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There are commercials that everyone remembers, and then there are the ones that somehow got permanently lodged in your brain even though nobody else seems to have any idea what you are talking about. Maybe it aired constantly during your favorite show, had a ridiculous jingle, featured a strange mascot, or was simply so oddly specific that it never quite left your memory. The funny thing about old commercials is how personal those memories can become. A single thirty second spot can transport you straight back to a particular living room, television set, or afternoon that nobody else remembers. These ten might just unlock one of yours.
“Bob, They Had the Baby” — GEICO
The commercial featured a woman receiving a collect call and refusing the charges, with the caller spelling out the message in the strangest possible way because long distance calls were once a whole production.
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“I Learned It by Watching You” — Partnership for a Drug Free America
The famous 1980s anti drug commercial showed a father confronting his son about drug use, only for the son to fire back with the unforgettable line about learning it from watching his dad.
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“My Bologna Has a First Name” — Oscar Mayer
The Oscar Mayer jingle turned a simple lunch meat commercial into something generations of viewers could recite from memory, even if younger people have absolutely no idea why someone might start spelling O S C A R.
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“Where’s the Beef?” — Wendy’s
An elderly woman repeatedly asking where the beef was became one of the defining commercial catchphrases of the 1980s, with the line eventually becoming part of everyday language for a while.
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“Clap On, Clap Off” — The Clapper
The Clapper commercial demonstrated a revolutionary sounding invention that allowed people to turn lights on and off by clapping, with the ridiculously catchy “Clap On, Clap Off” becoming impossible to forget.
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“How Many Licks?” — Tootsie Pop
The Tootsie Pop owl attempts to discover how many licks it takes to reach the center of the candy, eventually giving up and biting into it after reaching the famous number three.
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“Wassup?” — Budweiser
The Budweiser friends repeatedly yell “Wassup?” at one another over the phone while drinking beer and watching television, creating one of the most quoted commercials of the early 2000s.
“Dooby Dooby Do” — Bud Ice
The strange Bud Ice Penguin appeared in a series of commercials delivering cold Bud Ice with its bizarre little “Dooby Dooby Do” catchphrase, a campaign that somehow became a genuine pop culture memory.
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“Pardon Me, Do You Have Any Grey Poupon?” — Grey Poupon
A Rolls Royce pulls alongside another luxury car and its passenger politely asks for Grey Poupon, turning mustard into an absurd symbol of old fashioned sophistication that people still quote decades later.
“Crossfire!” — Crossfire
The commercial for the board game Crossfire featured kids enthusiastically shouting the name of the game while firing metal balls across the playing surface, with the aggressively catchy jingle becoming permanently lodged in the memories of an entire generation.
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