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unusual facts about TV commercials



Carina Afable

There she appeared in the final episodes of the American police sitcom Barney Miller, in the recurring role of Deputy Inspector Frank Luger's (James Gregory) mail-order bride, then went on to do TV commercials, including for the Reggie Jackson barbecue grill and Wienerschnitzel hotdogs, for which she sang the commercial jingle.

Familiprix

Actor Sylvain Marcel became the star of a series of Familiprix humorous TV commercials and Familiprix's corporate website.

John Hewer

His television work included hosting the 1970s Canadian CTV variety series The Pig and Whistle, but he was best known for portraying Captain Birdseye in scores of British TV commercials from 1967 to 1998.


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An American Revolution

One of the first TV commercials in the campaign directed by Michael Bay featured the song Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf.

Angels Hard as They Come

Demme pitched the idea of a motorcycle version of Rashomon and wrote it with Joe Viola, who directed TV commercials Demme had produced.

Appetizer Mobile

Mobile applications developed by Appetizer Mobile have been featured in two of Apple’s nationwide TV commercials: “Intro to Math” was featured in the "We Believe" iPad 2 commercial, and “Intro to Letters” was featured in the Apple iPad commercial, "iPad is Electric."

Arianne Zucker

She also appeared in several TV commercials, including national spots for Mazda and McDonald's.

Arthur Max

He commenced his own production design career in TV commercials over a period of ten years from 1985 to 1995 (for such clients as Pepsi, Nike, Jeep, Coke and Levi’s), which led to his ongoing associations with directors Scott and Fincher.

Bob McFadden

In 1963, McFadden released the Audio Fidelity Records parody album entitled Fast, Fast, Fast Relief From TV Commercials followed by the 1968 Columbia Records spoken-word album, The Medium Is the Massage.

Brad Ecklund

A member of the Screen Actors Guild, having earned a role in the movie North Dallas Forty, Ecklund also did some acting in TV commercials and appearances as John Wayne's look-alike while residing in Los Angeles.

Eric Canuel

After shooting a number of TV commercials, several of them award-winners, he worked as a director on the television series Big Wolf on Campus, for the Fox network, and The Hunger, broadcast on Showtime and The Movie Network.

Format Films

Format Productions also created title sequences for several TV series, including I Spy, Honey West, the animated characters on the television variety show Hee Haw, animated various TV commercials, and created film title designs for The Glory Guys and Clambake.

Frog Baseball

Beavis and Butt-head are then shown switching channels on their TV, watching various TV commercials and laughing at a Suzanne Somers Thighmaster commercial.

From Me to You

Several different cover versions of the song were used in Christmas-themed TV commercials for the Macy's chain of department stores in the US in late 2005.

Gryphon Software Morph

Gryphon Software's Morph 2.5 was the original award-winning Windows/Mac morphing software that was used extensively in the movies (e.g.: Bram Stoker's Dracula, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) and TV commercials and featured on the cover of Time Magazine twice.

Helen Dallimore

She has also appeared in a series of TV commercials for All-Bran cereal, also featuring fellow actress and comedienne Julia Morris.

Jacqueline Meirelles

Also acted in campaigns and TV commercials to Bradesco, SunBlock, the defunct Banco Nacional, Ponto Frio, Itaú, IBM, Avon, Hotel Sofitel, Gelol, Brastemp, Jardim Sul shopping mall, Banco do Brasil, Rexona, Palmolive and others.

Jane Withers

Beginning a prolific career as a child actress at the age of three, Withers is a Young Artist AwardFormer Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award honoree, best known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s, as well as for her portrayal of "Josephine the Plumber" in a series of TV commercials for Comet cleanser in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Jonathan Dawson

Dawson continued to work as a writer director, primarily on commercials for clients like Qantas, Nestle, Volvo, as well as for many government election campaigns, creating a new style of "presidential" launch for the Federal Labor Party's successful national campaigns in 1983 and 1985 as well as directing TV commercials for Premier Neville Wran in New South Wales.

Jordan Alan

He has shot TV commercials for clients including 1-800-DENTIST, 1-800-USA-EYES, Invisalign and LA Sight Laser Center.

Julian Beeston

More recently, he has worked as a composer and producer, making music for TV commercials for companies such as Mitsubishi and Ford and has produced trailers for Universal, Miramax and 20th Century Fox.

Jungle Smile

They enjoyed considerable popularity in the late 1990s due to their songs being used in TV commercials for Japan Airlines and Hokkaido Engineering Academy, and are known to anime fans for their contribution of the ending theme of DT Eightron, "Onaji Hoshi" in 1998 and the ending theme of Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran, "Dakishimetai" in 2001.

Katie Amess

She has appeared in a host of TV commercials including Nintendo, Just Dance 3 & 4, Wen Haircare, Premier Inn and News of the World.

LifeLock

LifeLock's CEO Todd Davis publicly posted his Social Security number on billboards and in TV commercials as part of a campaign to promote the company's identity theft protection services.

Marcus Bentley

He also starred in several TV commercials as well as minor parts in feature films, such as Mad Dogs and Englishmen, which starred Joss Ackland, C. Thomas Howell, and Elizabeth Hurley.

Marv Throneberry

"Marvelous Marv" later became one of the original spokesmen for Miller Lite beer in the mid 1970s, poking fun at himself in a series of TV commercials.

Matthew Ziff

Along with his brother Adam, Ziff appeared on dozens of toy boxes as well as several TV commercials for companies such as Volkswagen and T-mobile, with professional basketball player Dwyane Wade.

Merv Hughes

Hughes has also done some acting, portraying Ivan Milat in the comedy movie, Fat Pizza, as well as appearing on TV commercials featuring losing weight with "The 14-day All-Bran Challenge".

Milkis

Milkis launched in 1989 with a huge marketing campaign, notably with the appearance of Hong Kong movie star Chow Yun-fat in its TV commercials.

Nissan Laurel

November 1982 saw the introduction of the Limited "Givenchy Version" with Hubert de Givenchy doing the TV commercials in Japan.

Olga Sosnovska

TV commercials for De Beers diamonds 2004 and Thomasville Furniture (voice-over) 2005

Paresh Ganatra

He had acted TV series, Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka, a Colonial Cousins music video, number of TV commercials, including, Symphony Air Coolers, Tata Phones, Coffee Bite, LG TV, Nerolac, Dabur and McDonalds, when he reached fame wit the 2002 multi-starrer hit film Aankhen.

Peter Frödin

He is also known for participating in several TV-commercials for Tuborg and TDC.

Ran Danker

Between high school and his army service, Ran participated in a few TV commercials: a promo of Channel 10; a commercial of Bank Leumi; and the cell phone company Cellcom.

Roger Bowen

While it was another veteran of TV commercials, McLean Stevenson, who would play Lieutenant Colonel Blake’s role on the long-running M*A*S*H television series, Roger Bowen already had solid exposure in the early 1970s.

Sam and the Womp

Kmart Australia also featured the song in their 2013 series of TV commercials.

Sisaundra

Sisaundra (Lewis) is a female singer/songwriter/producer from Orlando, Florida whose extensive resume includes working with such artists as Peabo Bryson and Celiné Dion to doing voiceover/jingle work in TV commercials.

Snow Ring

"Snow Ring" was used as theme song of an RPG videogame for smartphones developed by DropWave called Makina × Dolls, and it is also as theme song for TV commercials by Japanese real estate company Nissei Advance.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Actor/comedian and series fan Robin Williams, and his daughter Zelda, have starred in TV commercials promoting the game.

Toyota Alphard

Actor Jean Reno appeared on Japanese TV commercials for the Toyota Alphard.

Vicky Rodewyk

She has appeared in various TV commercials and shows, such as Barney, Shortland Street and an episode of Cloud 9's series Revelations – The Initial Journey.

What About Love

The song's chorus was featured in a series of Swiffer WetJet TV commercials from late 2010 into the following year.

Yan Yan Mak

From 2005, after become the collaborator with Hong Kong singer Cantopop singer Denise Ho, Yan Yan has produced numeral music videos, music short films and TV Commercials.

Yureni Noshika

After appearing in the TV commercials for Coca-Cola and Nestlé, she was asked to appear in the teledrama Kindurangana, a remake for the Sri Lanka television market of the Hindi television serial Kasam Se.