I remember & love these classic commercials. The Highland Appliance ad cracked me up as a kid and still today. I also remember a vacation as a kid, and we stopped for the night in Tennessee and the Detroit Zoo commercial came on. I was so excited!
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/i...ic_detr.html#0
PS I wish they had chosen a Mel Farr ad with his jingle, "Mel Farr, Superstar, for a Farr better deal."
They left some real icons out, like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyRP0eaJ1SU
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL8vTH_ykR0
or even
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTKQ-NA1HZU
Nice list [[still love that DIA ad... "You gotta have art"...) But they left some real icons of Detroitiana out, like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyRP0eaJ1SU
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL8vTH_ykR0
or even
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTKQ-NA1HZU