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unusual facts about television commercials



Boog Powell

In the 1970s and 1980s Powell appeared in more than ten different television commercials for Miller Lite beer, including a memorable one with umpire Jim Honochick.

Danny Antonucci

He continued his career in Vancouver, where he worked on animated shorts and television commercials for Rocketship Limited, and created his first solo work, the animated short Lupo the Butcher.

Dave Shalansky

After moving to New York City after graduation, he became successful in television commercials and continued his acting career by working in the New York and regional theatre circuits.

Granny Goose

In a series of television commercials first aired in the 1960s, the company's spokesperson, who self-identified as "Granny Goose", was portrayed by actor Philip Carey as a tough James Bond-style spy.

Kathryn Minner

Kathryn Elizabeth Minner (January 3, 1892 – May 26, 1969), sometimes credited as Katherine Minner, was an elderly grandmother and character actress who specialized in playing "little old ladies" in movies, on various television shows, and in a series of television commercials for Southern California Dodge dealers.

Walker Edmiston

Edmiston also did many television commercials and cartoon character voices, such as "Ernie the Keebler Elf" in hundreds of commercials for the cookie products of the Keebler Company, and voices for characters on H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos from the studios of Sid and Marty Krofft, as well as a recurring role as Enik the Altrusian on that studio's Land of the Lost.


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Amy Morrison

She began appearing in television commercials at an early age and made her acting debut in the 1993 horror film Jack Be Nimble.

Ansco

Briefly in the 1970s, it was the official film of Disneyland and at this time, actor Henry Fonda served as the company's spokesman in television commercials including one that featured Jodie Foster in her first acting role.

Ashutosh Phatak

Ashu is one of the founding partners of Blue Frog, a landmark venue for live music in Bombay and Delhi founded in 2007, and has scored music for over 5000 television commercials.

Bob Pomann

Bob Pomann is an American sound designer who has produced thousands of radio and television commercials, as well as movies and cartoons such as Doug and Little Einsteins.

Boys Wanna Be Her

Part of the song is used in Canadian car television commercials for the 2011 Subaru Forester as part of the "Sexy Comes Standard" advertising campaign.

Carolyne Barry

Carolyne has performed in over 400 national television commercials, thirty-two theatrical productions and approximately one hundred television shows and movies, including appearances in the classic Star Trek episode "Arena" and the Next Generation episode "Home Soil".

Chuck Quackenbush

Those funds were used to create television commercials in which Quackenbush appeared as a basketball referee with Shaquille O'Neal in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform.

Chuck Stone

He is the father of Krishna Stone, Allegra Stone and Charles Stone III, creator and star of the Budweiser "Whassup!" television commercials, and director of movies such as Drumline, Mr. 3000, and Paid In Full.

Creagen Dow

He appeared in the feature film The Least of These and alongside Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn in Four Christmases, and with Sean Astin in Amazing Love as well as in various television commercials including the Above The Influence spot "Shoulders" for Drug Free America involving teens doing drugs.

Dakota Floeter

In addition to Dakota's acting roles in television and film, he has played guitar in television commercials for Folgers (2000), Fender Guitars and Hewlett-Packard (2004), and on television's Austin City Limits.

David Starzyk

Starzyk has also appeared in a series of successful and memorable Chase Sapphire television commercials as well as in the feature films To Save a Life and Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, both of which were released in 2009.

E'Shun Melvin

He has appeared in numerous television commercials, including ads for Monopoly, Verizon FiOS, Bank of America, and Mattel.

Emiliano Díez

Díez also appeared in radio and television commercials, as well as the soap operas El Magnate, Marielena, Guadalupe and for two seasons he was cast for the leading role playing Manny Beltrán in the award-winning sitcom, Los Beltrán.

Fake food

Fake foods are used in many ways, such as props for backgrounds in movies, television shows, theatrical plays, television commercials, print ads and trade shows.

Friendly Fires

In May 2008, their song "On Board" was featured in North American television commercials for Nintendo's Wii Fit.

Garden State Life Insurance Company

Garden State Life has made a name for itself over the years by featuring personalities Barry Van Dyke (son of Dick Van Dyke), Mickey Rooney and his wife Jan, and most recently Meredith Baxter in its television commercials.

Gayle and Gillian Blakeney

Gayle and Gillian then starred in numerous television commercials around Australia – including a series of Kelloggs' Corn Flakes commercials.

Jac Bowie

The Australian TV shows include Home & Away, Heartbreak High, GP, and the television commercials include Wonderland Sydney with Johnny Young and Pat Cash.

James Huang

As a commercial model, he has appeared in over twenty television commercials and print advertisements ranging from the UPS man to a Mervyns clothing model.

Jan Rooney

In 2004 she began appearing in television commercials for Garden State Life Insurance Company with her husband, who has been a spokesperson for the company since 1999.

Jason Winer

After college, Winer acted in television commercials for companies such as Budweiser, Nike and Dr Pepper.

John J Moses

Moses also worked on a number of film musical scores including "Interview with a Vampire", "You've Got Mail", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Aladdin" as well as television commercials for Buick, Cheerios, and Mastercard.

Kailash Surendranath

Surendranath has directed about 3,500 television commercials in a span of about 35 years, including advertisements for Liril soap, Nirma Washing Detergent, Vimal Sarees Suiting, Sunsilk Shampoo, Fair & Lovely, Taj Tea, and Himani & Charagh Din.

Loblaws

Actor William Shatner did a number of television commercials for Loblaws in the 1970s, and finished the ad spots by saying originally, "At Loblaws, more than the price is right; but, by gosh the price is right!" later shortened to, "At Loblaws, more than the price is right."

Manmeet Singh

Manmeet Singh has modeled in more than 120 television commercials, including Indiabulls, and HP TurboJet Diesel.

María Victoria

Known in Texas for her recurrent television commercials for supermarket Fiesta where she appears as Inocencia.

Mason Reese

Mason Reese is a former child actor who appeared in numerous television commercials in the 1970s, particularly for Underwood Deviled Ham, Post Raisin Bran, and Dunkin' Donuts' Dunkin' Munchkins-brand "donut holes".

Mel Leven

In later years, he wrote songs, stories, and did voice-over work for the PBS children's series Big Blue Marble, and well as working on a number of projects for television commercials.

Melanie Horsnell

Melanie has supplied vocals for several songs used in television commercials, including McHappy Day, Johnnie Walker, Huggies, Women's Weekly, Bonds (company) and National Grid plc (in the United States).

Michael Maron

He became a professional portrait artist at the age of twelve, dabbled in acting and modeling, appeared in television commercials, and hosted his own radio show on KCRW National Public Radio.

Mother Mother

On January 9, 2012, Kraft Foods launched a series of television commercials featuring the song "Bright Idea".

Pamela Austin

In addition to appearing in two Elvis Presley films, in 1966-1967 Austin gained notoriety for a long series of popular automobile television commercials for Dodge (the Charger, Coronet, Polara, and other models).

Pat Corley

Corley's Hollywood career began in 1969 in TV with a small role in N.Y.P.D. and a few television commercials.

Percy Daggs III

He is also known for starring in television commercials for Hot Pockets and Orbit Gum.

Pickup Man

In 2005, a rewritten version of "Pickup Man" was used in television commercials for the restaurant chain Applebee's, to promote their "Carside To Go" service.

Quaker Oats Company

Since the late 1980s, actor Wilford Brimley has appeared in television commercials extolling the virtues of oat consumption, typically to a young child, as to introduce the concept of oatmeal consumption as a long tradition.

Shake 'n Bake

Shake 'n Bake is particularly noted for its television commercials in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, starring such child actors as Carly Schroeder, Taylor Momsen, and Philip Amelio.

Spierig brothers

Peter and Michael ended up jointly directing over sixty television commercials for a large list of clients including Coke, Universal, Myer, Lend Lease, Energex, and Telstra, to name a few.

Squire Fridell

From 1984 to 1991, he served as the official "Ronald McDonald" clown character in American television commercials for the McDonald's Corporation chain of fast-food restaurants, and even played the McDonald character in Mac and Me.

Steven Chorney

Chorney landed a position with a small independent agency on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, animating and designing television commercials.

The Spot

The site was started in June 1995 by Scott Zakarin, who at the time was an aspiring filmmaker from New York who had been directing television commercials for advertising agency Fattal and Collins.

VDub

As part of a 2006 advertising campaign for Volkswagen, advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky created a series of three television commercials directed by Jonas Åkerlund, starring Swedish actor Peter Stormare as an effete German engineer named Wolfgang, and German model Zonja Wöstendiek as his assistant Miss Helga.

Virginia Vestoff

Vestoff also did another soap opera stint on As the World Turns and appeared in numerous television commercials, including Sure Deodorant, Geritol, Hamburger Helper, Sardo Bath Beads, and Bradlees.

Walking on the Milky Way

It became further ingrained in public consciousness due to its use in television commercials for Mars' Milky Way chocolate bar in 1998.

Wendell Yuponce

He has written for film (The Debut), television (Daisy Does America, All American Girl, Minor Adjustments, Curb Your Enthusiasm) as well as numerous television commercials.

Whicker's World

In the 1980s, Whicker appeared in several television commercials for Barclaycard that were based on Whicker's World and featured Whicker in various foreign locations.

Yamada Denki

As of 2006, the company uses the actor Masanobu Takashima and the professional soccer player Shunsuke Nakamura for publicity, and the two appear in television commercials.