Commercials from the Past???

[grantgeneral78]

Ok finish this commercial.

Trust your car to.............

I know this wont last long!

[FRISKY]

Ok finish this commercial.

Trust your car to.............

I know this wont last long!

The man who wears the star...Texaco.

[Generals64]

"the man who wears the star,....The Big RED Texaco Star:...ta-da

[Prunepicker]

"the man who wears the star... The Big RED Texaco Star... ta-da

I thought it was, "yo can trust that your car will be stopped by the man who
wears a star." Wasn't it something about the highway patrol?

[Generals64]

I thought it was, "yo can trust that your car will be stopped by the man who
wears a star." Wasn't it something about the highway patrol?

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By the way, who was the star of the hit T.V. show Highway Patrol????and his stage name was????

[skyrick]

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By the way, who was the star of the hit T.V. show Highway Patrol????and his stage name was????

Broderick Crawford. If you mean his character's name, it was something Matthews.

Rick

[Generals64]

Broderick Crawford.

Rick

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O.K.///...But, what was his stage name and what model was the car he drove in???

[skyrick]

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O.K.///...But, what was his stage name and what model was the car he drove in???

I edited my original response after re-reading your question(s). I think his character was something Matthews. And the car, jeez. I wanna say a 57 Fairlane but maybe some kind of Chrysler?

Rick

[Prunepicker]

By the way, who was the star of the hit T.V. show Highway Patrol? and his
stage name was?

Broderick Crawford. I watched that show every week. I don't remember
his name on the show.

[Prunepicker]

O.K.///...But, what was his stage name and what model was the car he
drove in?

They drove Buick Centuries!

[grantgeneral78]

The man who wears the star...Texaco.

We have a winner!

Boy that was short.

[grantgeneral78]

They drove Buick Centuries!

Mr. Picker....I do believe they were Century`s<<<<<------picking on the spelling!!!

[CarltonsKeeper]

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O.K.///...But, what was his stage name and what model was the car he drove in???

I thought they started the show with a 1950 Ford 2 door????

[Generals64]

I thought they started the show with a 1950 Ford 2 door????

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you won the door prize Carlton.....

[CarltonsKeeper]

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you won the door prize Carlton.....

P.S. I'm not Carlton, only his Keeper!! LOL

[grantgeneral78]

OK,
here is another to finish....

What was the name of the little FRITO mexican dood from frito lay back in the day, and what was his jingle line?

[CarltonsKeeper]

OK,
here is another to finish....

What was the name of the little FRITO mexican dood from frito lay back in the day, and what was his jingle line?

"Frito Bandito"

[CarltonsKeeper]

OK,
here is another to finish....

What was the name of the little FRITO mexican dood from frito lay back in the day, and what was his jingle line?

That be "Dude" (sp) Prunepicker made me do it!! LOL

[grantgeneral78]

That be "Dude" (sp) Prunepicker made me do it!! LOL

I knew that, I was just seeing if picker would call me on it or not.....ok so what was the jingle?

[GreenBrush]

Hey, all.
I didn't see this commerical mentioned, (though I may have missed it)> I remember this one coming on constantly in the 80s. It definitely brings back some memories:

YouTube - Ruby's Produce Commercial

[ChuckE]

Here is the Wikipedia article for the Frito Bandito, it gives two versions of the Jingle. and why he stopped being used as the spokes toon.

Frito Bandito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chuck E.

[papaOU]

Here is the Wikipedia article for the Frito Bandito, it gives two versions of the Jingle. and why he stopped being used as the spokes toon.

Frito Bandito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chuck E.

Gotta be careful using Wikipedia since it is not considered a reliable source.

[CarltonsKeeper]

Gotta be careful using Wikipedia since it is not considered a reliable source.

Your exactly right, anyone can put their own definition in there!! Not very reliable at all!!

[CarltonsKeeper]

I knew that, I was just seeing if picker would call me on it or not.....ok so what was the jingle?

You got me on that one!!

[ChuckE]

Here is an article from Slash/Dot reguarding the accuracy of wikipedia:

Nature magazine recently conducted a head-to-head competition between Wikipedia and Britannica, having experts compare 42 science-related articles. The result was that Wikipedia had about 4 errors per article, while Britannica had about 3. However, a pair of endevouring Wikipedians dug a little deeper and discovered that the Wikipedia articles in the sample were, on average, 2.6 times longer than Britannica's - meaning Wikipedia has an error rate far less than Britannica's."

Granted these tests were done in 2005, and only on science articles, but the
accuracy compares favoribly.

This was actually on several news services when it was published.

Chuck E.