Vintage Esso Commercial

[nanlisa]

Of course, Esson became Exxon in 1970.

[iBundangbear]

@nanlisa Not in Canada.

[wrappindude]

I remember watching these spots during HNIC when I was a boy in the 60's

[ldhorricks]

@wrappindude me too...when i would talk about them with my friends years later nobody could remember them

[GenericGene]

ESSO in the 1960's had a slogan in Australia

(Put A Tiger In Your Tank) they put tiger foot prints on the driveway leading up to the pumps.

Great advertising -

[bluebear1985]

They had Esso in Australia? I didn't know that. They used to show a tiger in ads, but I'm not sure that they do anymore.

[GenericGene]

If my memory is not a bit rusty they used to give away tiger tails and people used to hang then from the rear bar or aerial, as kids they were a prized possession for our push bikes.

[a1mint]

Esso is for suckers.

[Ms1up1down]

@a1mint This is not about Esso today! At one time they were great and would issue large 6 month calandars with the Origional Six Teams. Things have chaned I know.

[TimelordR]

WTF does Esso mean, anyway?

[6skeevis6]

From what I read, the name goes back to the early 1900's; "Esso" is either an acronym for "Eastern States Standard Oil" (ESSO) or "Standard Oil" (S-O), both companies that eventually, after almost 100 years, became ExxonMobil (and here in Canada, another division, Imperial Oil). Hope this helps.

[TimelordR]

Much obliged, dude!

[johnh23]

They are Global. Apparently you could fill her up at Esso Stations thru out Deutcheland during WW2.

[6skeevis6]

johnh23, I agree that Esso is definitely global now; I was mainly referring to its origins as a group of petroleum producers from the U.S. east coast at the beginning of the 20th century. It seems odd, however, that a U.S.-owned oil company would be operating in Germany during the war; the stations may have been nationalized or run with German-sourced fuel. I might be completely wrong about that--I'm trying to do some more research, but there's not much info for that period in Esso's history.

[Juliaflo]

I am familiar with seeing Imperial Oil in Canada.

Pop quiz--Who are the founders of Standard Oil?

[6skeevis6]

I'll be totally honest, I had to research it again to find the names John and William Rockefeller. I don't know why I couldn't remember that from before, especially when they were among the wealthiest men in history.

My memory's good, it's just really short sometimes.

Cheers.

[Jigaboo123456]

@Juliaflo Paul Getty Senior

[Juliaflo]

@Jigaboo123456 Negative--The Rockefellers.

[Ms1up1down]

@6skeevis6 That sound exactly right if I remember correctly!

[MrUnidyne]

The company, now ExxonMobil, was originally "Standard Oil of New Jersey", so two names used were the phonetic acronym of the company; 'Esso" (SO) and "Enjay" (NJ). They also used the name "Enco".

[Juliaflo]

Enco was used for the Standard Oil franchise in states like Indiana and Missouri. I used to travel through these states on my way to Texas.

[Drivermatic]

@MrUnidyne Not quite Esso was Standard Oil of NJ, Mobil was Standard Oil of New York (SOCONY). Both were former Standard Oil companies. ENCO part of ESSO could not use the ESSO name due another former rights held by Standard Oil of Indiana (Amoco/Standard) also a former Standard Oil company. Don't forget Standard Oil of California (Chevron)

[2005dave]

This one could use the creepy face!

[brithgob]

I think the Canadian Tire spots are on tape with a fake crowd shot, though. I could be wrong.

[Chubstanley]

you are right < I noticed that crowds in CTC commercials looked out of place .

[moosey1994]

nice little slice of history

[Phinesse]

they still do that here in canada, during hockey night in canada they put canadian tire slides over shots of the audience its awsome