Classic Sinclair Dino animated 60's TV Commercial

[tripjet999]

Always thought it was pronounced "Dee-no", not "Dy-no". Oh, well.

[MarkusHeracles]

As a kid, I had a Sinclair dinosaur pool blowup toy. I loved that thing

[vraydio]

@MarkusHeracles Me too.

[andersport]

I miss the Siclair dinosaur like I miss the Pure Firebird. Sinclair became ARCO in 1971 and Pure became Union 76 in 1970. What a bummer.

[ebf1957]

@andersport

While driving through Tennessee a few years ago I stayed overnight at a motel which was half a block down from a Pure Station.  Sinclair gasoline is still sold in the Rocky Mountain States.

[ebf1957]

Sinclair used to have dinosaur exhibits that toured the country.

[handinside]

I guess their premium grade had DIME in it

[elc1960]

When I was a teenager (in the '70s) I finally got the reason why Sinclair used a dinosaur in their logo - it's a reference to the dinosaurs being turned over time to fossil fuel and turning up in our gasolines and motor oils. BTW - I grew up near a Sinclair station in Brockton MA; it was right next door to a Howdy Beefburgers stand on Montello Street and in front of a railroad trestle and the police station.

[kristianjl]

When nickel combines with organic compounds (one that contains carbon), carbonyl is formed. Nickel carbonyl is toxic and carcinogenic, especially to lung tissue. Conditions for its formation exist in motor vehicle exhaust where the gasoline contains nickel additives, and as pollutants from the incomplete burning of coal and petrochemicals. It's also found with cadmium in cigarette smoke and may in fact be partially responsible for cancer associated with smoking.

[higgalot1919]

My Daddy owned a Sinclair gas station when I was a child...so, this brings back memories of days in Richmond,VA.

[fromthesidelines]

I believe this first aired around 1967...

[DanMan869]

Anyone have any idea what year this would've first started airing?

[handinside]

Try the new gas with exclusive H2O additive.You car will stop running and no longer pollute the air THE POLLUTION FIGHTIN' GASOLINE. The green freaks would LOVE that one

[yeksrub]

I wonder if nickel did help to prevent engine wear?

[SteveCarras]

The dinosaur's act is a parody of Mitch Miller and the song is a takeoff on Tersa Brewer's fun "Put another nickel in Music Music Music".

[Drivermatic]

Mitch Miller? Please explain

[SteveCarras]

He spearheaded 1950s Columbia records and led the ol' barbershop in the famous Sing a long withMitch years ago and invented many of the musical inventions we have now.

[elc1960]

@SteveCarras True, but during rock 'n' roll's "Golden Age" he steadfastly refused to sign any rock or R&B acts to the Columbia label. The few who got signed were placed on their subsidiary labels like Okeh and Epic. He did have Bob Dylan in the early '60s, but Dylan was a folkie back then. They didn't have a "real" rock band till they signed Paul Revere & The Raiders in 1963. Columbia changed their views when they started having hit records.

[Bullittproof79]

Yes, they actually are promoting the addition of a dangerous chemical to your motor fuel.

Much like the "ethyl" boom (referring to tetraethyl lead) of the 1930s. Ah, how times have changed - nowadays, you'd be hard pressed to even find a reference to oil in most "energy company" ads.

[tripjet999]

@Bullittproof79

My thoughts exactly!