1978 - Fruit of the Loom commercial - Classic

[dork1299]

ONLY A DOLLAR!!!

[DirtJumperMogo]

Of course, the black guy is grape.

[Phoenix38m]

Let me do you one better... this old classy lady, on the first time this commercial ran said "Big value for your butts!" NOT "big value for your money."

[R0CKY016]

I get chills when i watch this

[LadyBlackdove]

I believe that the green grape guy is the oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham... known as Omar Suarez in Scarface, Bernardo Gui in The Name of the Rose and Salieri in Amadeus. This is his first claim to fame!

[WhateverNWhatNot]

Of course the black guy is in the grape suit.....

[SellawEvets]

MEMORIES!! That old lady was in a lot of TV ads. At first I thought they were saying "Surprise, Grandma!", but it's "Emma".

[Jaylecialee]

wow. even back then the purple grapes was black. lol

[devynlovesmetal]

of course the grape is played by a black dude lol

[ronnied828]

holy shit, i remember this !....feel old now !

[Stevedup]

I wish it was the 1970's, all over again. Thanks for the memories! I could watch old commercials from my younger days 24/7,and never get bored!

[BlackCloud21509]

Fucking hate this old shit.

[Michaelman79]

anyone ever notice that the black guy is always the grape?

[HCShannon]

@Michaelman79 The Purple Grapes!

[haxor758]

WTF hes an orange !?!?? teh apple used to be an orange? and wats up with chubaca at the bottom ._.

[fuck1the1law]

@haxor758 i think hes ment to be like spinach or something

[trackstaar]

Right on only a dollaaaa!!! I'm Rick Jamess!

[MattTheSaiyan]

In case you eanted to know, that is $3.34 is today's money

[t4rheel4life]

thats not the where's the beef lady..the where's the beef lady was clara peller

[143AC]

Dear Wawais, I was lucky enough to meet Ms.Tupper back in the late

1970's.She attended a performance of the stage musical

"The Cooliest Cat In Town"..Joey Faye and Bill Britten were

in that show.

[nonenosme]

briefs i thought they were called tighty whities

[kingslice75]

@nonenosme That's a pejorative coming from people who are ignorant of how common they once used to be.

[kingslice75]

@nonenosme That's a pejorative coming from people who are ignorant of how common they once used to be.

[JONASBROTHERSLOVERMJ]

what is the guy that looks like spinach ??

[Th3wh1t3kn1ght]

its a leaf

[matthew11174]

ahahahahahahaha CREEPSTER!

[Candie4JC]

This has to be the creepiest commercial ever... Her voice lol.

[143AC]

Dear PatrickBalloonMan, Joey Faye is the actor in the green grapes suit.

[fifirockefeller]

Dang. I remember this from a million years ago. My mom loved this commercial.

Ahhhh. Memories!

[Blaw716]

It's only a dollar

[jbfirstdown22]

RIP Harry Goz!

[darkmarco92]

OMG, is it a gag or a commercial? Damn that grandma is so funny. Best part: at 18 second!

[GreenArmyGuy]

Where's the beef?

[jstrewth]

"And if you can't trust the 'Where's the Beef?' lady, who can you trust?"

[VodeoJMC63]

what the hell is that, tobacco?

[d3mon805]

i see even in the 70's the purple guy is black...lol

[SilentRiderr639]

Wait a minute. Is that....Salieri!?

[greymattersblog]

Good eye that's Amadeus' F. Murray Abraham as the guy in the leaves.

[Pipoz13]

Fruit of the loom...is a classic old brand?

[glaked23]

Wow have we inflated that much in 30 years lol.

[therealclamknuckle]

Are you calling me fat? haha

[143AC]

Joey Faye plays the grapes and Harry Goz plays

the apple.

[patrickballoonman]

Is Faye in the green or the purple?

[iambarking]

I love this TVC!

[lhirsch1]

That's F. Murray Abraham playing the leaves.

[minutemanmom]

This brings back a childhood memory. After the underwear wore out we used to cut the waistbands off and make sling shots out of them.

[Koifish07]

Man, I wish underwear WAS only a $1.

[wokkaowakka]

so true, so true

[Sawbones84]

agreed

[jenzeppelin]

@Koifish07 Yeah nowadays they make everything essential so darn expensive...from underwear to diapers...my theory is they know everyone needs that stuff and they go in for the kill, ha. Bra prices are the worst of all.

[kittykatro]

@Koifish07 in my country you can buy three pairs of underwear with a $1.

[DMRCapitalHill]

@Koifish07 AMEN

[cantthinkofone21]

I remember this commercial!!!

[galaxyhigh73]

Funny, Emma made me want to scoot back and cross my legs, watching this now.. Poing! Ha, ha, ha. Yoicks!

[KingofKings219]

A dollar if only it still was...

[Malek1013]

"Ah!... it's grapes... an apple and ... what the hell is that?! Tobacco?"

[GhostNative]

lol the Grape Vine

[MelvinFett]

"RIGHT ON and only a dollar" LOL

[OofusTwillip]

Ah, the good old days...when Fruit of the Loom represented a quality, made-in-America product. Today, they're made in Bangladesh, Pakistan and China.

[saxman112]

Don't forget El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico!

[Anna5151]

lmfao...i dont understand what happend to the grape...it like disentigrated in her hands lol

[Pieeater23]

its still in her hands...

melting into...er...you dont wanna know DX

[rdb9425]

? ....

[izroxs]

He he the quality iz so old its amazing how far along technology iz!

[Pieeater23]

she touched his grape. O_O

[scootigger]

lmao

[Queeninc]

the grandma's not around anymore is she?

[xdakotafanningx]

who's that black guy?? he looks familiar

[Khleoswife]

aww that was cute

[bluemofia]

damn grandma went around them kids are all differn't haha

[EmOKiDDsRHoT]

right on, only a dollah! lmboo!!

[OuchieProductions]

She has an annoying voice she does.

[MyxChemicalxInuYasha]

ONLY A DOLLAR THATS A BARGAIN! LOL xD

[SpaceGrl774]

wow,so weird.

[gyaraods]

stupid grandma who the hell buys underwear for Christmas?

[JimR541]

I've received underwear as a gift every year of my life.

[kingcobra725]

She has a black son?

[modesta107]

uh, probably adopted

[Madness614]

lol the actress just picked the green grape guy's grape

[simondina]

glad that the only thing granny plucked of the fruit was just a grape and not his nuts!!!! lol

[143AC]

Dear DevSodDribble

You're right the actor's

name is Harry Goz not Harry

Gox.

[143AC]

My good friend Joey Faye did this :Fruit Of The

Loom"underwear commercial with Harry Gox

and that character actress.

[brooklynheart]

LOL I so remember these lol

[bobobo71]

Cool.

[DevSodDribble]

The apple is played by Harry Goz (r.i.p.), who later did the voice of Captain Murphy on Sealab 2021.

[punkychick90210]

Whoa! That's awesome! I love Caption Murphy!!

[pekoe]

vividly remember this i was 8 an she was cool

[InZeeValley]

This is from '78? Damn, time sure flies.

[bluepython723]

funny commercial... I didn't know the fruit guys exicted then. BTW, BLUE IS an AWESOME song... I'll try and post it

[Thesp88]

can anyone post the commercial '' blue '' please !!!! i love the song

[wawawis]

I'm 29 and I remember seeing these as late as age 8. I had no idea they started back in 1970's, so that means there were probably several commercials made from this same formula. My favorite part of this commercial has to be the sound effect used to show thier sudden appearance out of nowhere! I just showed this to my 16 y/o cousin and the same tickled her. Finally stumbling across this commercial 2 weeks back was awesome finally being able to see it for the first time since I don't know when.

[haileyandsam]

i love seeing pop culture from before my birth.wookie cookie, what your posting on youtube is priceless.thank you.

[WookieCookie]

You trying to make me feel old? :)

[sammyreed]

This is the same woman who, a few years later, said "They don't say Hanes, until I say they say Hanes."

[wawawis]

I remember those Hanes commercials. I belive that lady was a bit bigger and more stern. As for the lady who you see on the above fruit of the loom commercial, her name is Loretta Tupper (b.1906-d.1990)according to the IMDB. She was an actress whose career spanned clear back to the vaudeville days.

[JimR541]

The Actress that played Inspector 12 from the Hanes Commercials was named Polly Rowles.

This actress' name was Loretta Tupper.

[cowboygeoff]

This has to be that same commercial that was shown on the TV set in the movie "Oh God: Book II" (1980). Great find though.