Breaker1011 From United States, joined Nov 2007, 777 posts, RR: 2 Posted (1 year 6 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 7531 times:
Woke up this morning - had this theme song in my head for some whacked reason but had to try and find it! I loved all the airline ads and jingles of the 70's and 80's. Check out this site - very entertaining. And here's a link to that commercial with the jingle I was humming...plus a few more of my favorites!
Breaker1011 From United States, joined Nov 2007, 777 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (1 year 6 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 7524 times:
PS -
If anyone knows how to get a longer track of the actual theme, either "Delta Gets you there" or "We're AA - Something Special in the Air" - or "Silver Bird, take me Where" I'd really appreciate the information!
FlagshipAZ From United States, joined Jan 2001, 3408 posts, RR: 16 Reply 9, posted (1 year 6 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 7197 times:
Quoting Rikkus67 (Reply 5): that bird had attitude! What was his name?
His name was Wally. Famous for his Mr. Magoo-like voice & the swizzle stick in his drink.
I think it was Jim Backus that supplied the voice too.
Regards.
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Ben Franklin
Breaker1011 From United States, joined Nov 2007, 777 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (1 year 6 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 7179 times:
I remember that one clearly - it was "look to us, fly with us, Northwest"
Trying to find a few more jingles if anyone has insight - I remember them in my head and know they had official jingles recorded!
You can't beat the experience - PanAm!
No one serves our republic like Republic!
We're Eastern, America's favorite way to fly!
You're gonna like us, TWA
On the latter, I'd swear that the first FA that talks looks like Adrienne "The Bust" Barbeau, who played an Eastern FA from the movie "The Crash of Flight 401"
Boy, I've not played much with YouTube but there are dozens of vintage airline commercials on there - what a blast!
Breaker1011 From United States, joined Nov 2007, 777 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (1 year 6 months 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 6984 times:
Yes it was - I remember that claim to fame being quite sought after by AA. I think "Aeroflot" at the time was a blanket name covering everything from an IL-62 to crop dusters and traffic copters at the time - litterally, SU claimed to have thousands of aircraft until the wall came down and they rationalized themselves a bit with the real world.
474218 From United States, joined Oct 2005, 3394 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (1 year 6 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 6845 times:
Quoting Breaker1011 (Reply 14): I think "Aeroflot" at the time was a blanket name covering everything from an IL-62 to crop dusters and traffic copters at the time - litterally, SU claimed to have thousands of aircraft until the wall came down and they rationalized themselves a bit with the real world.
That because the USSR was a Communist country and under the Communist system the state owns everything. So it didn't matter what purpose and aircraft was used, it was "Aeroflot's".
Bok269 From United States, joined May 2007, 2063 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (1 year 6 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 6819 times:
Quoting Breaker1011 (Reply 14): I think "Aeroflot" at the time was a blanket name covering everything from an IL-62 to crop dusters and traffic copters at the time - litterally, SU claimed to have thousands of aircraft until the wall came down and they rationalized themselves a bit with the real world.
THat's what I thought-they had something like 11000 aircraft, which covered virtually every aircraft in the country.
GoAllegheny From United States, joined Nov 2000, 340 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (1 year 6 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 6739 times:
That Braniff ad is the absolute bomb. I love the guy on the jetpack outside the plane, the corded phone, and the option to watch any of THREE different movies, or even all three of them at once with the swivel chairs. Woo-hoo!
I also liked the 1982 AA ad - "full service, no matter what you paid". Well, I guess now the only truthful line would be "full service, depending on what you paid."
Speaking of AA, for those who haven't seen them, here are the two post-9/11 AA ads that seemed so compelling at the time and still look very good.
CAM2:"Lightning coming out of that one." CAM1: "What?"
26 FlyASAGuy2005: http://www.airlineempires.net/content/view/112/88/ Also something I like to look at which brings back a lot from aviaiton's past. It's a little sad, b
27 Breaker1011: WOW! That was awesome - that little kid was ME! Though I was still doing that in my AMC Pacer when I was 18+
28 GayStudPilot: I always thought this was one of the most stylish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxs106rp5RQ
29 Aruba: I love the American Airlines commercial especially the song. "Going Home." It reminds me driving to JFK to catch all those flights I've taken on Ameri
30 DeltaL1011man: i second that dont know how to explain it but here it is
31 FreequentFlier: This BA commercial was always one of my personal favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMEUutqArbo I think it really sold BA as the classy airline
32 Flybyguy: " target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxs10...rp5RQ I'd have to agree. Never flew BA, but more and more they are beginning to look like the
33 Flight7E7: Remember " We are National the Sunshine Airline, watch us shine, watch us shine" and "I'm National fly me" First metal at 13, 16 AUG 1972- NA 436 JFK/
35 Miller22: There's a whole collection of airline commercials here: http://www.airlineempires.net/videos/
36 Jalapeno: yes.....this is great can't remember if it was 80's or 90's, but I remember United for a while using Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue theme for a while. Gr
37 Toni_: This was one of my favourites. Beautifull song by Enya! (btw FlyASAGuy2005 you can use the embed code on the youtube page) I grew up with these 2 nic
38 Tcv: Here's a Delta parody ad. Someone could take offense.
39 AABB777: Nothing beats this AA advertisement! Love it! ...and you gotta love this AA/TWA merger spot! Quoting from the spot: 'Two great airlines, one great fut
40 N702ML: In the middle of this page: http://www.catchoursmile.com/ there is a link to a catchy PSA jingle I love! "Ready and smiling....PSA. Easing your way...
41 Lincoln: AFAIK... UA still uses Rhapsody in Blue for everything. It's not bad in the commercials, but when you're hearing it loop in a terminal (wandering thr
42 JohnClipper: "You Can't Beat the Experience...BONG!...PAN AM!"
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