I always loved the Raid commercials! My favorite was a bunch of Roman type bugs (togas, laurel leaves, etc.) with the emperor bug playing a fiddle. He gets a message on a scroll and it says, "Announcing the decline and fall of the bug empire; Who dares threaten the empire?" And there's Raid, giving a thumbs down, just before he sprays the bugs into extinction. Classic!
Yup, that was Mel! I think John Stephenson was the other bug voice. These were created and directed by Tex Avery (well at least the initial ones were).
Poor buggies! No matter what they try, they ALWAYS loose to the Raid!! For more views on this, check out my site Raid Bug Drama on flickr/groups. I have 21 discussions on general history of the ad campaign, stories about 4 specific characters (Pierre, Needles, Muffy and Mugsy) and much more!
I always loved the Raid commercials! My favorite was a bunch of Roman type bugs (togas, laurel leaves, etc.) with the emperor bug playing a fiddle. He gets a message on a scroll and it says, "Announcing the decline and fall of the bug empire; Who dares threaten the empire?" And there's Raid, giving a thumbs down, just before he sprays the bugs into extinction. Classic!
danj1701d 1 month ago
haha they're depicted as evil lil' germans
MasonsMomma2011 1 month ago
hey if its outside its free pickings humans
LumpyBumpyAcidFish 3 months ago
I think MEL BLANC is on this.
lloydbentman 4 months ago 6
Yup, that was Mel! I think John Stephenson was the other bug voice. These were created and directed by Tex Avery (well at least the initial ones were).
vanjealous 4 days ago
@lloydbentman Paul Frees too.
heine71 3 days ago
and be generous with that spray - gak!
charvesa 4 months ago
now that a cute commercial i like it a lot.
johnggillespie 8 months ago
Poor buggies! No matter what they try, they ALWAYS loose to the Raid!! For more views on this, check out my site Raid Bug Drama on flickr/groups. I have 21 discussions on general history of the ad campaign, stories about 4 specific characters (Pierre, Needles, Muffy and Mugsy) and much more!
pierre72ify 8 months ago
"Patented non-oily formula," eh? Man, it's really alarming watching her spray that crap inside the house...
radboy2008 9 months ago 2