Mak

Mildly NSFW

1960's car salesman... READ BEFORE WATCHING!!!

Who remembers Ralph Williams in SF area? Big time car salesman.
This is one of the greatest commercials ever seen and it only aired
once. During the late 60s, most television programs and commercials
were live. There were no "pre-recorded" programs. There were some
obvious problems with this method. No "retakes" and "bloopers" were
a regular occurrence. He quit right after this commercial. This is no blooper.
This guy was just upset with his boss and told it like he thought it was.
What a great job of ad-libbing. He never misses a beat, if you listen carefully,
you'll hear the cameraman and soundman lose it.
The commercial got on air... but only once!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IByDSLeM6Lk

Allan R

Sounded like he was 'ready to quit' all the way through the commercial. Like he was on a dare to do this. Caught me totally by surprise, but how can you argue with him? You just know he's telling the truth...

Impin'

HAHAHAHA!!!! Thanks...I needed a laugh.

coltsneckbob

That was an excellent commercial.......and he did it with straight face and didn't miss a beat as you said.

I also enjoyed this video which came up after the saleman one ended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...uerFdPWRQ&NR=1

MDchanic

My colleagues who shut the door to the hallway halfway through this video would probably recommend tagging it "Do Not Open at Work."

Brilliant!

- Eric

Mak

Sorry... done.

DreWRoolZ

i cant even watch videos at work :/ will have to check it out later but sounds interesting!

oldcutlass

Not an honest car salesman! Today we would refer to him as a disgruntled employee!!

MDchanic

Our work network blocks YouTube (and non-work email), but that's what the iPhone (and colleague's iPad) are for!

- Eric

chrisneu68olds

O M F G !!
That is the best and most honest commercial I have ever seen! Bar NONE!

I had to download it for my stack of funny stuff.

Funkwagon455

I've seen this before, but man it just does not get old. Thanks for the laugh!

chrisneu68olds

Still funny!

http://youtu.be/DK6BksCzTKs

There is not too much fact floating around on the Internet about these ads, but I think that they are most likely done as pranks and that they never aired on TV. The guys name seems to be Chick Lambert and he did do car ads in the '60's and '70's, but not much else is known about him.

slantflat

Also on youtube look up Winnebago Man. He was a cantankerous guy that made commercials for the RVs, and these are the outtakes compiled by the camera crew. Note: His choice of words(or choice words) are rather colorful. Definitely not for virgin ears.







Mike

Dave Siltman

I gotta tell you that is a RIOT!!! I've seen it many times and it's still funny. Coming from a LOOOOOOOOONG time car dealer---that is saying something.

chrisneu68olds

Winnebago Man kills me too. I have to get that movie double quick!

Redog

Pure awesomeness

Highwayman

OK, I've got a story to tell about a car salesman. Back in my home town in Kansas there was this salesman at the Chevy/Olds dealer. His company car was an Impala convertible and he liked to cheat on his wife.


One day he had that new Impala parked where it shouldn't have been. The woman's husband drove a concrete truck and came by the house. The top was down and the irate husband dumped a load of fresh concrete into the car filling it up.


I was at the dealership one day and overheard someone ask him about it. All he would admit to was he claimed to have sold a lot of cars because of it.