MC Hammer Commercial

Here's yet another celebrity ad trying to get you to call his 1-900 number. Why this ever appealed to anyone is beyond me, but it sure is entertaining to watch.

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[plateshutoverlock]

Amazing the kind of revenue what was probably just an answering machine with a very long greeting could bring in back then

[plateshutoverlock]

don't feel too bad, I thought I could call the "Chuckles the clown" hotline (complete with Claymation clown) and become a rockstar Time to rock and roll with chuckles the clown

We are waiting for the sound of your tone

you can be in the chuckles band

Just sing into the telephone. I'm actually trying to find this commercial but with no luck. A google search brings up an unrelated "Chuckles the clown" from the Mary Tyler Moore show

[GreenFiles]

@oldpantsnewjersey Did you ever find the Chuckles ad on Youtube?

[GreenFiles]

@plateshutoverlock I believe the entire chorus was "I wanna be in the Chuckles band - I wanna sing into the telephone..." I cannot find that commercial anywhere but I know I watched it on TV in the 1980s. (In Florida)

[KevinPaul444]

that shit is tight

[musicforchewfaygs]

@solrac18619 1800 is toll free, 1900 means you will be billed.

[totalrandomcrap]

You better PRAY that your parents don't notice that expensive phone call on the bill!

[oldpantsnewjersey]

@plateshutoverlock I'd love to see that too. I've had the "I wanna be in the Chuckles band I'm gonna sing into the telephone" melody in my head for 25 years.

[solrac18619]

Has anyone noticed that in old commercials there hotline numbers start with 1-900 instead of 1-800.

[plateshutoverlock]

Those insepid text message services (text to get a 'free' smile walpaper but get slammed with $20 recurring charges) are todays version of 976/900 numbers.

[ednoroirika]

who wouldn't want to talk to the Hammer in 88?

[HaloSpartanG13]

I couldn't touch that number.