1962 Plymouth Fury Promo Commerical with Frankie Fontaine

[Seattlecarnut]

(laughs) Eh, quit complaining! Buy yourself a Plymouth and drive it!

[Seattlecarnut]

Eh, don't be such a crybaby! I'm sure there's someone crazy enough to buy a car unreliable enough to keep you in business..

[tomwendel1957]

Craaaaazzzeeeee

[enigma413]

I've ridden in a '62 Plymouth Belvedere. It had a "Slant Six" engine coupled to a 3 speed manual transmission. It was good on gas. Rode very well. And I would drive it if I owned it.

[steffidude]

I like the styling of the 62 Plymouth. I like the 62 Plymouth wagon in the movie Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Check out the 62 Plymouth on Leave It To Beaver. If it is good enough for Ward Cleaver, it is good enough for me.

[steffidude]

Chrysler decided to down size suddenly because they thought GM were going to down size their automobiles. Virgil Exner had the 62 Plymouth styled years ahead and told Chrysler it would be a mistake to down size. They were styled as a bigger car. Virgil Exner was a genius. Chrysler made the mistake. Years earlier Chrysler promoted his forward look styling.

[OsbornTramain]

I would beg to differ on just one point. Althought the the styling proved controversial at the time and Dodge and Plymouth suffered sales declines, this plateform ended up serving the company well thru 1967. By 65, They had a full size, mid size and compact car for Dodge and Plymouth. The mistake in 62 was in the long run a good thing. Dodge and Plymouth ended up with a full line of cars. Dodge had a full line by the Spring of 62 with the addition of the Custom 880.

[blueticecho]

i bet old craz, never tunk gas but be 4 dollars a gal,,,,,

[bongomanfromdalou]

wonder if that's why Plymouth sold so few cars in 1962?

[Doinkblink]

Crazy Googenheim from the Jackie Gleason Show at Joe's bar... "Hey Joe, Hey Mr Dunnahie, heah heah heah heeeeeeeee"!

[PhilChinchilla]

Hey. Stan Freberg was Pete Puma.

[YamatoBushi]

You're right about that.

[supermanzcape2]

Yep.

[paynow]

Yes. Freberg, however, based the voice on that of the "Crazy Guggenheim" character.

[creeshoshone]

That wining/crying wail should creep you out, IT MADE HIM FAMOUS along with his singing.

Besides, you wouldn't say that if he gave both you and your brother each a 5 pound solid chocolate rabbit every Easter and also autographed the boxes they were in, YEAH!!!!, we knew him and still get to his grave several times a year. Ever hear him sing?, or will you knock that to??????

[Drivermatic]

Hey I want to be clear, I love Frankie. My late mother always told me that as an infant, Crazy Googenheim was the first charactor that made me laugh while watching TV. He was also a beautiful singer. I just find this gas station attendant charactor a little disturbing...maybe it seeing a grown man cry that bothers me.

[xopher007]

I read some where that Frankie was the inspiration for the "Barney" Gumble character from the Simpson's...  cool eh?

[OsbornTramain]

Possibly in my discription of this film? lol, If you read it, I noted that. I forget where I read it but i believe it was from a video interview of the creators of the cartoon.

[dlsofsetx]

@xopher007 The character Crazy Guggenheim was the inspiration for Barney.BTW,Frank Fontaine died the same day as Pope Paul VI.

[OsbornTramain]

This really isn't a commercial. Actually, it's a promo. I would imagine that they were for presentations to the Plymouth Dealers. In a private showing at a Movie Theater or in Hotel or Zone Office. The idea is to train the sales reps so they know what features to push. No way in the world would an individual buyer be watching this film. It's not like it would have been on TV or anything.

[mohasi3]

It wasn't just the controversial styling of the 62 Plymouths that was responsible for poor sales, but also the controversial commercials!

Who could bear to watch this 4 minutes long?

[Drivermatic]

Frankie Fontaine really creeps me out with that wining/crying wail......really creepy.