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Can anyone find these old commercials uploaded online?
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I know this sounds like an odd thing to seek out, but there were a couple of clever old commercials from the 80s and 90s that I'd love to see again, if they can be tracked down.
The first one is from MTV, back when MTV was 90% music videos and the other 10% was weirdy animation or shows about music. It didn't seem to be advertising anything, it was the equivalent to an anime eye-catch. It went like this:
Two young people, a guy and a girl, are leaning against a lamp post during the day. They're both wearing black leather jackets and jeans, and have new-wave haircuts.
The boy says, in a moody voice, “Nobody likes me.”
The girl looks at him and says, "I like you, Oliver."
There is an extended pause, after which the boy says: "Nobody good likes me."
The girl rolls her eyes and I believe there's a music stinger at the end, a short riff on a wind instrument, maybe?
The other commercial is from Nick at Night. This is more of a series of commercials that I'd like to see again, but this is the only one in the series I actually remember. Nick at Night had a set of commercials in the 90s where a (supposed) clinical psychologist analyzed characters from the TV shows Nick was playing at that time. The commercial I remember had the psychologist pointing out that when Joe Friday (of Dragnet) walks, his arms do not swing side to side, a sign of how he completely represses his own emotions. I'd actually like to see more of the commercials this guy did, but that's the only one I can remember.
Does anyone know where I can find either commercial online?
The first one is from MTV, back when MTV was 90% music videos and the other 10% was weirdy animation or shows about music. It didn't seem to be advertising anything, it was the equivalent to an anime eye-catch. It went like this:
Two young people, a guy and a girl, are leaning against a lamp post during the day. They're both wearing black leather jackets and jeans, and have new-wave haircuts.
The boy says, in a moody voice, “Nobody likes me.”
The girl looks at him and says, "I like you, Oliver."
There is an extended pause, after which the boy says: "Nobody good likes me."
The girl rolls her eyes and I believe there's a music stinger at the end, a short riff on a wind instrument, maybe?
The other commercial is from Nick at Night. This is more of a series of commercials that I'd like to see again, but this is the only one in the series I actually remember. Nick at Night had a set of commercials in the 90s where a (supposed) clinical psychologist analyzed characters from the TV shows Nick was playing at that time. The commercial I remember had the psychologist pointing out that when Joe Friday (of Dragnet) walks, his arms do not swing side to side, a sign of how he completely represses his own emotions. I'd actually like to see more of the commercials this guy did, but that's the only one I can remember.
Does anyone know where I can find either commercial online?
"excuse my French
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
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Perhaps it is in this but, I don't have an hour to watch them all right now.
but they're listening to every word I say
This has the exact script you gave for the MTV one. I googled "Nobody likes me MTV bumper"
but they're listening to every word I say
This one has the Dragnet psychologist. Starts around 2:15
but they're listening to every word I say
Holy shit. amazing. Thank you!
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
There is also a huge list of Nick at Nite "IDs" for when the channel content switchover happened. Not really a true station ID since it is the same station but in that style.
https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/Nick_at_Nite_IDs
...why do I know so much broadcast television terminology?
but they're listening to every word I say