On the 3rd Day of Christmas: Peace, Love & a Coke
Seriously, this is the best Christmas commercial of all time. A message of peace, love the earth and diversity all in one! With a simple and classic tune that’s catchy and stays in your head for days, Coke won me over early. Thirty years later and older, I view the commercial and realize how progressive Coke was for the 70′s. After all, my school was 99% white and the diversity in this commercial was probably the first exposure I had to those outside my own racial profile. Go Coke for being so progressive! ...
Read MoreOn the 2nd Day of Christmas: Peter Comes Home
In the 70′s and 80′s when Starbucks was just a single store in Seattle and coffee wasn’t about making five decisions in 30 seconds, it was Peter who with a simple, single pot of Folgers made coffee a social sport. Twenty years later, Peter would snub the pre-ground, grocery store brand in favor of the local Starbucks with no clue how to make a pot of coffee. And instead of an armful of presents, he’d come barreling through the door with a tray of lattes and cappuccinos, and even a hot chocolate for his little sister. Today, Peter would say, “Folgers, what’s...
Read MoreOn the 1st Day of Christmas, A Box of Lucky Strike’s
This first of 12 posts pays tribute to the bygone days when we said Christmas on the air and a box of Lucky Strike’s warranted a 1 1/2 minute commercial spot. Flash-forward 60 years: Virginia (the home of Lucky Strike) bans smoking in all restaurants and bars and saying Merry Christmas warrants a reprimand from Human Resources. But in the 50′s, a box of Lucky Strike’s said: “Merry Christmas and Happy Smoking 200...
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