Incredible Ice Cream Machine Commercial Shannon Ratigan 1987

The Incredible Ice Cream Machine commercial. It's an old pitchman like spot I did back in 1986. I had to hit the mute button on the remote every time it came on TV. To make matters worse, it's almost 2 minutes long!

It took me a long time to eat ice cream again after doing this one. This was from back when the Ronco commerials were all the rage, and informercials were getting started. The loud quirky pitchmen were out there, but it wasn't nearly what it is now.

One funny thing in the commercial is that I get the "Gong" after every line in the spot. Little did I know it would be a precursor to me appearing on The Gong Show a few times 10 years later. Those were some good times.

Please visit my website www.starvingactor.net for some auditioning and casting advice, as well as some tips for breaking into the business.Sometimes this is the kind of work we have to do to get a demo reel going, and build up credits. They wanted "over the top", and that's what I did!

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Entertainment

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• acting
• commercial
• ice
• cream
• machine
• pitchman
• pitchmen
• spokeman
• commercials
• informercial
• actor
• hollywood
• advertising

[ededaman]

i just found one in the goodwill for 4.00... still in the box! I'm gonna have my niece watch your commercial - to get her excited... then we're gonna try it!

[LeatrimStang]

@ededaman How funny! if you want to send the box to me and I'll be happy to autograph it for you.

When you watch this commercial, the scene with the little girl - she couldn't get the timing quite right and I had to eat a spoonfull of ice cream for each take. After about 35 of those I didn't want to see ice cream again for a Long time. lol

[difonzi]

Oh, and nice acting in the ad Shannon...

[pt5aznsensation]

I have this and Im using it right now!!