the most psychedelic ad ever

For more clips like this, and a most enjoyable guide to pop culture, visit the blog for the NYC cult cable-access show Media Funhouse, located here:
www.mediafunhouse.blogspot.com This ad perfectly represents the groovy psychedelia that permeated some corners of 1970s TV (particularly anything aimed at kids or even teens, who you'd think might've moved on by that time), a sort of leftover from the rupture that was the Sixties. This commercial aired in the mid-1970s (or so says the narrator of this commerial-comp, the dubiously-named David Leisure) and it engrained itself into my childhood consciousness. It obviously is modeled on the Peter Max artwork that was literally every-freakin'-where during the early '70s (up to and including the NYC phone books, which all featured covers by PM — anybody remember those?). My animation and psychedelia-minded chums would of course want me to note that Max was popularizing the super-psych style of art masterminded by Heinz Edelmann who developed the designs for Yellow Submarine. I still hold this to be my personal fave '70s ad (the visuals are what burnt into my brain, but that catchy song has never left it either), but did discover that another intrepid collector produced an earlier Seven-Up "trip" commercial, and deposited it on the all-inclusive (until the hammer comes down) YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba5Ri_QL58s

I of course ain't endorsin' 7-Up by putting this up, that goes without saying. I'd also note in closing that the Elvis-impersonator voice of course preceded the King's kick-off, so we can mark this up to the era (all through the 1960s and '70s) where celebrity impersonations were used all the time in TV ads. For more information on the Funhouse, visit: www.mediafunhouse.com

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[visor109]

"I got blisters on me fingers!"

[cwfmichigan]

@sygo7g Thank you !!! It's sad that people have not imagination that they can only think that drugs make people artistic.

[sabbath7081]

this is when comercials were mesmorising, now there all so fake and they suck.

[wolfmannoon]

Thank you sharing.

[bilbosilbo]

@sygo7g Psychedelic drugs are awesome. Don't even argue.

[DAvonzoAllDay]

this is not even that trippy.

[casestudyification]

I loved that commercial as a child, and still do. If more commercials were like this, I would watch the commercials.

[fmdeligirl]

Why aren't there any cool commercials like this today?

[Ghoopty]

@oatstao I fucking LOVE that cover!!!! And you're right - it IS uncanny.

[Ghoopty]

I didn't know Elvis loved 7-Up!

[Arn3able]

Know your audience. duh

[odantoro]

They were illustrating a mini-history of pop music with this ad.