time and everything is a bit hazy except for the reoccurring image of the number 36D…………..

[Berlin_Freeper]

1950's Commercial

[Hot Tabasco]

I'm pretty sure is was a commercial for Iron Butterfly's new album called In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. I could be wrong tho 'cause I was taking a lot of LSD at the time and most things looked like atomic bombs going off........

Great album I might add.......

[NormsRevenge]

Spicy meatballs?

No. That was alka seltzer.

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[Hot Tabasco]

As a side note, show your son the Iron Butterfly YouTube video of the performance.......(but don't give him any LSD or it will stunt his growth)

[spankalib]

Nice graphic!

[Gaffer]

Yes. As I recall too

[lee martell]

I heard about it years later, when I was old enough to pay attention to matters of the White House. That’s an ad I can see Senator Grayson of Florida running now, way over the top scary. We were much more suggestible back then, so ready to leave it to “Our President”. Some remain stuck in that spider web of Personality Cults today, happily drinking their Government made Kool-Aide.

[oh8eleven]

Spicy meatballs? No. That was alka seltzer.
Think small? No, that was Volkswagon.

[Dr. Sivana]

Hmmm, late 60s ... the main PSAs I remember

is the Italian guy dressed as an Indian crying in front of some litter.

“Don’t Cross the Street in the Middle in the Middle in the Middle in the Middle in the Middle of the Block” (It’s better than it sounds, even if the singer was obtained by cronyism.

One about eye safety juxtaposed against optical illusions with the catch phrase “It’s fun to play with your vision, put don’t ever play with your eyes.”

A bunch of depressing ads for C.A.R.E.

And finally one with kindergarten level drawing stick figures that said something about the Promised Land.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The commercial mesmerized me at my age, and I was more interested in watching the explosion than in listening to the man's voice.

Can't help with the commercial but if you still like that kind of stuff (as do I) rent a copy of "Trinity and Beyond". It's all about the nuclear arms development in the US. Lots of good old videos.