1966 Bacaruda Radio Commercial
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Never heard that before!!! Cool.
Rustyfish
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I think it might have been a local promotion.
Its funny stuff!
MileHighDart
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Groovy Man
chryslerfat
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Thanks for sharing. Thats hip
nm9stheham
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Thanks for this OP! Believe it or not, I actually remember the 'Bacaruda' commercials.... I still use the term today LOL!
My dad built and operated a successful AM station in the 50's and 60's, so us kids got exposed to all sorts of interesting promotional stuff. I lot of commercials like this were centrally produced and shipped around the country to dealers or stations on reel-to-reel tapes or record discs. Like most stations of that time, my dad's station had a separate production studio, where DJ's not on-air would make almost all of the commercials used at the station. Sometimes it was from their own authored 'copy' (approved by the advertiser), or sometimes by transcribing audio from pre-recorded audio like this onto the station's own commercial tape cartridges and then mixing in local dealer info into the finished commercial tape... which is what you hear at the end of this commercial.
Again OP, thanks for sharing this. Live radio station work was a thriving business back then, as opposed to most of the satellite feed radio today.
My dad built and operated a successful AM station in the 50's and 60's, so us kids got exposed to all sorts of interesting promotional stuff. I lot of commercials like this were centrally produced and shipped around the country to dealers or stations on reel-to-reel tapes or record discs. Like most stations of that time, my dad's station had a separate production studio, where DJ's not on-air would make almost all of the commercials used at the station. Sometimes it was from their own authored 'copy' (approved by the advertiser), or sometimes by transcribing audio from pre-recorded audio like this onto the station's own commercial tape cartridges and then mixing in local dealer info into the finished commercial tape... which is what you hear at the end of this commercial.
Again OP, thanks for sharing this. Live radio station work was a thriving business back then, as opposed to most of the satellite feed radio today.
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Big_John
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
I remember those commercials and I think there was a TV version, but my memory is a little faded.
I still often refer to them as Bacarudas, so it stuck with me!
I still often refer to them as Bacarudas, so it stuck with me!
Big_John
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
I think this is the TV commercial I'm thinking of.
Rustyfish
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Hahaha that's great, even got in a few option plugs!
Rustyfish
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Here's another tv ad.
My mom and dad bought a new 66 Barracuda. I was 3 years old at the time. It's the first car I remember them having because I would play in the cargo area.
The first time my brother (5 years older than me) sat down in mine he said, "It's a LOT smaller than I remember!!!
The first time my brother (5 years older than me) sat down in mine he said, "It's a LOT smaller than I remember!!!
- Marvin -
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You can find this Barracuda radio commercial on this LP (or CD):
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