Old 7up Commercial (1986)

7up commercial from 1986 featuring many old people and a song that clearly rips off Randy Newman's songwriting style.

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• seven
• up
• 7up
• randy
• newman
• old
• men
• elderly
• feels
• so
• good
• song
• women
• people
• retirement
• home
• tv
• television
• ad
• advertisment
• commercial
• 80s
• 1986

[pehrlabel]

This was based on Cocoon-Mania in the eighties. Remember Cocoon? John Cusak played the videotape of it for the senior citizens in "Say Anything." Cocoon=Old People Cutting Loose. But then they got hooked on the Extra Terrestrial Meth, and then they killed one of the cute aliens trying to crack open a meth egg in the pool...

[mycommercials]

Initially, I thought the same thing. But I also think that Steven Spielberg's segment in The Twilight Zone movie has some influence as well.

[pehrlabel]

Ooooh good call. you are sharp. That really jogged my memory. Speilberg took that eerie melancholy and ran with it in Amazing Stories for a little while.

[mycommercials]

Yes, agreed on Spielberg. See also: my commercial for Amazing Stories

[zachhoran]

A 15 second mini commercial for 7up was a fee plug on game shows around this time, including $100,000 Pyramid

[1hlynur]

weird.. i suddenly have an urge to drink 7-up

[classicrocker12]

whoo happy old people!

[sketchyinc]

This commercial came out around the time Space Shuttle Challenger went down, kinda creepy!

[curious123george]

What was that sound at 0:15?

[1993110]

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