Inspired by nostalgia: Jhoon Rhee Taekwondo and Carvel Ice Cream
by Anne Tallent | June 11, 2008 at 7:30 am
Posted in Baltimore, TV, video
Evan’s mention yesterday of “Mr. Ray’s Hair Weave” brought back a well of nostalgia for the commercial messages of my childhood. If you could pick up the D.C. stations, then you probably also were exposed to Jhoon Rhee Taekwondo, which you may remember for “Nobody bothers me,” “Nobody bothers me, either!” and “Call USA-1000.”
Here’s another: Carvel Ice Cream was not specific to the Baltimore (or Washington) area, but its commercials bring back similar eye-rolling nostalgia. Oh, and apparently Fudgie the Whale was born in 1976.
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June 11th, 2008 at 1:45 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
So scary - I looked up both of these after the Mr.Ray's post as well. I don't know how I'm going to live down knowing that my brain wandered in the same direction as Anne Tallent.
The Mr.Ray's radio commercials were more classic IMHO simply because they had to rely soley on that voice...so baltimore. John Waters tried to get the Mr.Ray's voice-over guy (Mr. Ray?) to be the narrator for Pink Flamingos...but he refused. I bet he's kicking himself now.
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June 11th, 2008 at 3:59 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
KIM'S KARATE
NOBODY HAAAASS WHAT TATE HAAASSSSS
GO GEBCO
and that classic Katz insurance commercial where the guy comes into his kitchen and picks up the piece of mail and exclaims "I'VE BEEN CANCELED!"
Excellent work Johnny dollar. You could literally make an entire website dedicated to Captain Chesapeake and to a lesser extent, Commander Stu Kerr.
On the continuing topic of Carvel, please don't leave out Cookie Puss and Cookie O' Puss. They deserve mad love.
YCKTR I think I remember reading in Waters' book that Mr. Ray refused because JW was basically a disheveled stoner at the time and he thought they would make fun of him somehow (or something). Then again, if I knew my voiceover were being used to narrate a dog**** eating scene I probably would have refused as well.
Alright I'm starting to overload on nostalgia. Gotta take a break
June 11th, 2008 at 4:38 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
"MORTONS!!! CRAZY DAYS SALE!!!"
"hi, i'm joe jacoby for theatervision..."
i got a million of em :D
June 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Well, much like Mr.Ray, you clearly are not a visionary Evan. Dog **** eating was cutting edge back then...not like now. Eating dog **** is so passe' now...Mr Ray couldv'e gotten in on the ground floor.
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June 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Jhoon Rhee? Do you have any nostalgic Philadelphia commercials to post about here?
Things never available in Baltimore:
1) D.C. Television
June 12th, 2008 at 2:35 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
au contraire, i hear reports of those growing up in baltimore that were able to on rare occasion get reception of d.c. television stations. of course it probably depended on atmospheric conditions.
June 13th, 2008 at 1:13 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Sorry, this is baltimore. I grew up in the western 'burbs. I write what I know, ya know?