Alka Selzer Commercial Bloopers

[DSTNTROADSFJ40]

This is great! I remember this.

[mikeg888]

The best funny commercial of all time! I loved this then and now!

[MeliMiyoko]

My dad showed this commercial on an old TV special. I looked it up just to show him. :D

[09bnunez]

YEA THAT WAS THE REAL COMMERCIAL..REMEMBER THIS ONE TOO! WAS ABOUT 19 TEARS OLD THEN BRINGS BACK MEMORIES [AND TEARS]

[snaseech]

There was no PC in 1971. Everyone laughed their asses off at this commercial including my entire, very Italian family. It still brings tears to my eyes

[heartofmusic27]

LOL The oven door fell off :)

[hplar1]

Great commercial! I remember when it was first aired & my dad would laugh to tears every time it came on!

[ftsjr]

Some time ago, advertisers voted this the best commercial of television's first fifty years. Supposedly, the PC police was angry with it for portraying stereotypical Italian-Americans, and demanded it be dropped. I don't know if that was really the case.

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@ftsjr

It was dropped not because of the stereotype, but because it didn't catch on to viewers very much at the time.

[paulc4567]

@VikutaaChyaaruzu OMG I hate people who think they know everything. Didn't catch on to viewers?? Who are you, the Neilson of spaghetti commercials? This commercial was never dropped. It very successfully ran its course for many years, then, like every other fucking product on the planet, they just made newer commercials.

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@paulc4567

Watch your language. Every time you use profanity, you prove me right.

-- Victor Golf Charles

[paulc4567]

@VikutaaChyaaruzu I am almost willing to bet my right testicle that this Golf guy from whom you quote, knows more about heartburn commercials than you. STEP AWAY FROM THE SOAPBOX.

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@paulc4567

Look at my profile and weep. You'll know that my username is how the Japanese pronounce Victor Charles (my name). Can you read? No, you can't. How do I know that? It was a rhetorical question.

-- Victor Golf Charles

[paulc4567]

@VikutaaChyaaruzu Okay. I am weeping. Dealing with incredibly retarded, racist people makes me sad. Now, go away genius. You're rhetorical questions are giving me hives.

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@paulc4567

VICTOR GOLF CHARLES WINS YET AGAIN!

You'll be surprised to know that calling me "racist" is a violation of 47USC and will lead you to jail and/or a fine.

-- Victor Golf Charles

P.S. You were warned, sweetie.

[paulc4567]

@VikutaaChyaaruzu What will "Go fuck yourself" get me?

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@paulc4567

Ditto. Take a good look at your channel status, and next time, maybe you'll think twice before you flip me off.

~reports paulc4567~

You know, I thought that would make me feel better, but... I'm still pissed off. I don't think that punishment was adequate.

~reports paulc4567 again~

And another thing: I don't like your name.

~changes paulc4567's name to "Ujnmu"~

Oooookay, now that we've dispensed with the PLEASANTRIES, let's get back to the video.

-- Victor Golf Charles

[paulc4567]

@VikutaaChyaaruzu Wow. a racist AND a crazy fuckhead. Your boyfriend must love you. Go videotape yourself playing video games, and leave the real work to us. PS. Nothing wrong with my channel... it still shows thousands more views than yours.

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@paulc4567

Okay, here we go, just keep calling Victor "gay" (when, contrary to popular belief, he has a GIRLfriend, so he's straight) and flip Victor off and see what the guy says next. Fine. I'd like you to pay close attention to your channel.

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@paulc4567

See what I did? ...That's right. I didn't do anything. BECAUSE HARASSING ME ISN'T ORIGINAL ANYMORE! Now, then, since this is the last time I'm gonna be indulging in this behavior, next time you pop about, let's see if you can actually post a comment. Alright, let's get back to the video.

[paulc4567]

@VikutaaChyaaruzu I can see how harassing you isn't original. I must be the 150th guy today who is greatly annoyed by your existence. Tell me, does your "girlfriend" (let's just call her Phil) hold the camcorder while you play the video game, or do you two swap off every 15 or so minutes? Just curious... I'm trying to improve my channel by exhibiting my utmost creativity, and I think post me playing a fucking video game is just what I need.

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@paulc4567

You know, paulc4567, it's pathetic. First of all, my girlfriend's name is Hitomi. Second of all, I do all the camera work. Finally, you must think you are really tough. But the fact is, I have complete control over your account's outcome right now. And you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna exercise that control. My attitude is why I'm going to Heaven and you are going to Hell. Please go to Hell more quietly. Thanks.

~reports paulc4567 to FBI's Internet Crime Complaint division~

[paulc4567]

@VikutaaChyaaruzu LOL what a creepy asshole you are. Now go away, Kojak.

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@paulc4567

Oh yeah. That's it. Post ALL the COMMENTS you want. That's not doin' nothin'. This game's over. See you in Hell.

~reports paulc4567 to FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Division~

[paulc4567]

@ftsjr This commercial was never dropped. It very successfully ran its course for many years, then, like every other fucking product on the planet, they just made newer commercials. Please stop trying to convince everyone you know everything about Alka Seltzer commercials; you sound like a douche.

[ftsjr]

@paulc4567 You're the one who seems to think he knows everything about Alka Seltzer commercials. You sound like a douche.

[Japancommercials4U2]

MEECY MICEY BALLSY

[brucevodka]

This was one of the best commercials ever made, we would repeat this in school for months after! So funny.

[elc1960]

After all these years, my favorite part of this ad is when Jack Somack says "balls". I was about 10 when this aired and it cracked me up the first time I heard it. Sorry, I guess there's still a lot of that 10 year old kid left in me. (My girlfriend would agree to that.)

[joiadbvjaw9384]

WTF, get a clue. These aren't outtakes. The POINT of the commercial is that the actor kept blowing his lines so he had to keep eating the spicy meatballs. By the 59th take he was sick to his stomach and needed Alka Seltzer!

[upsilon054]

This commercial aired c. fall of 1971. ☺

[JoeMoron2000]

"Okay, let's break for lunch." I lol'd. Hard.

[sirhonestharry]

Good stuff

[CaptainComedia]

THESE ARE NOT OUTTAKES.

This WAS the commercial!

The actor was Jack Somack. Funny!!!

[tom67264]

I agree! this is the way it was aired, I loved this one...

[curtmanners01]

gilsquared is right ... but maybe that was a typo? "Outtakes FORM the commercial" ... or is that just something I'd write? ... anyway, a co-worker who's about the same vintage (shudder!) as I referred to that spot the other day and I realized how much she'd just dated both of us! Great to find it again! Thanks, Jack, wherever you are!

[gilsquared]

Change the description. The outakes WERE the commercial. These weren't outtakes FROM the commercial.

[acidglow]

lol

[Myachillesheart]

Ah, finally, I found the video...I love this commercial. Okay, I can die happy now.

••♥•• MyAchillesHeart ••♥••

[Werehog7723]

dose anyone know were to see bob hope doing this on one of his shows

[jshydlo]

Funny how I found this - I was watching an old episode of Family Ties, season 1: Death of a Grocer (who doesn't actually die, hm) starring Jack Comack. I thought, "Gee this guy looks familiar..." So I Googled his name - he was in The Frisco Kid, one of my favorite 70's flicks, as the Bender dad!  Then, I went to youtube and found this old commercial - priceless! See where searching a name can get ya? See IMBD about him - you'd be surprised how many shows he was on!

[ThePineapplePalace]

This was my dad's uncle Jack. So glad to see people are still enjoying his commercial after all these years!! :)

[homebody15]

Just great!! I remember this!! Thank you for posting! Is there a video or CD of this type of ad available? Outtakes are great!

[goatflieg]

I remember seeing this as a kid, and loving it. Later versions were 30 seconds, which ruined it. I'm so glad the full version is here. Even with the video latency, it's still the best commercial EVER!

[jimmyfinlayson]

To show you the power of this commercial---to this day, 40 some years after it aired-I still will refer to a spicy meatball has-speecy spicey meatballa!

[Mycroftsbrother]

I'm offended by people who get offended too easily. This was, and is, a funny commercial about making a commercial advertisement... nothing more and nothing less. Carlos Mencia would have a field day with anyone who claimed defamation from this. Funny ad!

I'll bet Ronny Graham had something to do with the writing. Funniest man that no one seems to know. I remember that he had Johnny Carson rolling on the floor on a couple of "Tonight Show" appearances.

[wannagoback052]

Ha ha  I always liked this commercial.

[luckytaiko5]

heeeeeeeeeeeeh.lol.lol.lol.tha­nk you for posting it

[galan98]

Spicy meatballs, Jack!

I'm dying here.  Funniest commercial ever made, and I had NO trouble remembering which product it was for, then or now.

Meecy, micey, ballsy...CUT!

Maybe the best commercial of all time.

[tigercubgurlie]

so THATS what he said. rofl, it had me in stitches!

[ftsjr]

In 1980, this was voted the best commercial of television's first thirty years. The vote was conducted among advertising agencies across the country. In my opinion, it is a well deserved accolade.

[ramitupursnout]

Classic!

[ralphended]

"Meesi, mici, mose" LOL! Funny stuff!

[tigercubgurlie]

i saw this commercial on TVLand when i was 12, and that there line had me in STITCHES!! i was laughing so hard! my eyes would fill with tears as i attempted to tell mom or whoever about that line (and voice getting higher)

[castillianwagon500]

I remember this commercial but not the year it was broadcast.

[ZootInNH]

This ad was broadcast in late 60s early 70s, I was in junior high school at the time. Alka-Seltzer had some of the best TV commercials at the time (this one, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing", "No matter what shape your stomach's in").

[alkh3myst]

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAH-H­AAH-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I'm 11 again!

[michael063073]

It should be noted again for the video poster wahwahwahwahwahwah that this is not a video OF outtakes, it's a commercial in which the joke is ABOUT outtakes.

[xzz0195]

I was 13 in 1969, my buddies and I would talk about this commercial at school. Of course the funniest part to me is when the real spicy meatball takes effect. Great commercial and for years the phrase "That's a spicy meatball" has been used in reference to this commercial.

[mflehman]

I never noticed that it was Ronny Graham who was the slate clapper. He was in a number of commercials; and was a consultant on M*A*S*H.

[HunterMann]

In my early years of TV commercial production I had the great fortune to work with Ronny once. It was a gas commercial and he played Mr. Dirt. He was one of those superb actors, no matter what the role.

[michael063073]

I remember this well and thought it was hilarious. A classic indeed. Unfortunately some Italian-American groups took offense at the ad, saying it mocked and stereotyped them, and brought pressure upon Alka-Seltzer to remove it. The company did a short time thereafter, and it was never aired again. I've always been liberal and a staunch opponent of ethnic defamation, but I was always puzzled at this particular reaction. My Italian-heritage friends were just as puzzled. Any thoughts on this?

[gamewizard]

The reason it was taken off the air was because although everyone remembered the ad, they couldn't remember what product it was for. Alka Seltzer fired the ad agency once they found that out.

[michael063073]

Sorry, gamewizard, that's just not the case. I call your attention to "The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics" by Bruce J. Schulman (Simon and Schuster, 2001), pg. 81, in which he stated, in a discussion of the Italian American Civil Rights League and how they had pressured the TV series "The FBI" to

[michael063073]

[mistakenly hit "post" button too soon: comment continues} ... delete references to the mafia, "At the league's request, Alka Seltzer discontinued a popular television commercial that featured what the league considered a slogan demeaning to Italians: 'Mamma mia, thatsa some spicy meatball'." When this action appeared in national newspapers when I was in college, our sociology professor brought the news up for discussion. It was lively. A few students defended the league, but most didn't.

[HunterMann]

I will boycott Alka Seltzer unless they put this TV spot back on for people to see and get a laugh. It's not enthnically bad, it's just comedy...grow up Alka Seltzer!

[rgasp11]

Classic!  I was cracking up!

[bikerboy909]

love this! any idea when it was aired?

[iswc27]

I have a copy of TV Guide's special issue "The 50 Greatest TV Commercials of All Time" dated July 3-9, 1999. This was ranked at #2 and the year is given as 1969.

[jimjimmyjames59]

Great commercial! I remember it well, but it isn't outtakes from a commercial - it IS the commercial.

[michael063073]

You're quite correct, jimjimmyjames59, the whole commercial is ABOUT outtakes, not outtakes themselves. A funny, funny commercial. I love the last part when the director announces a break for, of all things, LUNCH! (The poor guy eating the meatballs probably skipped it, right?)