Banquet Frozen Dinners Commercial

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chuckcollins

16 жыл бұрын

Stan Freberg's Banquet Frozen Dinners commercial

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@boufontleflamingoetta8433 6 ай бұрын

The “husband’s” expression as he begins to realize his wife is descending into TV-dinner madness. Priceless!

@overcloth 8 жыл бұрын

Banquet should show this exact commercial on TV today

@EnchantedSmellyWolf 4 жыл бұрын

What made them go into the dark and not show up on TV? 📺

@gargantuaism 3 жыл бұрын

Banquet would have to make a public apology about using the term "housewife" all hell would break loose.

@milltymefresh 3 жыл бұрын

@@gargantuaism Banquet would be canceled smh

@dannydougin3925 Жыл бұрын

They would have to sell the same foods in the same design so people could find them.

@buddy_love 8 ай бұрын

she's a housewife. so that's what you say. no big deal.

@leslieperkins2722 3 ай бұрын

I wish commercials today had this kind of imagination and creativity.

@observerlink4124 11 жыл бұрын

This is "Frozen Dinner Noir" at it's finest.

@greatpower6063 2 жыл бұрын

film genres that should be a thing. xD

@fromthesidelines 15 жыл бұрын

The other announcer was William Woodson, best known today for narrating the 1971-'74 opening title for "THE ODD COUPLE" {"Can two divorced men share an apartment, without driving each other crazy?"}.

@johnmbaran9371 11 ай бұрын

and narrator of "The Invaders", and "Winds of War"..

@7DARKHELLS 10 жыл бұрын

One of the funniest and most original commercials ever! DO YOU HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAR MEEEEEEEEEEE !?!

@tonyktown 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I did!

@piccadilyroad66 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I can hear youuuu 😂

@PlasmaCoolantLeak Жыл бұрын

When commercials were fun, and not overblown productions about prescription medicines shown one after another.😣

@majicflute9 8 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is great stuff. I mean like WOW. That girl is the star, but don't give her a sharp knife to cut that turkey. It will end up in your back! The "Southern Gothic" tone of the commercial is a spoof of the very popular southern style movies of the 1960s made from Tennessee Williams plays. The antebellum mansion to set the scene, the thunder and lightening, the formal dinner table for aristocratic upper class dinning, the emotionally unhinged out-of-it woman hostess with the "this isn't really happening" - far away look in her eyes and the definite southern accent, all recognizable to an audience back then.

@tessiree 3 ай бұрын

I always imagined this as “Dinner at Blanche DuBois’“.

@TonyGPizza 9 жыл бұрын

RIP Stan Freberg, as funny and creative a man as ever lived. The only consolation to his passing today is that he died knowing how loved he was.

@ryuna 9 жыл бұрын

Bloody genius. Did you notice that you watched the entire advert?

@WondrousEarth Жыл бұрын

This commercial is hilarious! Bought Banquet TV dinners for me and my children, we enjoyed them a lot over the years. Would go to Top Foods and stock up for the month.

@Robert0Pirie 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely LOVE this actress, playing poor man's Virginia Wolf to the cheap seats, I am here for it.

@madamerotten 15 жыл бұрын

This is Freberg's best. I can watch the housewife's performance a dozen times at a sitting and not tire of it. The quality of the humor and satire far surpasses the nutritional value of the product.

@scotpens 2 жыл бұрын

And probably the taste as well. When I was growing up in the 1960s, Banquet frozen dinners were the cheapest and the worst. And they're STILL the cheapest and the worst.

@jamesslick4790 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this as a kid. Freberg and Mad Magazine informed my entire existence, Kept me sane!

@InvestmentComicBooks 2 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite commercial of all time, and I play it every Thanksgiving! This actresses face is absolutely hilarious!

@toddwacha5108 Жыл бұрын

RIP Stan Freberg and William Woodson, who were the voiceovers in this classic Freberg-created ad.

@michaeldion4855 Жыл бұрын

This is, perhaps, the greatest commercial ever made. 🤩

@Tairygreen 11 ай бұрын

It’s not, but it’s still pretty good. DO YOU HEAR ME!! lol

@mikedoran9851 2 жыл бұрын

As I recall, in an interview Stan Freberg IDed the actress here as Joan Gerber (1935-2011), whose career was mainly in voiceovers. Anyone who can add anything (correction included), please feel free.

@timothymiller2951 4 жыл бұрын

I don't care if I'm giving away my age, I loved this commercial, too funny! 🤣

@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz 3 жыл бұрын

They played this commercial during Get Smart. One of the sponsors.

@JackWolf10 10 жыл бұрын

"Colour by paprika" XD

@ihatewhiningbitches 14 жыл бұрын

Best performance by a housewife!

@observerlink4124 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this! I remember this from a T.V. special on hilarious commercials which aired in the early '80's. There were some gut bustingly funny ones featured and this was one of the best. I love the husband's facial expressions as the wife descends into turkey & giblet gravy madness! I had thought that this was supposed to be a parody of a Tennessee Williams play or a Faulkner story. I will have to check out The Oscar as a comparative reference. Many thanks again!

@russs7574 9 ай бұрын

Not only was Stan Freberg a comedic genius, he worked with some fantastic comedic talents during his time, like Paul Frees (best known as the voice of Boris Badenov), June Foray (the voice of Rocky the Squirrel), Helen Kleeb (later known for playing Mamie Baldwin on the Waltons), Marvin Miller (who provided the voice of Robbie the Robot in Forbidden Planet) and Jesse White (the lonely Maytag Repairman), among others. He has yet to be matched as a "pop culture" satirist.

@chuckcollins 9 ай бұрын

"The Stan Freberg Show" was almost too perfect. It's 15 episodes of pure satire.

@jokinboken 5 жыл бұрын

Stan Freberg was a friggin' genius!

@mamaneedsagrande 3 жыл бұрын

Idk how I found this but I am DEAD!!! Do you hear meeeee

@milltymefresh 3 жыл бұрын

She said "oh yes i did"😭😭😭

@stanleyban 2 жыл бұрын

Now THIS is a dinner commercial!!!

@UnoriginallyInclined 13 жыл бұрын

This must have been from the 60's. tv was incredibly awesome in the 60's.

@DarcyTV1 13 жыл бұрын

"I just put it in the oven...and, by-and-by, it was done...and I had a delicious buffet suppah -- oh, yes I did!" Sounds quite a bit like Liz: "Suddenly---last summah!"

@DniSorceress 6 жыл бұрын

Brutalmoose sent me and now I am scared.

@thisguy9400 5 жыл бұрын

Sorceress Sam Same 😂

@uuu12343 6 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha Hahahaha Giblet gravy...and *SLICED TURKEYYYYYYYYYY* Im dead

@Ian16545 13 жыл бұрын

Judging by the dual roles in here, Stan and William make a dynamic duo of announcers in their own right!

@MillieBlackRose 2 жыл бұрын

😂 they need to bring old style commercials back.

@dpohunter 14 жыл бұрын

life before Prozac!

@eightysixagents 7 жыл бұрын

This ad gives me life. OH YES IT DOES.

@medusaa6478 13 жыл бұрын

This commercial was one of my favorites when I was a kid, and it holds up beautifully! So amazing and hilarious! Thanks so much for posting this!

@johnyzero2000 12 жыл бұрын

Why don't they make commercials like this anymore!!!???? This makes me want to buy it!!!!

@akarpowicz 12 жыл бұрын

"color by paprika" Very funny!!!! thanks for posting.

@TonyGPizza 12 жыл бұрын

One more reason why Stan Freberg was one of the great commercial geniuses of all time.

@mmparker3 14 жыл бұрын

OMG! I'm gagging and choking from laughter!! ROFLMAO!! I can't get enough of this! Why can't commercials be like this now? LOL

@MarlonTheMonster 11 жыл бұрын

The actress is hilarious!

@arthurharrison1345 9 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Stan Freeberg

@frightfan1 11 жыл бұрын

One of my all-time favorite commercials! I would love to know who the actress is as she is quite wonderful! The fellow playing her husband is great,too!

@JohnFDoe 12 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, the second announcer sounds like same guy who narrated the "Super Friends" cartoon.

@discod 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best commercial ever made.

@mca1218 14 жыл бұрын

"...and little bitty giblets- DO YOU HEAR ME?!!" After that, I pretty much lost all of my diet Coke.

@DTD110865 4 жыл бұрын

Of course when they made this, there was no Diet Coke.

@InvestmentComicBooks 2 жыл бұрын

We recite the lines from this commercial ALL THE TIME!

@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 5 жыл бұрын

This has got Stan Freberg written all over it!

@dantuttle3463 3 жыл бұрын

Great commercial !!!

@MrDonnieandvicky 12 жыл бұрын

Don't know what it is about this commercial but my sons love it! It's crazy!

@PlasmaCoolantLeak Жыл бұрын

One of my sisters used to say the "Giblet gravy...and sliced turkey" and "DO YOU HEAR ME???" lines just like the actress did. Never failed to make us laugh.

@Elidoransgar 3 жыл бұрын

I ate these things. Many of them. And they were tasty af. I wish I had one right now.

@alicenine4225 11 жыл бұрын

this musta been back when banquet dinners were good cuz now if someone offered a banquet dinner for friends ya get unfriended fast :D

@scotpens 2 жыл бұрын

Banquet frozen dinners were never good. They're the cheapest microwave meals and they taste like it.

@swishpronoob 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I did!

@doloreshuntoon7698 7 жыл бұрын

I really love that TV commercial!!! It drives me wild!!!

@iskandertime747 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, she was GREAT!

@chubsterbubster 7 жыл бұрын

"Do you hear me!"

@dpohunter 15 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this on TV, it's just as funny today...always loved it! "...color by Paprika"... LMAO!!!!!

@theonetrueKM 8 жыл бұрын

WTF!!! Classic!!! Do yooouuu heeaarrr meeeee??!?!?!?!?!

@tonyktown 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I did!

@timothymiller2951 4 жыл бұрын

I like the way that her lower jaw protruded when she said that! We, as teens, always got a good laugh out of this ad! 😂

@lookatmenowgeetmoney7975 8 жыл бұрын

I love these dinners about him all the time

@lindaeasley5606 3 жыл бұрын

TV commercials were more entertaining back then , than majority of tv shows today

@Jinks1447 6 жыл бұрын

The word "giblets" makes me think of cat food!

@KristalynJGlitter_Mafia_Don 11 жыл бұрын

GIBLEY GRAVYYYYYY AND SLICED TURKEYYYYYY

@NinaQueenofSpades 14 жыл бұрын

Best TV Ad EVARR! lol.

@7DARKHELLS 11 жыл бұрын

They really knew how to sell a product back then! Classic! Whos the pretty actress in this commercial?

@omglollmao123 11 жыл бұрын

0:36 "Holy hell what's in that TV dinner?"

@TheClaireWitchProject 14 жыл бұрын

Lol, that guy looks like he's thinking, 'WTF is she on? I'll take two of that shit.'

@gingerlord4983 Жыл бұрын

I remember this commercial.So funny.

@AlMcKendrick 6 жыл бұрын

Who IS that actress? Truly amazing performance.

@bandcouver 15 жыл бұрын

Stan Freeberg was definitely a satirist. I could tell by the hilarious mood of this commercial that he hated commercials. So he had fun with it. The forced narration and the psychotic housewife made this one worth watching. Thank you Stan!

@Kjt853 7 ай бұрын

I seem to recall this commercial as airing in 1968. Found it hilarious then, find it hilarious now. Does anyone know who played the housewife? She’s brilliant!

@BettinaBalser 14 жыл бұрын

A year for this? Looks to be about 1967...? Thank you so much for posting this...it's ads like this that make me so crazy about vintage and retro!

@MicahWest-gl6dx Жыл бұрын

He was the narrator for the Superfriends

@chuckcollins Жыл бұрын

William Woodson was closely associated with Stan Freberg for his commercials.

@shmoker2010 14 жыл бұрын

I cannot stop watching this, and I LOL every damn time!!!

@Lurvy1963 11 жыл бұрын

A classic and very funny commercial by Stan Freberg. I get a kick out of the psycho housewife.

@busfleet6 11 жыл бұрын

My favorite .

@ArcanaLegacy 14 жыл бұрын

whoa this was an actual commercial on tv XD craziness! thank gawd i never ate that XP

@activematrix 13 жыл бұрын

this is AWESOME!!!!

@boombud 13 жыл бұрын

Isn't Stan riffing on the Valley of the Dolls, here? So I'd guess this is 1968. Nice piece from our Man Freburg!

@johnmbaran9371 11 ай бұрын

and a little "Dark Shadows"...

@McOuchies 11 жыл бұрын

I think I'm gonna have a Banquet Chicken Nuggets meal right now!

@susansparanormalpennsylvan81 3 жыл бұрын

they were considered a "treat" maybe once or twice a month when i was a kid, they tasted better back in the 1960 - 70's

@leslieperkins5052 Жыл бұрын

Funny and creative. I don’t think I would eat anything that lady was serving.

@weofparadigm Жыл бұрын

She's really into that turkey

@lincoln7echo 13 жыл бұрын

awesomeness!!!

@daisyrenee5446 5 жыл бұрын

0:56 this is the 21st sentury

@debrider2420 4 жыл бұрын

Not when this commercial was made in the 1960s!

@TheGreenContort 14 жыл бұрын

Glad to know I'm not the only one watching AOTS lol.

@muppetmamma1970 12 жыл бұрын

Why does this invoke desires to watch Dark Shadows?

@chuckcollins 13 жыл бұрын

@falantepelosmortos While the ad agency may be gone, Stan Freberg is still alive and staying busy making new Looney Tunes fifty-four years after he started!