Back In The Day ....

BDS · June 27, 2012, 07:32:47 PM

Ted Williams was Crosman's Sponsor for steel & wood airguns, from $12 to $34

Now, we have Jim Shockey?

with $1300 plastic guns with LCD read-outs?

I'm not sayin but...I'm just sayin!

breakfastchef · June 27, 2012, 09:03:48 PM

I am holding on for the new Eva Shockey line of airguns.

Fronzdan · June 27, 2012, 09:05:27 PM

To be honest, until I saw Jim Shockey in the Crosman ads, I'd never heard of him. And to illustrate that, when Eva Shockey started appearing more I thought, "Damn that old hunter has a trophy wife to go along with all the game he's taken down".

I guess this shows how guns and shooting have fallen out of grace in pop culture these days. You'd never catch a "celebrity" admitting he/she shoots now.

BDS · June 27, 2012, 09:07:21 PM

Quote from: breakfastchef on June 27, 2012, 09:03:48 PM
I am holding on for the new Eva Shockey line of airguns.

I just wanta hold-on to Eva Shockey!

BDS · June 27, 2012, 09:08:11 PM

Quote from: Fronzdan on June 27, 2012, 09:05:27 PM
To be honest, until I saw Jim Shockey in the Crosman ads, I'd never heard of him. And to illustrate that, when Eva Shockey started appearing more I thought, "Damn that old hunter has a trophy wife to go along with all the game he's taken down".

It's his daughter $:-\$

BDS · June 27, 2012, 09:18:04 PM

Fronzdan said.. I guess this shows how guns and shooting have fallen out of grace in pop culture these days.

That's an understatement!

Check out these two non-PC adverts

Fronzdan · June 27, 2012, 09:30:17 PM

Quote from: BDS on June 27, 2012, 09:08:11 PM
It's his daughter $:-\$

Yeah I eventually figured that out. I'm guessing she takes after the mother.

Lol, love that Daisy ad! Seriously, if I were to walk around my yard with any kind of firearm now, the neighbor would call 911 and I'd have SWAT over for a visit.

BDS · June 27, 2012, 09:30:56 PM

And two more that you sure wouldn't see today...

One from Crosman and one more for the girls...

BDS · June 27, 2012, 09:45:21 PM

More Vintage Goodies..

How about that Colt Python?

BDS · June 27, 2012, 10:00:59 PM

And... would you ever see these ads today?

T191032 · June 28, 2012, 08:08:51 PM

Stan Musial & Nellie Fox were also Sports figures who were in Crosman Ads. I'd post a couple pics, but given the overlap of changing, I think it can wait till Brutuz gets done.

BDS · June 28, 2012, 08:42:54 PM

Ya and Don Dysdale, Whitey Ford, Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, Harmon Killebrew, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey....

Not in Crosman ads but... greats nonetheless

1377x · June 28, 2012, 08:53:39 PM

a lot of ads have changed in the last few decades
i remember the marlbro ads havent seen a smoking comercial in a very long time
tv has changed a lot also
whats up with the "reality shows"?
seems like they have filled the gap since talkshows have faded away

BDS · June 28, 2012, 09:21:16 PM

Cigs and hard liquor got banned years ago from TV ads, you don't see many wine adverts either come to think of it, but I don't think they got banned. Funny thing is... the FCC ban was over the air transmissions, not cable, so why no Seagrams Vo commercials on Fox news, followed by a good Cubano cigar ad?

BDS · June 28, 2012, 09:29:59 PM

1377: "reality shows" ... ya, it's ridiclulous when you consider the logos of the cable channels that air these stupid (and I mean backwoods, gradu-tated 3rd grade, meet my sister, aunt, wife, kinda stooooopid!)

TLC = The Learning Channel, really? ...Swamp People? My Redneck Vacation? Baggage Wars? and worse yet... A&E = Arts & Entertainment and they do neither but, they do have Parking Wars, and Ice Road Truckers (doesn't every episode have the same guy in the beat-up Kenworth with the Mullett and bad teeth, with just a different colored wife beater t-shirt on?)

Of course, you can always switch over to MTV 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and MTV Intl. for Meet The Kardashians and get a dose of ethics, morals and motherly guidance