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Jan 28, 2026 1 hr 26 min

#533 Ready, Willing, And Cable

from After These Messages Podcast Hosted by Andrew Walsh & Genevieve Haas

Andrew and Vieves unpack a trove of 90s ads from Andrew’s VHS digitization project. It was a simpler time, as America learned about basic cable, how to go “online” and microwaving potato chips, all within in a Seinfeldesque miasma. Plus, the Ad Council weighs in on the sexy snack debate. Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show: Silver Lightening (ft. Robin Leach) https://youtu.be/lhkYLubf1Dc Beef: It's What's For Dinner - Busy Mom https://youtu.be/CNN5MIgpuuA America Online https://youtu.be/APDsGTdbQAc Micro Chip Chip Cart https://youtu.be/YDfhPt51iQA?si=SNKX2RrW0TPGpNVB Aleve Commercial - Best Friends Business (1995) https://youtu.be/3qsOf89R-yk Five Brothers Alfredo Sauce https://youtu.be/Tu8SCAgtuqc Celeste Pizza Commercial: Brother Giuseppe (1986) https://youtu.be/rnDvSBMbEgA Hillshire Farm: "Woody The Tree Farmer" Commercial (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAOy_Kmb138 Hallmark Commercial - Second Wedding https://youtu.be/bvTFPoP-Vt8 Hallmark - Look at the Back https://youtu.be/Xn98ZgPV9Jw?si=wK8a35jDDz1u_Ni6 Burger King "Bib" Commercial (1995) https://youtu.be/6aZDJqQ2hpY Folgers Decaffeinated https://youtu.be/hZ4XPlOC85w?si=JRweK43-Ge6r4fkS Liquid Plumr https://youtu.be/QdT4pIjgJ5s?si=93WRuY197pvnHVzv Clairol Nice N Easy Commercial (ft Julia Louis Dreyfus) (1995) https://youtu.be/DXznH4yE0cM?si=8-cCKvPt45UMK376 Cable TV Promo with Chris Elliott https://youtu.be/YTVlR4bVzaA Long John Silvers - Michael Winslow https://youtu.be/hLzcVnDUDHk

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