Bert Lahr for Lay's Potato Chips

[BudStrong]

not sure if on the weird side of youtube

[davidls11]

I never realized that was Bert Lahr.

[madmanslullaby1]

the devil looks like the wizard from the wizard of oz

[carsonky]

@madmanslullaby1 Close. He was the Cowardly Lion.

[onenonlyprincess2]

Shouldn't you be on a yellow brick road somewhere?

[mazzyjulio]

I remember watching this commercial back in 1965 but this is the very FIRST time I've seen it in COLOR because I didn't have a color TV set until 1977! P.S. My favorite potato chips were " Wise" potato chips. Don't see them in the Wash.D.C. area anymore. Also, I have to go down "South" to buy Karo Waffle Syrup (Green Label) . The Dark Karo and the Light Karo is available in my "neck of the woods". Happy 4th of July to all!

[BaronVonSchtupp88]

Anyone remember the Lays commercial with the Germans in a submarine, the captain telling everyone to be quiet as there are enemy ships above and one crew member eats a potato chip, the crunching sound being picked up by sonar and the sub getting blown up by depth charge and the commercial ends with the crew in a life-raft singing a stirring Germanic version of the "Lays Potato Chips, no one can eat just one" song? Try finding that!

[hippojuice23]

Old-school commentators/announcers always sound as if they smoke 12 packs a day! Lol!

[hippojuice23]

Back in the day, it always sounded as if commentators/announcers smoked 12 packs a day! Lol!

[SoaringTrumpet]

What? Satan wants some chips? And he can't resist the temptation to eat more than one? And he sold his soul to Lays?

[Wezzipooh]

I always knew satan was behind potato chips

[Bladepaw18]

Delaycious! AHAHAHAAHAHA! "Bet you can't have just one" was the first thing that came out of my mouth before the first chip from the bag went in my mouth. lol

[tippyray]

I LOVED this ad when I was a kid! Thanks for posting!

[coolspindrift]

What an amazing actor and comic.

[jln55]

I think Bert died the same year he did this spot. He was the inspiration for cartoon lion Snagglepuss.

[FuzzyJ4]

delaycious xD

[AnnacondaVice]

Who the hell buys a bag of chips to eat just one?

[217rambo]

@AnnacondaVice lol literally rofled!!!!

[BeauIXI]

@217rambo rufl!

[adeswow]

شيطان ياكل بطاط

[blunderbuss999]

MSG is the reason you can't eat just one... and it IS the Devil's salt.

[gekigold]

i'll take the Potatao Chip...... AND EAT IT

[weirdbeard63]

I knew those fuckers at Lay's were secret satanists.

[davetista]

I could eat just one but I'd probably get shipped to the loony bin within an hour. LOL I love the salt and vinegar ones the most. You could munch on 50 bags and they never lose their flavor.

[143AC]

Dear Verbusen, The producer,director and Mr.Neil Simon did get the idea of

The Frumpies TV audition from The Lays Potato chips tv plugs. Though..I doubt that It came from this commercial?

[verbusen]

They must have gotten that bit with Matthau tyring out for the Frumpies commercial (Sunshine Boys) from this, pretty classic!

[WizardOfHumor1989]

I love Sour Cream and Onion. That's my favorite flavor of Lays potato chips.

"DELAAAYYCIOUSS!!"

[CrazyDiamond5321]

"Mmmmmm de-lay-cious"

[teamextremeisawesome]

WTF?

[SteveCarras]

Does anyone rememebr Snagglepuss's voice Daws Butler having to be credited for a Kellog's ad becuase of his impersonaiton of Bert Lah'rs famous "Wizard of Oz" Lion....it's leg-jen-dary even..hevaens!

Steve Carras

-longtime Daws Butler AND Bert Lahr fan!

[glimmer2158]

I've read that Bert Lahr made more money from these commercials than he did from all the movies he made.

[mesmock]

i just did.

[CatpurrRobertaBobbi]

Kinda sad to see the amazing Lion and actor reduced to ads.

[TheSanityInspector]

No need for pity; he was going strong right up to the end.

[FlamingoKicker]

Better to be working than starving.

[TweedleDumm1]

you got that right brother

[WSenator1]

@CatpurrRobertaBobbi - Well, look at it this way: Just like Bert Lahr, Buster Keaton did TV ads in the late part of his career. It kept him working, brought in money, and made people remember him longer. Who could ask for anything more?

[louienye]

Betcha I can.

[britineyo]

i dunno its pretty challenging lol

[UglySean]

Funny as hell.

[jmcraven1]

it's great. keep it on!

[Oppledeldoc]

Do you have any other Lays commercials from the same few years? I'm looking for the one about the U-Boat crew.

[tucsonia]

YES! Your reply is old but I remember it as a kid: crunching sound of potato chip, commander angry and worried that the noise will give away their postion, one last crunch by junior crewman and BOOM!

Next frame, some of them on a rubber raft singing the "No one can eat just one..." song. I so wish some YouTuber could root this one out.

[Oppledeldoc]

Thank you for answering. Someone is bound to have it, because it used to show up on those TV specials devoted to commercials.

[MrUnidyne]

Wonderful. Get the Devil to sell your potato chips. Twenty years later, we have Death Metal.

[hokeypoke7]

i bet i can

[fromthesidelines]

This was first seen in the summer of 1967- Bert also appeared in a longer version of this spot, where he confronts "The Devil" as himself...

[JTPolo101]

I have seen the longer version , it is very funny . When he first confronts "the devil" he asks "Where did you come from?" then realizeling who it is he says "Never mind , don't tell me " *LOL*

[Jayee123]

Happy memories. Love this man.