The below commercials were on air constantly and part of the general television landscape. The reader could walk up to anyone our age, sing one of these jingles or slogans, and spark a Pavlovian response.
Here's New York trying to ramp up the tourist trade. That theme is imprinted in the mind of anyone who lived through that era. Iiiiiiiii Lovvvvvve New York....
Trying to get the suburbanite to visit:
Another theme you can't forget:
These guys were hocking furniture all decade:
Westchester tried to get its hick on:
Here's where we got the Yonkers guy from the Yonkers post:
That's Jerry Carroll for Crazy Eddie Antar, the New York area electronics kingpin. You'd see him at least two or three times a day.
Aaaand here's the competition. Yeah, that's Joe Namath. You just can't get more fabulous...or classy:
Imus and Stern vamping for 66 W-ennnn!-B-C!
With Atlantic City only an hour and a half away, you knew this was coming. This was on air for years:
One was bombarded by Yankee legend Phil Rizzuto selling cheap loans:
Think the New York Metro area had the swankiest, best produced commercials? Think again.
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