This is for the people in the Los Angeles, California market. I know that Los Angeles TV stations (like KCBS, KNBC, KTLA, KABC, KCAL, KTTV, and KCOP) air commercials for example like Jack in The Box (my recent favorite commercial is where the dude marries the bacon!), Carl's Jr., In and Out Burger, DirecTV's rivals Charter, TWC, and AT&T U-Verse. Do they still air Carpeteria commercials, and what ever happend to Banner Carpets? Also, do they air Fuddruckers Hamburger commercials on the Los Angeles locals? What other local business' air commercials in Los Angeles, and are some in HD or SD?
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Local commercials on Los Angeles TV stations
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Last time I was in LA, I heard an ad for Linder's Furniture, which I believe is totally local. I noticed it because the voice-over announcer was Tom Campbell, a long-time SF Bay Area disc-jockey and commercial announcer who has been missing for the last couple of decades. I guess he moved to the LA area.
Tom was a 60s DJ on KYA (Top 40) radio, and later got famous for doing commercials for both stereo and waterbed stores in the 70s and 80s in the Bay Area.
Tom was a 60s DJ on KYA (Top 40) radio, and later got famous for doing commercials for both stereo and waterbed stores in the 70s and 80s in the Bay Area.
Carpeteria went bankrupt/disolved years and years ago. I think Banner Carpet is still around but I can't say I've seen ads for them. Empire Today ads are still around for carpet needs but they are a national chain, I think. A-Dee-Do plumbing ads show up once in a great while and Cal Worthington is still selling new and used cars from Bellflower Blvd in Long Beach everyday of the week. It's hard to believe Cal is still alive and I sometimes think Cal is animatronic like the Hall of Presidents attraction at Disneyland.
Other than that the bulk of local ad buys these days are still the trade schools like Westwood College, ITT Tech, and Le Courdon Bleu Culinary and Marinello's Beauty School. Long gone are the ads from Dootson Trucking School, Fred Rated from The Federated, National Lumber, Lee Greenwood's Bedspread Emporium and Pete Ellis Dodge.
Other than that the bulk of local ad buys these days are still the trade schools like Westwood College, ITT Tech, and Le Courdon Bleu Culinary and Marinello's Beauty School. Long gone are the ads from Dootson Trucking School, Fred Rated from The Federated, National Lumber, Lee Greenwood's Bedspread Emporium and Pete Ellis Dodge.
Robnoxious said:
I've seen one of Cal Wortington's ads (to the tune of If You Happy And You Know It, Clap Your Hands with Go see Cal). How can you forget Cal Worthington and his dog Spot?
spencerkarter85 said:
If you've grown up in Los Angeles in the last 40 years you never heard the lyrics to Cal's song as "Go see Cal! Go see Cal! Go see Cal!" as a child. You always sang it as "Pussycow! Pussycow! Pussycow!"
Does it make sense? Not at all but neither does many things kids say or do. It's just something that's been passed down from kid to kid for decades.
Robnoxious said:
I saw a video clip of Cal's ad on http://www.tvsignoffs.com from September 1982 when it was recorded from KHJ 9 (now KCAL).
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Cal Worthington's Ford dealer, I think, still exists in Anchorage, AK. When I was stationed there in the late 70s, those ads were incessant!
"If you're lookin' for a better set o' wheels,
I will stand upon my head to beat all deals.
I will stand upon my head
Till my ears are turnin' red!
Go see Cal, Go see Cal, Go see Cal!"
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"If you're lookin' for a better set o' wheels,
I will stand upon my head to beat all deals.
I will stand upon my head
Till my ears are turnin' red!
Go see Cal, Go see Cal, Go see Cal!"
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cd637299 said:
Yes - Carpeteria still exists - I drive by one on Geary Blvd in San Francisco almost daily.
And yes - you can still "go see Cal" in Anchorage.
What about Phil and Jims Phil and Jims Phil and Jims Phil and Jims
w00t said:
Worthington Ford is indeed still in Long Beach, and a few other cities. Last time I was in LA, I noticed that Cal was still doing the commercials. According to Wikipedia, he was born in November 1920, which makes him 91 years old. He looked good, but I noticed his diction has gotten a little thicker, like he's had a stroke, or maybe just new dentures. Not putting him down - I hope I'm still breathing at 91 and half that healthy.
Cal was a pilot during World War II, and got his start as a Hudson (American car company that went out of business in the mid 50s) dealer in the early 1950s, and was a disc jockey in the 50s on country station KXLA 1110 AM. Lots of history there.
http://www.calworthingtonford.net/index.htm
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