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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I respectfully disagree CBD.
The 1971 public service ad, which sought to combat pollution, was widely successful. It secured two Clio awards, incited a frenzy of community involvement,
and helped reduce litter by 88% across 38 states. It raised billions of dollars to help protect the wilderness of America.
Even as a 10 year old I was deeply touched, and every time the commercial aired it stopped me in my tracks. I decided then and there NEVER to liter, and made sure
no one littered in my presence. (to limited success)
stats from:
https://priceonomics.com/the-true-st...crying-indian/
and...
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...y-1046084.html
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There was another commercial I loved as a kid (from around 1966/67) It was set to a hollywoodized 'Indian' drumbeat.
I'm curious to see how many of you remember this one.
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Yes, I know......the commercial is for beer, but I just absolutely loved the animated bear and drumbeat.
I even asked my parents if we could go to "The Land of Sky Blue Waters" on vacation. lol.
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OK - ER You inspired me to climb into the rafters of the garage to retrieve a few cans from my old beer can collection.
Note: the beer can collection resides in the rafters of the garage because I'm married. Enough said there.
Anyway, here are a couple old Hamms cans. The roached out one (on the left) was pre-pop top.
Coming from Ohio, I had never heard of Hamms beer until I got to Vandenberg AFB in 1971. I recall that the Master Sergeant in
our office referred to them as Hamm sandwiches, which led me to believe they often constituted his lunch.
That reminds me of a short story to illustrate how crazy the military was back then. Every time there was a three day weekend,
they would hold a Commanders Call on Friday after work. All personnel were required to attend. The purpose of the Commanders Call
was to remind everyone not to drink and drive over the long weekend. The Commanders Call was always held at the NCO club.
By late Friday night, everyone staggered (or drove) home loaded.
Bonus:photo: