Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, And Chevrolet

This 1975 Chevrolet commercial featured a jingle that became a classic. It came out more than 10 years before I was born, but “baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet” is still familiar to me. I don’t know why jingles are rare in current commercials. They can be extremely catchy, and I think it’s a proven fact that people have better recall when presented with a song (that was pretty much the purpose of Schoolhouse Rock). Here’s another ad from 1975 with a famous jingle. Even if you don’t eat Big Macs, there’s a pretty good chance you know the ingredients.

So that brings me to these new Chevy ads, which show a variety of people (most too young to remember the original) singing the catchy jingle. That little girl is just adorable. There’s also two shorter, stand-alone commercials featuring Detroit Tigers stars Prince Fielder and Justin Verlander singing quietly to themselves while on the field. It’s fortunate that the Tigers have two really marketable players. If they had the roster of say, the Astros, Royals, or the 2003 Tigers team, these commercials probably wouldn’t have been made.

The Chevy Volt Will Save You A Crapload Of Money, Apparently

She meant boatload. Crap is an underused commercial word…I had to replay this one to make sure I heard it right. Priya is quite cute. But in all seriousness, how much is a “crapload”? Chevy probably needs to advertise the Volt though, because it seems they aren’t selling so good.

A Man Reunited With His Chevy Impala

Aww. Incredible. And it’s also good that ol’ Herb didn’t have a heart attack, because it looked like he was about to. Here’s the true story.

100 Years Of Chevy

As soon as this commercial started, I knew it was going to be for Chevrolet. But wow…what an ad. At the end is Tim Allen, the voice of the “Chevy Runs Deep” campaign. And the song is Ray Charles’ rendition of “America The Beautiful”.