Comments on: L.A. Vintage Commercials: Larry Parker

By: Felicity

Felicity — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:45:23 +0000

I’m trying to find actual 1980s Larry Parker ads for a parody I want to do; I was hoping your article had some. If it does, I can’t seem to figure out where in the article the link is. Are there any Parker ads on-line, aside from the very recent video on his site?

Thanks. :-)

PS: Your directed apostrophes are displaying as â€™ (a-circumflex, Euro, trademark).

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:04:02 +0000

I knew I couldn’t have been the only one who thought the Cal Worthington commercials were saying “pussycow”.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:42:41 +0000

heh, on the Cal Worthington page i made a comment about the dude finally being put on a motorcycle. Then I started to think I was wrong as I read the article. I am glad someone else remembers, too!

this stuff is awesome DF. I havent smiled this big in a long time. ahh memories

thanks!

By: DF

DF — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:09:29 +0000

Good catch on the Cube v. Korn attribution, Topher. I’d much rather give props to the former.

I dimly remember the malt liquor ad, though I thought the line was “Gets your girl in the mood quicker and gets your jimmy thicker.” Either way, a true modern classic of street verse.

By: Lord Quap

Lord Quap — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:58:23 +0000

Speaking of Ice Cube, does anybody remember his St. Ides commercial? I used to see it late at night, on Channel 9 (back when it was still KHJ) and Channel 13 I think. It had Ice Cube rapping on stage at a show somewhere, with the hook “St. Ides Malt Liquor – It’ll make your jimmy thicker!”

By: Topher

Topher — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:39:07 +0000

Wicked was originally an Ice Cube song.

KoRn just butchered it.

By: DF

DF — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:44:12 +0000

Great knowledge of the Parker commercial ouevre, UniAce. All my research could not locate that 2.1 million guy–or any actual facts about him–but I’ll keep an eye out.

Funny that you should mention Jack Stephan–he’s next on my commercial-nostalgia hit list.

By: UniAce

UniAce — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 08:44:17 +0000

Ahhh! Awesome! I frickin’ love this blog; you guys are the greatest.
I TOTALLY remember the common wisdom about the 2.1 Million guy being paralyzed or being only a head, but then, one time, at the end of a seemingly-regular Larry H Parker commercial: they showed the WHOLE GUY, leaning up against a motorcycle, and he capped his catchphrase with, “and man am I enjoyin’ it!”
It was as if Parker had heard the schoolyard chatter and was rebuking it directly! Except…

It looked like the guy was more PROPPED UP AGAINST the motorcycle than really leaning on it. The whispers began immediately that he really was paralyzed, and some nurses had just dressed him up and propped him long enough to shoot the bit. But we still loved Larry, because we knew, if it ever came to it, he would fight for us.

And hey, anyone remember the Jack Stefan commercials? In which the announcer kept getting the eponymous handyman’s name wrong… “Call your man, Jack Stefanovich!”

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:10:48 +0000

Was it just me or did anyone else hear the guy say “Larry Pussy got me 2.1 million”