I vividly remember this commerical coming out in 1992.
As a nine year old little boy, the good folks at Milton Bradley weren't just advertising a mere board game. They were promising me the most extreme board game ever! I used to love watching this spot, each time putting myself in the winner's place. I'd have the power to condemn the loser to hell! That'd put a quick end to my bully problem!
I never actually owned Crossfire, but I'll tell you this: not a day goes by that I don't look back with regret, thinking of what may have been if I had owned it. Maybe I would have developed omnipotent powers. Or maybe I could have just killed some time playing with my friends. We'll never know. We'll just never know.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
What was that purple stuff, anyway?
I'm posting this from my Blackberry, so please forgive me if the formatting is off! I'll fix it while I'm at work later today.
This week's commercial was suggested to me by Curtis, an old high school friend of mine.
I don't know when Sunny Delight started doing these commercials, but they're all pretty much the same. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. The kids play. They come into the alpha-kid's house, and raid his fridge. What's in there? A bottle of generic pop (or soda, if you will), purple stuff, actual real orange juice, and Sunny Delight.I've never quite understood the appeal of Sunny Delight. It's basically pure sugar with a hit of orange flavouring. I've always hated the stuff. Obviously, though, people are drinking it. It's been around since 1964, and it's still around today. I get that Sunny Delight is packed with vitamins. But so is real orange juice! And real orange juice is so much more delicious.
Anyway, this here blog isn't about products I hate. It's about commercials I love! And while I think that Sunny Delight is possibly the worst product ever invented by mankind, they've produced some of the most iconic 90's-era commercials ever. I guess that while I
won't drink Sunny Delight, but I'll gladly watch other people enjoy it.
This week's commercial was suggested to me by Curtis, an old high school friend of mine.
I don't know when Sunny Delight started doing these commercials, but they're all pretty much the same. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. The kids play. They come into the alpha-kid's house, and raid his fridge. What's in there? A bottle of generic pop (or soda, if you will), purple stuff, actual real orange juice, and Sunny Delight.I've never quite understood the appeal of Sunny Delight. It's basically pure sugar with a hit of orange flavouring. I've always hated the stuff. Obviously, though, people are drinking it. It's been around since 1964, and it's still around today. I get that Sunny Delight is packed with vitamins. But so is real orange juice! And real orange juice is so much more delicious.
Anyway, this here blog isn't about products I hate. It's about commercials I love! And while I think that Sunny Delight is possibly the worst product ever invented by mankind, they've produced some of the most iconic 90's-era commercials ever. I guess that while I
won't drink Sunny Delight, but I'll gladly watch other people enjoy it.