Classic Commercial: Juicy Fruit, early 80s

 

You know, it’s amazing what you find yourself singing to a teething baby in the middle of the night.  I’ve discovered, for example, that I have a whole repertoire of 70s and 80s advertising jingles in my head.  This commercial, for example, wasn’t much to look at (well, I think adolescent boys did like looking at 0:03-0:04), but the jingle was definitely a keeper:

In fact, it was so good that Wrigley’s recently resurrected it for a new commercial.  Tragically, the spot is really kind of cringe-inducing, due to bad casting, a cliched setup (a roller coaster?  really?), and some really bad directing:

Also, am I the only one who thinks it’s a shame that they had to change “a stick of Juicy Fruit” to “a piece of Juicy Fruit”?