You have to be "from Detroit" to appreciate a few of these commercials, especially as Highland Appliance and Boblo Island are no longer with us and Bill Bonds hasn't anchored for WXYZ in quite a while. Even so, these memorable Detroit commercials will trap a jingle or two in your head.
Boblo Island
This commercial is set to a lyric-twisted version of Chubby Checker's Let's Twist Again. It may also have been a play on the title of Boblo Island's Twister ride.Detroit
This commercial was WXYZ-TV's (Channel 7 back then) ode to Detroit. Stand Up and Tell 'em You're from Detroit featured a young-looking Bill Bonds and the "big hair" of the mid 1980s.Detroit Zoo
This behind-the-scenes showcase of the zoo's "cast" caught our imagination and was a big marketing success.Faygo
Comic books and rubber bandsClimb into the tree top
Falling down and holding hands
Tricycles and red pop...(enough said?)
