30-Second Spots
Haunting the airwaves between daytime soaps and late-night horror movies... Featuring infectious jingles, cheap-o graphics, and hammy performances... Starring ambulance chasers, Z-list celebrities, and talking animals... These are local television advertisements -- the best of lo-fi American hucksterism, permanently lodged into the collective memory of a generation of Americans. Compiled by C. Mason Wells.
Send your favorite local ads to:
c [dot] mason [dot] wells [at] gmail [dot] com
Send your favorite local ads to:
c [dot] mason [dot] wells [at] gmail [dot] com
“Action Park,” Vernon, NJ
“The Diamond Center,” San Francisco
“Krass Brothers,” Philadelphia
“Alexander and Catalano,” Syracuse, NY
“House of Guitars,” Rochester, NY
“Streetlight Records,” San Francisco
“Saiontz & Kirk,” Baltimore
“Light ‘n Leisure,” Kingston, MA
“OhioLotto,” Ohio
“Texaslending.com,” Dallas
“Stephen L. Miles,” Baltimore
“Deer Forest,” Coloma, MI
