Exhibit: More Famous Faces Do Commercials
For your viewing pleasure, here are twenty-five commercials featuring celebrities hawking an assortment of goods.
Bill Cosby for Coke (Circa 1985)
Bill Cosby for JELL-O Bars (Circa 1986)
Bing Crosby for Minute Maid (Circa 1969)
Carol Lawrence for General Foods Coffee (Circa 1970s)
Cher for Holiday Fitness Center (Circa 1989)
Dorothea McGowan for Cover Girl (Circa 1960s)
Ernie Kovacs for Ford (Circa 1954)
Harry Anderson for GE Television (Circa 1984)
Jane Seymour for Le Jardain de Max Factor (Circa 1985)
Jason Alexander for Rold Gold Pretzels (Circa 1993)
Jay Leno for Doritos (Circa 1990)
Kenny Rogers for Dole Pine-Orange Banana Juice (Circa 1988)
Kevin Sorbo for Pert (Circa 1990s)
Lionel Richie for Pepsi (Circa 1985)
Mariette Hartley for Edwards tlc (Circa 1986)
Michael J. Fox for Diet Coke (Circa 1989)
Pierce Brosnan for Diet Coke (Circa 1987)
Tennessee Ernie Ford for Ford (Circa 1955)
The MacKenzie Brothers (Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas) for Pizza Hut (Circa 1985)
The Simpsons for Butterfinger (Circa 1990)
Farrah Fawcett for Ultra Brite (Circa 1970s)
The Monkees for Kool-Aid (Circa 1960s)
Telly Savalas for Players Club (Circa 1980s)
Cliff Robertson for AT&T Long Distance (Circa 1984)
John Ratzenberger for Pitney Bowes (Circa 1990s)
Last Updated June 18th, 2009
August 2nd, 2009 at 5:38PM
It was so neat to see those car commercials (imagine what those cars in good condition would be worth today)
I never knew the Monkees did commercials and of course it would be something for kids.
And Telly Savalas was just cool doing his commercial, it was as if you’d see him when you got to Vegas using that credit card.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:16PM
The Monkees originally appeared in several “integrated commercials” at the end of their program (1966-’68) for their co-sponsors, Kellogg’s and Yardley Cosmetics, ‘Cee Jay’, so appearing in the above 1969 Kool-Aid spot, minus Peter (primarily seen during the CBS Saturday morning repeats of their show), was nothing new…and it was among their last.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:20PM
“Tennessee Ernie” Ford starred in “THE FORD SHOW” on NBC between 1956 and ‘61, and was their “spokesman” in most of their ads during that period- especially in this spring 1957 spot for the various Ford station wagons…