1973 Old Home Bread Commercial 1

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This television commercial for Old Home Bread is narrated by singer C. W. McCall (the nom de chanteur for Bill Fries). While working as a creative director for the advertising agency Bozell & Jacobs, Fries created this advertising campaign for Metz Baking Company’s Old Home Bread in 1973. Bert Rodriguez’s company Visual Presentations, based in Dallas, produced the series, with Rodriguez himself acting as director. The campaign features a truck driver named C. W. McCall, played by Dallas actor Jim Finlayson, and a waitress named Mavis Davis, played by Dallas actress Jean McBride Capps. Several of the commercials from the series won Clio Awards, the advertising industry’s equivalent of an Emmy or Academy Award. This particular advertisement promotes Old Home Stone-Ground Whole Wheat.

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@wolfeinthewilderness7232 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace C.W. You will surely be missed but always remembered.

@stupidsmart-phone6911 11 ай бұрын

If all youtube ads were like this I wouldn't skip any.

@erdocdrummer 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the creative director of Bozell and Jacobs at the time was my father, Dick Sullivan. He worked with Bill on these commercials.

@birdwife589 2 жыл бұрын

nobody will ever make better bread commercials than you Bill. RIP

@MarkRadcliffe 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely mesmerizing slice of vintage 70's advertising. Crazy what they could get away with back then. 👍

@THaulk 3 жыл бұрын

snowflakes weren't in control back then

@debbietrethewey8958 2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P C W McCall always remembered

@davewanamaker3690 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite commercials. Tells a fun story in 60 seconds. Makes me want to go to that cafe and have what C.W.'s having- I mean the chili and eggs on toast.

@russellgrimes3491 Ай бұрын

😂 I’ll take Mavis.

@yankeejohn58 2 жыл бұрын

These Commercials Take Me Back to a Simpler Time!!

@russellgrimes3491 29 күн бұрын

It was simpler because you were young with no responsibilities. It wasn’t simple for a guy in his 40s trucking Old Home bread through snow.

@jamtea388 5 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I had no idea "Convoy" had such a history.

@timothylegg 6 жыл бұрын

That is one epic commercial.

@paul9912 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace C.W.

@soylentteal 6 жыл бұрын

From this ad sprang the song "Convoy." From that song sprang the entire American Gramophone Record company, which has sold tens of millions of records, most notably the "Fresh Aire" series and the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums.

@bluecollarlit 5 жыл бұрын

Ohhh-kaay...i did not know -- That. Thank you.

@tbelding 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, it was the "Old Home Fill'er Up & Keep On Trucking Cafe", not "Convoy".

@Malkmusianful 2 жыл бұрын

amazing how most of Bill Fries and Chip Davis' music careers started from these bread ads

@SchardtCinematic 4 ай бұрын

I loved the C.W. music like Convoy in the 70's Discoveted Mannhiem Steamroller in 1985. Learned about thier connection in the 90's at some point.

@davesendit1348 5 жыл бұрын

That. Was. AWESOME

@SchardtCinematic 4 ай бұрын

Bill Fries was awesome him and Chip Davis came up with awesome songs.

@jillbowers4538 2 жыл бұрын

Rip good buddy

@7JANEWAY 4 жыл бұрын

He also did commercials for Kern's bread. The song was exactly the same except for a few lyrical changes (and a different name for the trucker).

@russellgrimes3491 29 күн бұрын

This is the best commercial. The others are okay but they went downhill after this.

@bluecollarlit 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. This and other commercials involving c.w. and Mavis -- and his dog, I think, played during news at night in the 70s. I would wait and make sure to be present for the ad. My dad liked it, too.

@Juliejewels67 Жыл бұрын

Love this!! Such my childhood. 👍🏻👍🏻

@derrick_smitty Жыл бұрын

That dude had rhymes galore

@bettertvreceptionwithfoilf7100 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't recognize the voice, the guy's shirt gave it all the way. That's C.W. McCall and he also did the song, Convoy. You might remember it.

@PrairieMidwester 2 жыл бұрын

She’s built like a bag full of bobcats. She’s got it together.

@crunchie83 3 жыл бұрын

What do you call this? Something like a country-rap ad jingle? Mesmerizing amount of creativity and story telling packed into 1 minute.

@shawnmarengo494 Жыл бұрын

At 0:21 - Cool vintage Hamm’s Beer sign on roof in upper right corner.

@d.a.elliottjr.367 2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember this commercial but I remember the song.

@mikeskidmore6754 3 жыл бұрын

People wanted recordings of this ADD.. Ended writing and recording songs.. William Dale Fries JR wrote them songs.. stage name C.W. McCall and Chip Davis wrote the Music .. and now you know the Rest of the story ..!

@OptimisticCynic715 7 жыл бұрын

It's like the Kern's commercials from the southeast with some name changes. C. W. McCall was A.J. Tucker.

@reneekittycat 6 жыл бұрын

The actor in the ad was Jim Finlayson. William Dale Fries, Jr. was a balladeer known as C. W. McCall.

@toyman81 3 жыл бұрын

Oh to go back to 1973 one more time, Just before the great gasoline crisis.

@thebrinx9632 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks C.W......we'll see you on the other side...bye bye

@smudgealdrin1512 2 жыл бұрын

RIP CW .

@lowellousley1626 2 жыл бұрын

Prayers

@daffyphack 5 жыл бұрын

Mavis seems quite thirsty. Must be all the bread.

@DD-1996 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t use the snow; it’s dirty.

@smudgealdrin1512 2 жыл бұрын

I agree .. Shocking how hot everybodys Grandmas were back then.

@russellgrimes3491 Ай бұрын

@@smudgealdrin1512She’s not supposed to be a grandma. The guy here was only in his 40s and guys who can attract younger women are seen as virile and masculine. She’s supposed to be in her 30s.

@PN20____ 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace McCall.

@dw8840 2 жыл бұрын

Mavis needs her some CW

@nkt1 2 жыл бұрын

And some D.

@u686st7 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of classic "old iron" in these ads.

@brentaudi9354 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I want some.

@westoncharm7467 2 жыл бұрын

RIP CW

@bobknowler4169 3 жыл бұрын

Our Shrine Vintage Wheels will be here again this September for Sunday Dinner.

@craigkielhofer5553 2 жыл бұрын

I remember back in Des Moines Iowa Avis ran ads 'Mavis Rents Avis'.

@Cantthinkofahandle117 6 ай бұрын

Ol' Mavis was a looker 😍

@troynov1965 2 жыл бұрын

That Sheb Wooley playing the truck driver?

@amandastill5124 5 ай бұрын

They also made Kerns bread ads like these

@orangehornet57 2 ай бұрын

Who played C W in these ads? The actor looks like a guy who did bank commercials in Baton Rouge. Bloopers and Practical Jokes showed several of these ads. Before Convoy, there was a song about the cafe. He took Mavis and her mother to see True Grit.

@krazi77 7 жыл бұрын

anyone know where I can get decals to do a model kit of one of these trucks?my dad drove one back in the 80's

@Boppinabe 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the delay. If you cannot find scale decals specific to your need, many hobby shops have blank decal sheets onto which you can print the artwork you want using your computer printer. It actually works!

@u686st7 2 жыл бұрын

Look up "Graphics By Design" they specialize in model truck decals.

@baileycunningham3193 7 жыл бұрын

How did you download this video from the Texas Archive?

@tobatola 7 жыл бұрын

I used a screen capture application and reposted it here.

@mikeskidmore6754 3 жыл бұрын

@@tobatola Where did you find the Origional add. I have two C.W. McCall Albums but just read the story how his singles and albums were created because people liked the jingles.. so much .. sold Millions.. great song writer and Chip Davis did a great job with the Music ..