Joan Crawford Commercial 1969

[cheeriosinabowl]

I can't picture Joan Crawford drinking soda pop.

She would have preferred something stronger, a lot stronger with a "higher octane".

[buzzwaffle]

Feet and beverage ... great connection.

[scotnick59]

Joan has ugly feet1

[cheekyoziechick]

My god!

[toddstewart1962]

' Don't fuck with me fellas" !

[markedwardindc]

Clearly, this was made after Joan Crawford was "let go" (shall we say?), from Pepsi.

[CapricornDavo]

@markedwardindc Mountain Dew is a Pepsi product.

[markedwardindc]

@CapricornDavo You're right of course -- actually, I used to know that -- back when I was young -- LOL!

[arpionatore]

What relation into the taste and to be barefoot?

[MattTheSaiyan]

A corny commercial, but a very good kind of corny.

[gwenshin]

The sight of all these gross, old feet made me want to heave.

[arpionatore]

@gwenshin It means :"to turn up"?

[phlashba]

That's just gross.

[Sheri451]

Was that the man that played Ike Godsey on The Waltons at 0:15 laughing because the little boy was shining his bare feet? Somewhere in my mind. I can remember that commercial a bit. I was only six in 1969

[MrsEuniceMurray]

finally a hari do befitting a great star

[mariahfan999]

NO. DIET. COKE. EEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV­VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR­RRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

[mariahfan999]

uji

[GINGERALER]

It's great if you like the taste of cold, carbonated PISS!

[ataylorprod]

all i needed was evidence to prove that Mountain Dew is evil...

[NoIDidunt10]

Christina Crawford was disinherited becuz Joan KNEW about her book,Mommy Dearest.She was a spoiled ungrateful brat so she trashed her mother.A few things in her book were true,but Christina's own sister says she lied about being abused

[brianinlaca]

@NoIDidunt10 Wish I could click "thumbs up" ten times more. Joan came from nothing but became the first woman to head a Fortune 500 company. In an era when actresses were washed up at 30 she sustained a fifty year career. With no formal training she became an Oscar winner and a three-time nominee. Her achievements were ASTONISHING yet people act as if that horrible five-character movie was an accurate representation of Joan's epic life. Worse, they think Faye Dunaway was good.

[LauraBeachnut]

UNSEEN FOOTAGE:

Joan takes the bottle and wacks her assistant with it !

[thunderpeel2001]

Why the hell is there a GUY in the suit of armour at the museum?

[hotelmario510]

The part with the astronaut--what they don't show you is him in agony as his feet swell to well beyond their recommended size.

[funboy7979]

54 mgs. of caffeine and water, plus a little sugar, flavoring, and chemical preservative.  Pushed on children. WTF?

[JSG1951]

Cool!! Joan looks happy doing this commercial.RIP!!

[KURISUCHRIS99]

ew i hate feet

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@KURISUCHRIS99

Word!!! FEET SUCK. No one should have feet!!!

[KURISUCHRIS99]

@cuttock

yeah lol i dont like looking at peoples feet, yet touching them!

eww

[Jamesisaairplane]

Haha! Foot fetishists must of had a field day with this!

[paulj0557]

I remember this from over 40 years ago. I'm 44 and there is actually something in my brain that stored this information for that long? Life is a trip!

[86am]

Joan likes her Mtn. Dew with a splash of something extra

[chicago92100]

@86am yeah with a splash of beating the hell out of her kids its amazeing that she gave money from estate to her youngest children but to her oldest for reasons only they know

[tizianoscott]

I love some of Joan Crawford's movies, always have. I love Mommie Dearest, mostly for the camp. If in fact she was anything like the character in the movie, I also have an incredible amount of compassion for someone with so much mental illness, o/c d to begin with..

[shanecincy]

@tizianoscott um... Mommie Dearesr is NOT a Joan Crawford movie... it's a Faye Dunaway film

[hydrolito]

@shanecincy Mommie Dearest was done by Faye Dunaway but was about Joan Crawford, so in the sense the topic was joan crawford it was. Just as ironman movie stars Robert Downey jr. so should you say it's not an ironman movie?

[shanecincy]

@hydrolito When somebody says the phrase "I love some of Joan Crawford's movies, always have. I love Mommie Dearest, mostly for the camp." Clearly they think that was "one of Joan Crawford's movies". It Wasn't. It was one of Faye Dunaway's movies, ABOUT Joan Crawford. Joan had been dead for a couple years by the time that film came out.

[sugarshula64]

@shanecincy I'll drink to that.

[RICHARDDAVISMCLEOD]

Well, Joan Crawford was President of the Company, so being in the advertisement was something I have never seen these current CEO's do with their products today! Joan Crawford stood behind what she sold!

[hydrolito]

@RICHARDDAVISMCLEOD Dave Thomas the founder of Wendy's was in Wendy's commercials, also think Peter Piper pizza founder use to be in their commercials and Papa Jones Pizza I think has the founder in it also. Kentucky ried Chicken founder was originally in their ads but he was never actually a Colonel and his name wasn't originally Harland Sanders and he didn't come from Kentucky. Also I think Godfather Pizza wasn't run by italians but was owned by a blackman or African American for PC crowd.

[TheCrawfordFan]

@RICHARDDAVISMCLEOD Actually, she was an appointed member of the board, not the chairman. Still, you make a good point - she did other Pepsi commercials also, but they haven't surfaced - yet.

[MrThomashope]

Tons of respect for Miss Crawford, but so sad to see her "pitching" a product (although she owned the company)!

[settle4more]

Joan owned the soft drink company once her husband died.

[abruno9376]

@settle4more joan didnt own pepsi cola! nor did her husband....they were simply on the board of directors....

[TheCrawfordFan]

@settle4more She didn't 'own" the company.

[settle4more]

She owned more stock then anyone else when Al Steel died. They tired over throwing her but she told them where to go and if they did she would go public with what they were trying to do. She was still a HUGE star beloved by millions. That was back in the day when a "STAR" meant something. Not like today when some like Lindsay Lohan is considered a "STAR". Joan fought studio head in a time when women didn't do that sort of thing. She deserves respect.

[TheCrawfordFan]

@settle4more It sounds like you're getting your Crawford info from the "Mommie Dearest" film, which wasn't correct on many things.

Joan was appointed as a member of the board of directors. She didn't own the company, nor was she the chairman of the board or the president of the company, which is also a misconception about her.

Alfred Steele left all debts, including a loan Joan had given him.

Joan was mostly a public relations figure for the company until they ditched her suddenly in 1973.

[missDiamondgirl55]

@settle4more yeah joan fought her daughter i know shes dead and i have respect but what she did to her children is the worst thing in the world and im pretty sure lindsay drinks not child abuse

[Shteve67]

Tinaaaa!!! Bring me the Mountain Dew!

[MeowMonkey]

@Shteve67 NO RETURN BOTTLES! >;p

[Messylin]

@Shteve67 - "I brought you a freshener, Mommie Dearest." :-)

[petulia68]

What kind of company wants to associate a beverage with smelly, bunioned feet?

[phlashba]

That's exactly what I was thinking ------ gross!

[Mambo64]

I can't believe what I'm seeing.

[anna1960schild]

joan was a real talent!

but she had ugly feet, for a girl that is!!lol

[pgwarevt]

Wasn't that the Cheeto guy on the billboard?

[RayNDeere]

Yep. Avery Schriebner

[MrAccordionPimp]

@pgwarevt AVERY SCHRIBER was his name and He was DORITOS Pitchman for many years.

[ElderPinkerton]

Mt. Dew used to have a hill Billy sitting on the label. The barefoot feeling was about being in the country and relaxing without your shoes. That was way back in the day!

[MrTabby5000]

glass bottles,remember them.

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Lol I don't get what the "barefoot feeling" is supposed to be.

[jackiebeat]

I think the billboard guy is Avery Shreiber (spelling?)

[scorpietta]

Who is the billboard worker? Is he the same actor who did Frit-O-Lay ads and Super Mario Bros. films?

[ryohnthegymfan]

Pepsi tasted better back in th 70's and 60's. Not loaded with High Fructose Corn Syrup Poison.

[SuchAPrettyMess]

Hey, didn't Pepsi recently (within the last couple of years) come out with Pepsi with real sugar for a limited time... I swear I read that somewhere, where they advertised it. If so, did you try some, and if you did, did it taste like the old Pepsi you speak of my dear??

[Puppypantry]

@SuchAPrettyMess Pepsi ThrowBack and yes it tastes like the old Pepsi made with real sugar..

[Pixiesnix]

@SuchAPrettyMess It's called Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback. And yes, it does.

[apple0zebra]

@SuchAPrettyMess they did! its called pepsi retro

[Prizm2356]

@SuchAPrettyMess yea its pepsi throw back its still around

[BDNproductions]

@SuchAPrettyMess Pepsi Throwback, it's called. It's a bit rare but has sold well enough to be in stores for a bout the last year and a half (despite the cans that still say "limited time only"). There was also an excellent product called Pepsi RAW that used all organic ingredients, with actual cane sugar and kola nut extract and all that good stuff, but that ended up being truly shit-canned.

[83survivor]

If Joan Crawford was alive, I wondered what she would have thought of the Pepsi Incident that happened with Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire. There was another side of Joan that is very caring and not Joan the movie star. During her MGM years, crew members and technicians would get injure on the set(be it light rafters falling, etc.) and Joan would send a present, a get well card to one of them. She might have been the star then, but she had heart for some people there.

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Aw, that's so cute :) I didn't know she did that!

[mnmcv1]

also, she was not the CEO of the company- she was on the Board of Directors. In fact, in 1965 Pepsi merged with Frito-Lay and became PepsiCo, and although she remained on the subsidiary Board, she really didn't have much in the way of power. Yet Pepsi would still receive mail from people addressed to "Joan Crawford, President of Pepsi Cola".

I think Joan would get a kick out of the fact that, even today, people think she ran the company... :)

[mnmcv1]

I'm shocked so many people who posted thought Joan worked for Coca Cola. She worked her butt off for Pepsi- there's even Pepsi product placements in her films "Strait-Jacket" and "Berserk".

[jasonlesliestevens]

Gotta bet that bottle of Mountain Dew was half Vodka!!!!

[hoi2000d]

cud u add some mor comersals

[squeakyducky]

EW! Joan had FUGLY FEET!

[thealexadiaz]

thank you for posting that classic jewel, SuchAPrettyMess! xo

[thealexadiaz]

So much hatred of JC! You'd think she slapped you bitches and stole your husbands! I guess jealousy doesn't die when people do.

[SuchAPrettyMess]

I'm the one who posted the JC video and many others, and I agree with every single word you wrote, people act as if they knew her personally or something! Shame, shame, shame for judging her without KNOWING her!!!!

[michellestmarie]

FIrst of all, they looked ok to me; I noticed no claws. Secondly, I thought it was pretty cute and funny (I know she did it because she was CEO of Pepsi at that time or whatever, but still--she was very comedic in it). Third, Joan Crawford was meticulous in her grooming habits and everyone knows that--they're just being mean because they believe she was Mommy Dearest, and I have never been convinced that book was 100% true.

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@SuchAPrettyMess

Hear hear!

People also criticize John Wayne, James Stewart, Freddy Mercury, Bette Davis, etc as if they knew them personally. Come on people!!

[CrimsonTide093]

@thealexadiaz FUCK JOAN CRAWFISH THAT MEAN BITCH IM GLAD SHE IS DEAD!!!!

[trujonholly]

Did you check out Crawfords feet? Like those long ass claw-like toenails. Guess she didn't use a foot modal. YUUCKK!!!

[AustrianFilmGeek]

Well now I want a Mountain Dew.

[MillaHead]

Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Haha

[mkbell2003]

Crawford married Pepsi! Her heyday was long behind her. So, being the survival HO that she was, Alfred Steele became her meal ticket to continue to live high on the hog!

[RaleighChickenMan]

I also recognized Avery Schieber (the sign man) and Ike Godsey (getting his foot "shined") from the Waltons in the commercial.

[ijustlovetea]

Mountian Dew is obviously the worst drink you can put in you.

[mkbell2003]

It tasted nasty.

Old lush Crawford probably laced her bottle of "DEW" with vodka

[mayitpleasethecourt]

id love to fuck grama

[83survivor]

Nice feet, Joan. She was in her 60s and still had such nice feet for a woman her age, though.

[wattever333]

I didn't know that feet could age. I've seen the feet of my grand-parents etc. (70-80 yo) around the swimming pool, and they don't look different from the feet of any adult over 40.

[KingJeffrey1st]

they're lucky because most people in their 70s and 80s have really bad feet. My grandma has to go to the doctor to get her toenails cut because they are so thick, and she takes blood thinner so it's dangerous. Go to the nursing home and look at some of their feet if you can, you'll be shocked. I plan on taking care of my feet forever.

[mkbell2003]

Lady Crawford a/k/a Lucille Luseur a/k/a "Hollywood Royalty" had routine pedicures!

The vain freckled faced former prostitute and stag flick chick married Pepsi VP when her movie money was drying up!

[ganesh64]

a little overkill with the hair pieces, n'est pas?

[manystar]

don´t fck with me fellaaaaasss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[83survivor]

Did the chairmen of Pepsi-Cola booted her out after this? I could have sworn she no longer the head anymore in 1972.

[jalowe1957]

Joan Crawford: Our Lady of Pepsi-Cola, and a mother of a mother.

[sydders03]

i love joan, she was such a drag queen

[kirz778]

One serving of Mountain Dew has 10 tablespoons of sugar in it.

[ijustlovetea]

I know. it's arguably the worst soft drink out .

[mnmcv1]

seriously? I'd drink Mountain Dew any day over Dr. Pepper. That stuff is disgusting...

[Sandguy99]

Mountain Dew must be owned by Pepsi.

[JoanCrawford1933]

LOL!!!! Best commercial ever. I love Joan and moutain dew!

[s1conrad]

Is that Ruby Romaine doing Joan's highlights?

[2008ljr]

Mountain Due is made by Pepsi and we all know what she told the board at Pepsi after her husband died.

[TheBohemianOwls]

Dude she was head of Coca Cola, Not Pepsi. That's what makes this strange. I think she fell to reckless behavior around this time. She made the B Film "Trog" around the same time.

[2008ljr]

Wrong Dude, It was Pepsi. Watch the movie Mommie Dearest. She was married to Al Steel Chairman of Pepsi.

[WafffleHouse]

only an imbecile wouldn't know it was Pepsi-Cola

[bcraig5]

DON'T FUCK WITH ME FELLAS!

[trinaclaren]

Don't fuck the mountain dew with me fellas(LOL)

[wwjend]

That's my favorite line from Mommy Dearest.

[filthyralph]

What actually is ....mountain dew?

[wwjend]

It is a popular carbonated citrus, sugary sweet drink in the USA. One of my favorites but horrible for your teeth.

[5235942]

that was so funny. gotta love the 60's. having bear feet did not make me want to drink mountain dew.

[CarriesNo1fan]

well that's because you have it backwards, drinking Mt. Dew gives you the barefoot feeling... supposedly. I myself have never experienced this so I can't varify this claim. lol

[hitman2070]

wow. i didn't know mountain dew went that far back.

[heyloretta]

I love Mountain Dew and I love this commercial!

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Love her!

Thanks!!

George Vreeland Hill

[myrnaloysboy]

She did wonders for that company.

[Thebraids]

It's crazy even in the 60's actors made commercials to supplement their income."Get the barefoot feeling!"........Original catchphrase.

[djbethell]

She doesn't drink it, she blows it like she's playing the flute.

[54spiritedwill54]

Is this the commercial directed by one of the few woman directors of the Golden Era, Dorothy Arzner? I've read that Miss Crawford threw a little Pepsi work her way.

[Sealy2u]

"DON'T FUCK WITH ME FELLAS"

[xxvtpatrick]

i want to store mountain dew code red in my basement. stockpile it, cuz one day...they may let it go!

[SuchAPrettyMess]

Heck yeah, and ice cold too! =D

[tennyc]

LOVE JOAN !

LOvE Mountain Dew in a glass bottle

The ONLY way to drink soda

[ohreally2667]

It's nice to see Crawford smiling. By the way, I love Mountain Dew . . .

[juanbosco31]

Dedico esto al genial Pablo Ferro

[carterboy66]

Oh Miss Crawford you were the Queen of Pepsi

[dsneybuf]

Is the billboard worker wearing shoes that disappear?

[ROBBYROB87]

OMG! Yeah, Joan Crawford needed a Mt. Dew as a little pick me up!

[beaugarsNYC]

Foot lovers must be panting after watching this commercial!

[Gummfan]

this is a commercial of WHAT ????

Coca-cola kinda thing ?

But she wasn't one of the managers of Pepsi after her husband death ??

[younggeorgy]

MISS CRAWFORD, WE LOVE YOU! Can anyone put more Joan up?

[BerlinLynn]

Joan's feet look awesome for a woman in her 60's! I enjoy watching this one.

[swdanielson]

Since Mountain Dew is a Pepsi product, this is probably just another day at the office for her.

[blondieheart]

was joan doing this commercial as a slap to coca-colas face?!?!?!?

[swdanielson]

one year later.......Trog. Well, at least she was still working. I would've loved to have seen more of her in the final years.

[SWSimpson]

loved the look on Joan's face after wiggling her toes. Love you Joan!

[fernie1981]

it'll knock your heart out too.

[kneecoal777]

Thanks so much for posting this!

[26mae1987]

mmmmmmmmmmmm feet! nothing better than a icey glass of mountain drew or if im talking joan neat vodka!

[swdanielson]

lmao

[soulshaker205]

Mountain Dew...and a bunch of FEET!!! That's appealing..

[SuchAPrettyMess]

LOL soulshaker205, too funny and too true! =D

[younggeorgy]

Does everyone know the J.C, volume 2 dvd box set comes out on TUESDAY the 12th? Plus, Daisey Kenyon comes out in March.

[tyjeffries]

Joan Crawford has pretty feet! I love Joan.

[rettrovision]

At 00:15, that is actor Joe Connelly - best known as the character, Ike Godsey from "The Waltons."

[FrankiesMom]

Is this the commercial directed by one of the few woman directors of the Golden Era, Dorothy Arzner? I've read that Miss Crawford threw a little Pepsi work her way.

[TudorRose85]

I love Joan hate Mountain dew!

[shetasteslikehoney]

Classic! Joan and her last husband put Pepsi on the map. It's funny to see that people still think she was the CEO of Pepsi at one time. She'd get a real kick out of that, I'll bet :)

[sprintbass]

well in 35 years i think i have come to the conclusion of the foot fetish and who is to blame..i blame mountain dew and joan crawford! lol..silly commerical true but it was 1969, past her prime or not..she even 30 years after her death is 10 times the movie star say angelina jolie is..the "star" no longer exsist

[farmerbrown2a]

You said it!!

[SharonJ91]

Get your facts right, Cardinale.

She was on the board of Pepsi (her last husband, Al Steele, was the CEO). It's not like she went to Pepsi, and begged them to be in a commercial for money.

She did tons of work for Pepsi, often traveling around the world to promote it.

[NeeAngelaBoyd]

Awesome!

[det442]

Very cool- thanks for posting this. Don't be so hard on Joan. Work for older actress is always tough and a buck, is a buck!

[jesscawessca]

this is probably one of the cheesiest commercials ever made lol

[jonnj1975]

I thought today's commercials were ridiculous (and they are) but this one really takes the cake lol.

[BerlinLynn]

I'm surprised that J.C. endorsed any other soda than Pepsi.

[rob068]

Mountain Dew is a Pepsi product.

[BerlinLynn]

That explains it and I should have known that, lol. Thanks, rob068. And R.I.P., Joan.

[smokerboy3820]

Joan Crawford was the CEO of PepsiCo, therefore using herself in advertising for her product seemed only inevitable

[Patrick3183]

People's feet do not make me want to drink soda, but I can't say no to Joan...

[MulliganBloom]

That guy on the billboard is the same guy who used to do the Doritos commercials, every time he crunched a Dorito something would go wrong, kind of like his acting career.

[SharonJ91]

Joan had nice feet.

[biggerdouchebagjones]

mountain dew sucks ass, but i love joan in the commercial.

[btm85bubs]

Joan Crawford had a long history with Pepsi (and its affiliated products, such as Mountain Dew). She married Alfred Steele, the head of PepsiCo, in 1955. After his death in 1959, she served as a PepsiCo board member until 1973. In addition to traveling around the world to promote Pepsi plant openings, she did product endorsements (such as this commercial).