Video - "NBC Network" Commercials (December 31st, 1989)

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Pro bowlers prance about empty stadium, praise virtues of low-calorie soda
Published 4/14/2008 by flubby at Kissing Suzy Kolber
Here we have a 1989 Diet Coke commercial featuring some notable NFL players of the day. I can make Ronnie Lott, Boomer Esiason, Warren Moon, Al Toon, Louis Lipps, Eric Dickerson. I’m not sure about the rest, one of the guys at the end looks like my mailman. This could be a case where anonymity has its advantages. ...

A descent into the commercials of our early teens
Published 4/16/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
We’d like to extend a hearty “thank you” and “curse you” to the lads at Kissing Suzy Kolber for posting the YouTube video that we are about to re-post for you (and yes, we’re told this works now. Hang onto your hats). It’s a blizzard of so many of the commercials we used to watch in our younger days, and the first one is certainly worth the free admission alone: Boomer Esiason, Warren Moon, Louis Lipps, Eric Dickerson and co. selling Diet Coke. “Shakes Louis’ Lipps. … Shakes Eric’s Hips.” That little line was unearthed from a deep, dark corner of our memory. Now it seems like just ...