The 50 Greatest Local TV Commercials

As listed by Phat Phree. And by greatest, they mean not!

In 1941, WNBT, the New York City NBC affiliate, broadcast the first television commercial. It was an ad for Bulova Watches that ran before a Brooklyn Dodgers game which showed a watch superimposed over a map of the United States. A voice over proclaimed, "America runs on Bulova time." It cost the company nine dollars.
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In 1941, WNBT, the New York City NBC affiliate, broadcast the first television commercial. It cost the company nine dollars.

That would be about $124 US today.

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47. ETZ Video

That one killed me!

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That ETZ Video ad is great! Just goes to show that an extremely limited budget doesn't mean the end of creativity.

But I'm going to have the Stinky's Septic jingle going through my head all day now...