When was the last time you saw a cake mix commercial on TV?

There are many old scents still on the market but never advertised.

Jubilee. That was the STUFF for fingerprints on appliances in the 1960s.

Mr. Bubble has been banished. I guess “two in the bathtub can be lots of fun” is pervy now.

I didn't know what Jubilee was, so here is a commercial.

She's sniffing it ^^^^

It's odd because boxed cake mixes are widely available and popular, there are tons of varieties at the supermarket. I guess they advertised them on soap operas, which barely exist anymore.

Commercial TV only seems to have a few types of commercials -

Mostly medication

Some cars

Some restaurants

And on weekends, movies

I'm in England - so probably not the same, but TV used to be full of toothpaste commercials, but you never see them anymore.

That's Keith Coogan...Jackie Coogan's grandson in the Duncan Hines commercial. 'Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead'. (I hope I don't have to explain who Jackie Coogan was.)

Cigarettes

R6 you forgot the biggest category - insurance.

Now it's mostly prescription drug ads, where the disclaimer of the "possible" side effects take up 90% of the time. I think sometimes one of the listed possible side effects is even death. No thanks.

I was still able to find Jubilee spray in St Louis in the late 1990s. It was a retro moment even then. Never saw it again. If you're into waxing random shit, Kleen Guard spray is still available and works well. You can even touch up your shoe polish with it.

Only trash eat yellow cak from a box.

Box cak with canned frosting. Yuck!

I rarely see cigarette commercials featuring a doctor's endorsement. And I miss them.

fuck you're old OP

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Mostly advertising for online shops or products these days. Seems like ads for actual products like toothpaste, soup etc is no longer profitable.

Norelco shavers

Timex watches

Shake n bake

Rice a Roni

Fresca / Tab

L'eggs

I like cak mixes. Add something more to it for a distinctive touch. I like to add more egg and cranberries. Swirl of course cream.

Yes R19! L'eggs, the pantyhose in a white plastic egg! And there was "Sheer Energy" that came in a silver egg!

AYDS.

Now it's all Prep commercials with trannies.

Wow I forgot about those R23....AYDS candies to lose weight. That was in the early 80s. The worse timing in history for a product launch with this name.

You sweet talker, Betty Crocker!

I miss jingles, especially the disco-influenced Riunite jingle.

Watched a bunch of 80s commercials on YouTube the other day and was surprised at how many bread commercials there were. Must have been some kind of sliced bread war in about 1983.

Ay R26. It was a tough time for all. 'Twas the yeast that brought my men down. Never forget.

I still use a cak mix from time to time. Chocolate cak with white frosting is the best.

I see toothpaste commercials all.the the here in the US. Lol'ing at thr Ayds, I remember them in the early 80s.

Oh and Lilt was a drink in the UK in the 80s. Pineapple flavoured pop if I recall. A Jamaican guy singing "Li-lt, with the totally tropical ta-ste"

Ads are pharmaceutical now. Drug companies have lots of spare money to throw at TV, and especially at news programs to guarantee favorable coverage when the class-action lawsuits come out.

The public today thinks avocado toast is medicine, prescription drugs are safe, and carbohydrates are poison.

Because of Reagan r30 because of Reagan

I wish all the lawyer and class action suit commercials would go away.

Alka-Seltzer. Iconic commercials.

"See the USA in a Chevrolet!" Now it's SUVs or luxury sedans.

Dish-washing liquid.

Is the Maytag Guy (even the new one, after Jesse White) still on?

Coke? Pepsi?

I think a lot of marketing for these products (like cake mixes) is done in new ways. Think of the food bloggers (or other "influencers") that list recipes. They may recommend a certain brand name or there can be an ad featured in the blog entry. I've seen that a lot. Heck, just the ubiquitousness of all those Pinterest, Etsy, YouTube and Facebook recipes has people buying more and more of those kind of products.

Chewing gum.

If you're of a certain age you'll remember all of the commercials for headache remedies. Doesn't anyone get headaches anymore?

And floor wax. What happened to floor wax?

"Ronzoni sono buoni"

CAK!

[quote]Wow I forgot about those [R23]....AYDS candies to lose weight. That was in the early 80s. The worse timing in history for a product launch with this name.

AYDS were not launched in the '80s. They had been around for several decades by then.

Oh fer crissakes, NOBODY on Dl ever forgets AYDS candies. They are hauled out for yacks umpteen times a year.

My grandma had AYDS.

Deodorant - Antiperspirants.

Dr. Russ Matthews!!!

Toothpaste

Laundry Detergent

Sears

Coffee

Dishwashing Liquid

Sara Lee

Televisions

Cameras

Geritol

Serutan (that's Natures spelled backwards, folks)

Aqua Velva

Glass Wax

This one

Whoops

R10 You are totally right! I forgot.

Fuck that Limu Emu

Haley’s MO.

[quote] Is the Maytag Guy (even the new one, after Jesse White) still on?

Oh yes, the hot Maytag man is on.

Many new prescription drugs have diseases invented for them. Rather than just getting old now you have age related restless leg syndrome with caffeine dependent sensitivity. And the drug may or may not cause lymphoma.

SAY YES TO LINZESS!

I mean, some of the shit on TV is for things people never have.

And original jingles have all but been replaced by licensing of recorded songs by popular artists, both old and new.

where's the Beef

Yes, of course they were R39! You are always 100% accurate in all your DL posts, and the world is eternally grateful for your infinite wisdom, and for bestowing it upon the humble DL community. Thanks again for correcting my egregious error regarding what year the weight loss candy AYDS was launched! I am severely embarrassed by this experience and am glad we have such brilliant contributors here such as yourself, to ensure every single post on every single thread is 100% factually correct in every possible way.

Humbly yours, R24

Not everyone spends all day on DL waiting to see your umpteen posts R40 about a product that hasn't been on the market since sometime in the early 1980s. So some of actually did forget about the existence of this product. Sorry you don't like that or think it's impossible, yet there it is.

Now, now ... the ultimate.

"Extra cleansing for me!" "Extra freshness for me!"

R58, you beat me to it, lol. But I'll add Summer's Eve...

General Foods International Coffee

Margarine, Butter, Green Giant, Palmolive, Folgers...

"Box cak with canned frosting. Yuck!"

My grandmother would make cakes using box mixes and canned frosting. They were delicious.

On the big three national networks, it seems they only advertise prescription drugs during the evening news.

I don't see why these went away. We live in the age of the .01%

It's Chiffon - and it' not nice to fool Mother Nature!

[quote]Deodorant - Antiperspirants.

With the notable exception of Old Spice

[quote]Fresca

Come to think of it, ads for Pepsi and Coke have all but disappeared from television. Remember the Pepsi Challenge?

When I was a little tiny gayling I thought these commercials made bus travel seem glamorous, and the the drivers seemed like mostly handsome men.

I can't find the best Calgon ad, in color, anymore. A woman takes a Rolls Royce down the hills of Monte Carlo and bathes in a James Bond gadget like tub that opens in the back seating area.

So I post a NY favorite.

Serta Perfect Sleeper commercials are still around!

I'm the stained glass peacock headboard.

Aerowax - Now with 50% more plastic

Public Enema 8000

Cake mix costs like $1.00 a box. It's not worth the price of a TV commercial.

TV commercials used to be entertaining. There are lots of classic ones, a lot of them with jingles and catch phrases like"Please don't squeeze the Charmin", "I can't believe I ate the whole thing", "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!" Now they're totally forgettable.

There’s no point to advertising cake mix; it’s not a new product anymore. Everyone except the very oldest generation grew up on boxed cake mix. Like R74 points out, it’s not exactly a lucrative market, either. Why spend on expensive tv advertising on something everyone knows about and can pick up at the dollar store?

[quote]TV commercials used to be entertaining.

Hi, R75. Yes, many were so creative that people would willingly sit through them or, perhaps, even look forward to their favorites. Here's one that has a three-act play in 30 seconds:

Act 1 - Lassie is driven mad by demanding humans

Act 2 - Lassie seeks a better life

Act 3 - Lassie has a better life

And they even managed to mention the product!

People have jobs and just order it. Why would I make a cake? If you are working you should be pulling in 25 times what it costs to bake a cake, so why not work and earn the money, then waste it baking a cake?

If you like to bake a cake for pleasure, then you wouldn't be buying a mix.

[quote]Have people stopped making cakes and giving themselves perms at home?

Do you ever leave the house? How old are you? Cakes are still a thing but “home permanents” went out with Rubik’s Cube and Max Headroom, Gramps.

I don't see gentleman callers on Thursday night, washing nights, when I wash and set my hair, wash my "cat" and wash my lingerie. I use Lux! I never see it advertised anywhere! I'm defrosting a pork chop, excuse me, I must go.

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