Was Curious about the Amazon commercial with the mini horse
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I'm surprised that is in black and white and the video is so poor. Although I don't remember Sonny Bono's pre-moustache days, it certainly seems like it would have been in a time with much better quality video.
That's a Kinetoscope recording, where they actually aimed a camera at the monitor and recorded it to tape. That way all the different camera angles didn't have to be recorded individually to tape, just one copy that captured all of the camera angles.
That's not uncommon from back in the 60's as recording gear and videotape was seen as something too expensive to use for every day productions. Even many of the major networks seldom if ever kept tape of live shows and performances, or the production companies tended to re-use the tape to cut costs.
This is why it's virtually impossible to watch old shows except for those in the very high-end of budgets, and why there's so few local shows (ho-ho, foreman scotty, etc.) that are even available to view today. They were far more concerned with the bottom line ($) than preserving something for posterity.
That's not uncommon from back in the 60's as recording gear and videotape was seen as something too expensive to use for every day productions. Even many of the major networks seldom if ever kept tape of live shows and performances, or the production companies tended to re-use the tape to cut costs.
This is why it's virtually impossible to watch old shows except for those in the very high-end of budgets, and why there's so few local shows (ho-ho, foreman scotty, etc.) that are even available to view today. They were far more concerned with the bottom line ($) than preserving something for posterity.
I was telling my wife the other night that I didn't remember Cher singing that song but that it was undoubtedly her. The idea of Sonny being the "Little Man" in their relationship was the running gag behind at least half of the skits on the Sonny and Cher Show.
I am a fan of good commercials (and sharp critic of bad ones) and this is the only one currently airing that I back up and replay a couple of times a week because it's so well done. Catchy tune and great editing of all the horses' reactions to each other. Bound to win a CLIO.
Btw, if you ever see a CLIO awards show listed on TV, record it and check it out. You'd be surprised at how easy it is to watch an hour of great commercials. The foreign ones are fun because they are always so much racier than ones on US TV. We're so prudish.
I am a fan of good commercials (and sharp critic of bad ones) and this is the only one currently airing that I back up and replay a couple of times a week because it's so well done. Catchy tune and great editing of all the horses' reactions to each other. Bound to win a CLIO.
Btw, if you ever see a CLIO awards show listed on TV, record it and check it out. You'd be surprised at how easy it is to watch an hour of great commercials. The foreign ones are fun because they are always so much racier than ones on US TV. We're so prudish.
Wait can you buy a mini-pony on Amazon now? Oh man the look on my wife's face when that shows up will be worth every penny.
I was on both those shows as a kid so I don't need no stinkin' video of it....I remember!! I have also found out in my later years that the line "looks like you fell in the freckle barrel" doesn't go over well with chicks. Foreman Scotty should have warned us back then not to steal his lines.
Sorry, man, just the pony door. You're on your own to find a little flowerbed fertilizer-er.
No, I'm just a fanboy. I studied it tangentially in school and it comes up in my adjunct teaching of psychology. Psych pops up in everything.
No education necessary to know a bad commercial. I heard a 30-second spot on national radio the other day for an unfamiliar product and manufacturer in which the company name was mentioned once in the first sentence before the listener was ready, and once in the last sentence when the exasperated listener had given up.
It might have worked on TV, but it was wasted time and money on radio. I hate that kind of simple mistake, especially on a national network.
