Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cars. Show all posts

Thursday, January 4, 2018

THE DOORS MADE MUSIC FOR A FORD TRAINING FILM


As time goes on, we discover things we didn't know about. Thanks to Oliver Stone, we know about how three of the Doors allowed Buick to use "Light My Fire" in a commercial without the permission of the Lizard King, but before they released their first album they score part of a training film for Ford Motors.

This film is reminiscent of the Chevrolet training film Hired, which was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000. This one focuses on Ford service department employees, rather than sales people. It features a nightmare sequence about different kinds of difficult customers.

I believe that one of the actors in this film is Bill Williams, the star of 50s TV shows The Adventures of Kit Carson and Date with the Angels, however I can't confirm this. I do know one of the main actors in this is Frank Coghlan Junior, who played Billy Batson in The Adventures of Captain Marvel and was the repairman in the Curtis Mathis television ads of the 70s.

In the nightmare sequence, the voice over belongs to Frank Nelson, best know for being the foil of Jack Benny, Lucille Ball and Redd Foxx, as well as the chauffeur in the commercials for McDonalds' Passport To Riches contest. Unfortunately, he doesn't say his famous "YYYYEEEEESSSSS" catchphrase.

Another thing missing is Jim Morrison's vocals. However, did perform some percussion and sound effects, possibly some of the "voices" of the customers.

Listen carefully, you can pick out early versions of such Doors songs as "I Looked At You," "Soft Parade" and "The End."



   


Wednesday, September 11, 2013

CALIFORNIA CAR DEALER CAL WORTHINGTON DIES

A great article from Automotive News about the late Cal Worthington. The Firesign Theater had a whole routine where they just said random lines from Southern California used car dealers commercials.

Car commercials in this area have never been as exciting as the used car ads in other states.

Friday, July 19, 2013

PLASTIC SIGN LOGO MOLDS 2 - AUTOMOTIVE & FUEL

Last month, I presented the first in a series of scans from a catalog of rubber molds for a vacuum form machine that produced plastic signs for store windows and magnetic signs for cars. That post contained clip art about food and logos of famous fast food and beverages - past & present. This time I'm posting logos related to automotive supplies, cars and gas stations. I almost entitled this post "getting gas" but realized there were more than gas stations contained in these. I'll be honest some of these companies I have never heard of. The are either regional or, like some of the ones I recognize, out of business or taken over by another company.
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Is there still a Derby anywhere in the world?

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Skelly, DX,Vickers, Clark seemed to have faded away. BP we know is still around. What the heck is Gibble Gas?

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More of the Art/Craft cavemen. Is it just me or did the Grateful Dead swipe the Bear logo for their t-shirts?

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Art/Craft was also fond of little men with large heads wearing undersized derby hats. Some of the antique cars were probably to decorate men's dens and offices (It was a 60s & 70s thing). The Road Runner is here because of the popular Plymouth Road Runner sports cars.

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More cars.

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OK Used Cars. Does anyone still use that anymore? I assume that one logo is for the Canadian heavy metal band of the 70s and not the country band of the 90s.

I hope you enjoy these. I have more.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

HOLY HOT ROD, BATMAN!!! BATMOBILE SPOTTED IN LEBANON SATURDAY!

I finally had a childhood dream of mine come true. I saw the Batmobile from the Batman TV series up close. Some of you may remember that my love of the Batman TV show upset some little dork, who preferred the Dark Knight, on the other blog,


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