Hi there,
I'm trying to remember a Pontiac dealer on Archer ave. In the 80's/90's.
On the commercials his mother would bake cookies for you if you bought a Pontiac
Does anyone remember these commercials, I've been racking my brain trying to
remember...
In 1978, the “Howard’s Mother Loves You” television campaign debuted; which started the tradition of giving customers chocolate chip cookies when they purchased a car.
You can even find a few of the old commercials on Youtube.
Thank You So Much...
It's been stuck in my head all night,Pain in the butt sleeping.
I was stuck on Harold Pontiac, It just was'nt going to leave
me alone... And it was on Grand Ave, not Archer...
Thanx Again...
Geo...
Mornac Wrote:
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> Anyone remember the name of "Your singing Ford
> dealer"?
>
> ("Rock-a-bye your babeeee!")
That was Harry Schmerler Ford. My neighbor bought a car from them and he sang to her when handing her the keys. I do remember that in some of his ads he'd sing 'In The Good Old Summertime'.
Mornac Wrote:
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> The prize goes to WayOutWardell. But since you
> brought Bert Weinman into the discussion Lance,
> does anyone remember the actual name of his
> pitchman?
Linn Burton, for certain: http://chicagotelevision.com/linn.htm
Howard Pontiac is now Howard Buick/GMC and no more 'Mom' stickers on the cars, or any signage.
Aiming for a more modern upscale customer, not 'Big Blow outs' of cheap Grand Ams.
Schmerler Ford became Roasch Ford and moved to Bensenville. Building in Elk Grove now sells fork lifts and industrial equipment. But, Schmerler's hey day was the era of Ford Country Squire wagons with fake wood trim.
Speaking of dealer owners as pichmen, Al Piemonte hasn't been in any recent ads. Used to have an Al ad on their website. Now, it's his son pitching sales, whom I met once.