Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/01/05/that-1973-barry-manilow-scored.html
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First thought: kid throwing up Spaghetti-Os on the carousel by the tenth take. Uh oh!
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I used to love those nasty little meatballs.
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Still do.
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I’ll just stick with Piña Coladas, thanks.
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As commercials from the 70’s go. This is mild.
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I ate plate of pasta and meatballs once in my twenties, and threw in some magic mushrooms for good measure. One of the best trips I ever had.
An actually factual true story.
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If you’re thinking of the Piña Colada song, it’s actually by a guy named Rupert Holmes, though it sounds like it should have been a Barry Manilow masterwork.
For your listening pleasure:
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A very common misconception, I gather. I wonder if Holmes is pissed off about this.
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We made a stew with mushrooms, ramen, welks, and whatever seaweed we found and smoked from a bong made out of kelp in the home of a community oriented hermit that we didn’t know on Vancouver Island.and the night was stormy. We got off.
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“Renew! Renew!”
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So is Manilow connected to this in some way? Don’t tell me that was him in the role of Mom?
Please see the headline for the post you commented on.
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I get it - thanks!
Barry Manilow also wrote jingles for Band Aid (“I’m stuck on Band-Aid brand 'cus Band-Aid’s stuck on me!”) and State Farm (“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.”)
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This version of Spaghetti-Os definitely seems aimed at people who have the munchies. Fudgy brownies would be a good dessert.
He incorporates them into his act:
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This has always been a favourite of mine.
Ross McManus wrote and sang the advert’s song, with his son Declan McManus; later known by his stage name Elvis Costello, on backing vocals.
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Why are everybodys drug related stories alwasy wilder than mine?
I once got so high with a bunch of punks I didn´t knew that I ate all of the potato chips from a wending machine at a S-Bahnstation. And another time I browsed around some central subwaystations in Prague with a couple of blokes I from school looking for Hotdogs. Oh, and once I threw up in the editoral washroom of “Der Spiegel”.
But thats it.
That commercial was pretty chill. I guess the seventies were simpler times. I can´t really see canned pasta anymore since we didn´t have much money when I was a kid and thats why we ate canned ravioli and spaghetti every second day.
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