Anyhow, Have A Lark

We're always on the lookout for interesting new advertising but recently our search for TV commercials led us to some classic items at a website by the name of RoadOde.com

It's getting to be a stretch to recall that cigarettes were ever advertised on television, much less that they were equated with fresh air but check out the tragic Inger Stephens playing dumb for Lark.

Then imagine trying to get away with the 'little housewife' scenario promoting Scotkins Paper Napkins (but pay attention to the imaginative picture in picture technique that adds movement to the visuals).

Funnily enough, not a lot has changed about advertising washing powders since 1957.

In fact, Jane Wyatt's pitch for All Detergent is probably brighter - and by that we mean more intelligent - than today's Vanish-Napisan OxyAction Max TVC with its tired psuedo public demonstration schtick complete with gasping audience.Check out more great old ads at RoadOde.