NEW ORLEANS COMMERCIALS - Seafood City & more

[Samanosuke1138]

brings back memories...."tear"

[lsu4000]

aw man i remember mckenzies they had one in covington,la im from bogalusa, i also miss this donut place called''butter krisp'' also in covington man what memories

[1blastman]

Too bad dese places "Ain't dere no more!"

[onerealmaria]

omg, how wonderful. thank you

[mwdorsa]

Thank You for the memories

[indianajonesrocks22]

Ledda haveit.

[PchanStitch]

Growing up in Slidell, I remember seeing these ads a lot...and I oddly miss all these low-budget, local ads. Don't see anything like this in Houston.

[AdamFossier1]

@PchanStitch I grew up in slidell and still live here!

[PatPeeve416]

Thank you for preserving our history!

[WILLIAMCHANEL]

So good. Thanks for posting. lmao about what wilmajo said below baby: That girl IS puking at 0:57!! 

[hassledguy]

McKenzies for the most part was awful. I know these are fighting words for some people, but I swear their stuff came out of the oven stale. No better than any other supermarket bakery. Buttermilk drops were ok and some other stuff was edible, but nothing special. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion and people remember it being better than it ever really was.

[bacardilvr]

@hassledguy You know what? I agree. The only things that were good at McKenzie's were the buttermilk drops and blackout cake, maybe. Everything else was so-so, IMHO.

[unorunner]

@hassledguy BOOOOOOOO, nah just playing...lol, I feel where you are coming from. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. A lot of people would swear that Mckenzies had the best donuts but I disagree. But to each his own. I was more of a tastees donuts man personally. I just went to McKenzies off of Gentilly for their chicken.

[haltmusic]

Fabulous!

[ttimhcsllerrad]

Miller the Killer and Rosenburg Rosenberg 1825 Tulane are the ones that have stuck in my mind since I was a 10 year old. Good stuff! Thanks!

[wilmajo]

Why did Ponchartrain Beach show the little girl hurling on the Magic Rainbow ride at :57 on this video? One would think it would be best to keep this out! We love this commercial montage--- I got da fitty dollas!

[wilmajo]

I feel good, I feel good, I feel good, I got da fifty dollas!

[goukisama]

Damn, Makes me want to eat the screen on that Mckenzie's commercial.

[goukisama]

OMFG!!!



[briant420]

Wosenberg's, Wosenberg's, 1825 Tulane...that tune will be with me til the day I die. I had forgotten about McKenzie's too. Nice vid.

[24CAIN]

I MISS NEW ORLEANS .. GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD ... JOHNNY'S IS A CLASSIC COMMERICAL & THAT 1 COMMERICAL .. DATS A GOOD CAR PA PA! HAHA!!!

[chochybojo]

Yes. The special man could still walk

[bordelon1111]

@chochybojo Hes dead

[hnorky]

Awesome flashbacks. My Daddy told me when he was a kid in the 40s and 50s, one of the big Canal Street stores, Kress, Goudchaux's, I can't remember which, had clerks who would help kids shop for gifts for their parents. The parents had to leave and shop elsewhere in the store while the kids picked out a present. Can you imagine in today's paranoia parents leaving their kids with a stranger for half an hour? I wish my kids could grow up in a world like that.

[LordZontar]

LaBiche's... Wow, I haven't thought of them in years.

[jordanalynn504]

So many memories!!!!!

[JaizyOnline]

man this shit take me back to when i was 4 years old and i'm 20 today

[wilmajo]

@JaizyOnline If you are 20 you never saw any of these commercials! But I am glad you decided to watch them because that WAS New Orleans!

[JaizyOnline]

@wilmajo some of these i been seen

[zayzkidd]

This brings tears to my eyes because of the fact that after Katrina, I have barely been back. You know what.... I AM GOING TO MOVE BACK TO MY CITY SOON.

[CyberBishop]

Thank you!!! So many memories..

[TrixieRix]

Someone always has to show their ignorance by opening their mouth, or in this case, typing on their keyboard. It always amuses me to see such courageous people behind their computers. There was no need to be disrespectful. Seriously, grow up.

[wilmajo]

@TrixieRix I know which comment you are talking about. It's amazing how courageous these people can be behind the computer. PURE COWARD is the only way I can describe this person! Just enjoy the old commercials and keep your sorry ass comments to your sorry self!

[TrixieRix]

Too bad Ponchatrain Beach was segregated

[playswithknives]

@TrixieRix stfu and go to Lincoln beach

[diolade2002]

3 room of furniture for $699?

the good days

[sonnyvito06]

i say i say gotta see the special man {let her have it lol classic ooo and 1825 tuuuuuuuuulane ha ha

[streetnikka504]

i miss seeing the special man commerial i did a joke in class teacher wanted me to go to the office i said "ill let ya have it WIT NO PROLUM!!!" haha i had a laugh and damn i want some of those buttermilk drops the one on Airline hwy always had dem fresh mmmm damn i hate being up here in memphis...it sucks up here

[jasonlava]

The Godchaux's music is so mysterious sounding. I remember they upgraded the song with synths as they got closer to the 80s.

[BigBuddie504]

I almost feel like shedding a tear.

[LADYNRED70461]

i LOVE NEW ORLEANS

[lakeviewviking]

As a kid, I loved Miller the Killer giving the bugs a taste of the old ultraviolence!

[halflife230]

The only thing missing is Beethoven.

[hansumjoe]

I would love a dozen of those buttermilk drops, particularly from the one in Lakeview, where I grew up

[TOMCAT1955]

I think some of the Tastee Donut Shops are now carrying a few of the McKenzie items...Mmmmmm!

[JrsyBarry]

They are. They're carrying the buttermilk drops and a few others

[Blyss]

Bless your heart for sharing this. Brought a tear to my eye. I dated the niece of the guy with the bad hair in the Frankie and johnnies Comercial

[rwentz21]

Oh my gawd. I remember them all...(sigh) New Orleans will never be the same.

[camsdad203]

Rosenbergs, Rosenbergs, 1825 TU LANE

[donnasw1234]

Boy I could really go for a McKenzie Buttermilk drop. Thanks for the memories

[Johnson53]

Too bad you don't have Bill Watson...only commercials worse than Al Scramuzza.

[LiutenantIroh]

let er have it!hahahahahaha!!!!!

[mpfagan1]

I want my K&B back. I miss the purple.

[yeaheverday]

McKenzies !!!! Man i miss McKenzies !

[atworkstation]

@yeaheverday especially the buttermilk drops. MMMMMMMMMM!!!!! (drools uncontrolably).

[RickLowerboy84]

@yeaheverday BEST. KING. CAKES. EVER.

The closest Ive found to McKenzies is Gambino's in Baton Rouge....but even then you KNOW its not the same.

[jl55378008]

I think the F&J commercial is either more recent, or maybe an 80s/90s commercial that they updated. I don't remember the younger guy being in any of the ones from when I was a kid. I never saw him until youtube.

The Rosenberg's commercial is really old, maybe late 60s, but they've been running it for decades pretty much unchanged.

[Auburbanite]

my dad used to sing the song with us - seafood city, very pretty. i don't remember the people in the commercial. that was hilarious.

[anonymouslcn]

I have pics of my brother and me at Pontchartrain beach back in 1958 or so. I remember going to the rides every year with my grandfather, and to the beach and pool with my family. There was a "hell dive" that I finally got the nerve to jump off of. The Zephyr (roller coaster) was great, as was the Wild Maus. There used to be (maybe still is) a website about Pontchartrain Beach.

[callingindead]

miller the killer looks like a blue Juggernaut.

[StukInBuf]

Pnchatrain Beach... Never heard of that til now. Is that now "Six Flags Louisiana," or something like it?

Shortly after moving from N'Yawlinz to Buffalo in 80, we heard of, and once went to "Crystal Beach!" That's in Canada. Anyway, it has since shut down, and is just a walkway, if I recall it right.

[gvegas28]

Ponchartrain beach was New Orleans' only amusement park and it closed down in the mid 80's. They built a bunch of condos there to replace it.

[kinyodas]

Pontchartrain Beach was on.. well, Pontchartrain beach at the south end of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans near UNO. I went once before it closed in the early 80's. It was uprooted for what I believe was to be beachfront houses but that never materialized. I worked in a bar that collected memorabilia from there such as old arcade games, signs, "Zoltar"-type fortune tellers, season passes, pictures, which were all probably destroyed by Katrina...

[AarHan3]

With the exception of Frankie and Johnny's, every other local N'Awlins favorite is an iconic item on the Ain't Dere No More list. :-|

[AarHan3]

WOW! Thanks for the local memories, keefmeister77!

And you'll be pleased to know that it is this very clip I have chosen to be my ONE THOUSANDTH FAVORITED VIDEO here on YouTube!! 8-)

[heine71]

Which are 1960's? 1970's? 1980's?

[hiroguam]

I remember that now."Put this man to work" was about aluminum siding.Its a good slogan for today's economy.

[keefmeister77]

"Put this man to work" was LAS Enterprises. The old guy who sat there looking scared to death was Oscar. He died a few years ago and everyone was grief-stricken. But LAS is still around.

[MonkeyMagic88]

Good clean fun....until the niggers show up.

[hiroguam]

We all must be around 60 years now and scatttered over the face of the earth,but hope you people are doing fine and well especially after Katrina. BUT...what about Maison Blanche's Mr. Bingle ? You can't forget that.

[atworkstation]

I'm happy to say that Mr. Bingle is on display every year at the Celebration of the Oaks.

[lakeviewviking]

When I was a kid, I thought that Miller the Killer ad was the greatest thing ever; man, is it sadistic!

[4577daniel]

Awesome

[atworkstation]

That's the New Orleans I remember growing up as a kid.

[alon504]

Awesome....I don't know where you got this, but, it brought back some great memories. I remember Rosenberg's and Seafood City really well. Sweet stuff!!!!