Milt Moss, Actor in Classic Alka-Seltzer Ad, Is Dead at 93

NY Times ^ | 1 December 2016 | DANIEL E. SLOTNIK

[oh8eleven]

Milt Moss, a comic actor who delivered the rueful catchphrase “I can’t believe I ate that whole thing” in a memorable commercial for Alka-Seltzer in 1972, died on Sept. 26 in Manhattan. He was 93.

[napscoordinator]

Thank you. I got the “job” screwed up. He was the writer not the guy doing the acting. Awesome.

[Fiddlstix]

Oh...Those good 'ol days....
I remember so well......

[oh8eleven]

back before commercials pushed political statements.
Like white men/husbands are "stooopid," or how blacks are now in 95% of commercials, etc., etc., etc.

[Larry Lucido]

1. Big Mac inventor
2. Gen. Tso’s chicken inventor
3. This makes #3

[Calvin Locke]

Another use for Alka-Seltzer: David Letterman "Alka Seltzer" suit

[trisham]

I had never heard of it. Fascinating!

[Responsibility2nd]

Yep. See my post 20.

Don’t forget the Asians, Hispanics and homos. That’s what America is all about, right?

/barf

[oh8eleven]

James Mason hawking Thunderbird Wine
Yes, very odd considering...

What's the word - Thunderbird;
What's the price - 10 cents twice.

[Larry Lucido]

So you can eat Big Macs and live to 98. Take Alka Seltzers, and die young.

[Old Yeller]

Only white people were in commercials back then. Now its swinging the other way. Only time whites are in commercials are if they need an uninformed dufus.

[napscoordinator]

That’s what I love about Free Republic. We get to learn together and have an awesome time doing it.

[trisham]

:)

[ColdOne]

I hadn’t watched tv in a while....the other day was watching a bit of football....fell out of my chair when Zales had a same sex commercial. Turned of tv right after that.

[Maceman]

The BEST 1950s commercial was the bebop animated commercial for E-Z Pop popcorn when that product first came out.

E-Z Pop Commercial (1950s)

Love the slogan: "E-Z Pop, man. That's real BOP corn."

[oh8eleven]

#3 was an actor, he didn’t invent alka-seltzer.

[Impala64ssa]

The T-Bones, surf music group, they also did a few ad jingles, like The Markettes who did the theme to the Batman TV show.

[oh8eleven]

Oh...Those good 'ol days.... I remember so well.....

[newnhdad]

My wife thought I was crazy last year when a said this.. only homosexual and fat women buy things.. and the man is usually some metro sexual clown..

[Calvin Locke]

I've heard it as "What's the price - thirty twice".

Just finished "The House of Mondavi" last night. E&J don't come up as much as Franzia does.

Also just watched "Bottle Shock", and I'd rather have Eliza Dushku telling me it's not Thunderbird than James Mason extolling it.

[morphing libertarian]

I like the one for VW, What Does The Snowplow Driver Drive to Work? VW