Highland Appliance Superstore Washington's B-day commercial

[Freefalldreams]

Isn't that microwave cute?

Somehow, it feels like the world for these commercials deserved a better future than now.

[derrickccoetzee]

@Deminski2: No, they aren't. Works published after 1978 in the US are copyrighted by their author as soon as they are placed in a fixed form, and those rights are retained until 70 years after the death of the author. Hence, as absurd as it may seem, this work will remain in copyright for at least another 50 years, and probably far longer.

[vonbontee]

For years now I've been googling the phrase "Never eat spinach with a stranger!" just to see the results

[Tambov40]

There was another great Highland App commercial for President's Day; a guy (may have been Dick Cavett) said the sale would have prices as low as 1776, and they showed Washington shaking his head, then he said 1860, and they showed Lincoln, and then he said 1905, and they had Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Rider outfit, then they guy gave up and said 'well, a long time ago", and TR nodded in agreement. It was a great commercial because I still remember the it all; I wonder who made their Ads?

[josephkrolikowski]

I love it!

[debfan74]

i remember this ad

[hobokenplayboy]

@debfan74 I recall this one too. Do you remember the one with the International Harvester truck? Two men are delivering a load of appliances as bombs and other things happen as they drive along. The driver is incredibly calm while his partner is a nervous wreck. I distinctly recall the engine temp. gauge on HOT.

It might have been an Ollie Fretter commercial, but I think it was Highland Appliance.

[vonbontee]

@hobokenplayboy Yes I definitely recall that one! From '82 or 83, kind of an Indiana Jones parody. By commercial's end, they deliver their load and the customer expresses satisfaction that they arrived on time, and the nervous-wreck partner replies "Hey, no problem!", all confident now. Can't recall if it was Highland or Fretter or what, sorry...I grew up on Detroit (and Saginaw) TV, just like a lotta my fellow Ontarians!

[mdumas43073]

Has anyone posted the one with Washington crossing the delaware?

I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I remember it ended with one of the men making some crack and Washington quickly shooting a glare at him from the head of the boat.

[rabbitsam]

The crack was: "For once, he's savin' a buck instead of throwin' it away."

[theHeadLangolier]

@mdumas43073 I thought his crack was, "Why can't the dude just eat cake on his birthday like everbody else?" LOL

[Deminski2]

Are these commercials public domain yet?

[rochestra]

I'm not real sure. I'll bet these commercials aren't available in any form though. I just happened to have it recorded on an old VHS. These were locally produced and probably not saved. I could be wrong though.

[MeInTX]

I haven't seen a Highland ad in 20 years, but I still remember this one! If only ads for electronic stores today could be anywhere near as creative.

[vonbontee]

Awesome, thanks for posting this, even tho the beginning is lopped off. ("Hey-hey Georgie baby, congrats!")

Incidentally, this commercial was airing long before '89! Like 1984 or earlier, I'd estimate.

[Sultmhoor]

Hahha, I used to use that line all the time as well. Now there's finally video proof! That and the "fifty watts per channel, babycakes" line

[auntbecky]

im glad to see im not the only one to use the spinach line.

[durhay]

I can finally show my wife this commercial after years of saying "... and never eat spinach with a stranger"