Oh definitely! We were put into our pajamas before leaving the house, and Mom and Dad fixed up the back of the station wagon with blankets and pillows.
My parents could never understand why these were my favorite part of the Drive-In movie program. I went to a Drive-In last year and they didn't have any of these type of films. I was disappointed.
Gotta love how the guy at the end of the Smithfield ad has to hold that look after yelling "YAHOO!" and actually looks at the camera as if to say "How much longer do I have to look like this?"
Boy! I grew up on these, The three with just music, plucked strings, really take me back. It seems like yesterday that I was running a roll of quarters from the box-office to the concession.
1972 Sunday nights, $2 a carload. The rating didn't matter, for $2 we were going. Back the car in and open the back. PJ's and some OFF mosquito spray and we were good to go.
@@jimbo1667 great comment I can remember even at $2 a car load we would still sneak people into the trunk. It certainly was a kinder gentler happier time in America it seems perhaps it's just nostalgia but life seemed a lot happier and simple then.....Thanks again for posting a great comment that brings back a lot of memories
"Pizza Pizza Pizza! We are now featuring the original Tolona Pizza at our concession stand!" I saw the Tolona Pizza ad at our drive-in theater every Saturday Night for years. I could recite the script from memory after going over 40 years without seeing it. I never thought I would ever see that commercial again but a quick visit and search of CZcams rendered the ad exactly as I remembered! I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it again... You can find anything... absolutely ANYTHING on the Internet!
I'll bet you could, Jim (recite the script from memory). The guy that does the voiceover has a very unique voice that I have heard in no other commercials. Well, except for other similar pizza commercials, such as "California crispy pizza".
makes me get a coke from the fridge and a fresh pack of non filtered camels. open the coke, fire up the camel. damn they are good while watching you tube nostalgia from when i was a boy then in the 50's and 60's at the drive in.
How I miss going to the drive in when I was a kid,I used to think it was so cool during intermission when me and my brother would go to the snack bar in our pajamas,and my father would say dont forget where we parked lol,
spot on....... It sure brings back a lot of memories for me too. I remember how excited we were when our parents gave us permission before the show started and the sun went down to go up and play in the playground area. And of course running back to the snack bar non-stop all night seemed like a lot of fun too. It certainly was a simpler, happier time in our country. Thanks for posting the comments and the videos. Kids today don't know how much they are missing!
@@sonoranrain2330 LOL same here! we played and ran between the cars (til people got mad and yelled at us) and then with the allowance we'd saved up, we'd get a bunch of glorious treats (now called "junk food") at the concession stand, fun times for sure!
Wonderful. Brings back such memories. The Vermont, the Centenela, the Compton, all of the other theaters. We'd put on our jammies in the daytime and drive to the drive in, I dont think our parents ever realized how wonderful that experience was for the kids! Thanks for these clips!
Thanks for all of the great old drive-in intermission ads! I am trying to find some of these on 16mm film. They never seen to come up on e B a y... The drive-in sure did define summer for me in my youth. It was the Moonlight Drive-In Theater in Bellingham, WA Don;t stop rockin', HM
Have to laugh at the bumper featuring the two hippie kids in the tree. They didn't have enough for tickets, but they had just enough to get some popcorn.
This was a great time i loved it society was a lot more respected, people didnt run around looking for tail. There were more mom n' pop stores, and less franchises. People were a lot more nicer etc etc. I miss this time i wish i had a time machine.
First films I ever saw were at drive-ins with my folks. The Chief and the Burnet, both in Austin (and, sadly, both long torn down and replaced strip centers).
Most of these ads were made by the Alexander Film Co. They could sure have used a food designer! I grew up on these ads and heard them every night at my dad's drive-in.
ah the classic tolona pizza pizza pizza commercial! i saw that at the drive-in when i was a kid, and remember it vividly! used to have lots of fun at the drive in, and a few years ago I went to a local one! wasn't as fun without these nifty adverts, but still brought back a lot of fond memories! thanks for posting this!
With the right lens covering the throw from the projection booth to the screen isn't a problem. The cost of digital equipment is the obstacle that many drive-ins are having a hard time over coming.
Drive-ins were slowly making a comeback until the digital revolution. Hollywood will no longer make film prints after 2013 and digital projectors can't fill that big a screen from that diatance. R.I.P. drive-ins!
Thanks for that, Victoria. I don't often hear from someone who has not actually eaten one of these barbecue sandwiches. I have suspected for a long time that these, when prepared correctly, tasted pretty damn good.
I think you were being smart with that guy, if so agreed! But if not there were hippies in the 60's and greasers in the 50's, watch the American Graffiti movies.
Ha! It's been a while since I saw a cigarette ad at the movies. Sure do miss drive-in ease, price and informality (and the privacy of my own car). Of course, I also miss gas for 25 cents a gallon, too.
Didn't go to a drive in til around 18...born in 1940. Got my first car in 1960..some drive ins had heaters but of course your windows would fog up.. Didn't matter because at age 20 drive ins for guys was used for making out, which at that time consisted of kissing and lots of touching. I'm sure many others had sex but l never did...just what they called heavy petting then. Also, does anyone recall the phrase "lovers lanes"....every town had one?
OMG "We'll be grateful, and so will the patrons that follow you"...They told the future with subliminal messages about Patreon and social media platforms. lol
I didn't say beatniks were greasers, beatniks are more like hippies, I was just saying the 50's were mostly greasers, ducks ass hairstyles, Levi's, penny loafers, rolling cigarettes up in their sleeve. P.S. I also heard that beatniks might be another term for the beat generation, but I don't know I don't use that term, I just like the mid and late 50's and early 60's era.
Oh definitely! We were put into our pajamas before leaving the house, and Mom and Dad fixed up the back of the station wagon with blankets and pillows.
My parents could never understand why these were my favorite part of the Drive-In movie program. I went to a Drive-In last year and they didn't have any of these type of films. I was disappointed.
We still have a drive in about 5 minutes from where I live and they still use a lot of ads from the 50s and 60s
THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE PRESERVATION SOCIETY. We're bringin' 'em back!
Gotta love how the guy at the end of the Smithfield ad has to hold that look after yelling "YAHOO!" and actually looks at the camera as if to say "How much longer do I have to look like this?"
+Holly Schulz ...did you see who's face was on the can ????
kikik boyd SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas?
Yes, true. Lotta fun. He is going "My God, when are you going to say 'cut'?!"
Nathan Simar 😂
Kinda like when Kristy eats a krustyburger.
I miss the old drive in from my hometown of Downey. 60s and 70s at the rosecrans drive in we’re awesome times of my past life
I wish we could enjoy great times like all of you did back during this era!
Drive- ins were a blast. A lot went on there aside from movies.
Boy, does this little girl remember those days. Such fun..
Boy! I grew up on these, The three with just music, plucked strings, really take me back. It seems like yesterday that I was running a roll of quarters from the box-office to the concession.
Born in '65. Remember the drive-in, and the speakers, well.
1972 Sunday nights, $2 a carload. The rating didn't matter, for $2 we were going. Back the car in and open the back. PJ's and some OFF mosquito spray and we were good to go.
@@jimbo1667 great comment I can remember even at $2 a car load we would still sneak people into the trunk. It certainly was a kinder gentler happier time in America it seems perhaps it's just nostalgia but life seemed a lot happier and simple then.....Thanks again for posting a great comment that brings back a lot of memories
And yes playing at the play ground in our pajamas,waiting for the movie to start,such a special time,and wonderful family time,unlike today
"Pizza Pizza Pizza! We are now featuring the original Tolona Pizza at our concession stand!"
I saw the Tolona Pizza ad at our drive-in theater every Saturday Night for years. I could recite the script from memory after going over 40 years without seeing it. I never thought I would ever see that commercial again but a quick visit and search of CZcams rendered the ad exactly as I remembered! I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it again... You can find anything... absolutely ANYTHING on the Internet!
I'll bet you could, Jim (recite the script from memory). The guy that does the voiceover has a very unique voice that I have heard in no other commercials. Well, except for other similar pizza commercials, such as "California crispy pizza".
There are several drive in theaters in full operation in eastern Tn.
makes me get a coke from the fridge and a fresh pack of non filtered camels. open the coke, fire up the camel. damn they are good while watching you tube nostalgia from when i was a boy then in the 50's and 60's at the drive in.
Those ice cream cones in the first clip look like failures from Day 1 of the Dairy Queen Training Program.
How I miss going to the drive in when I was a kid,I used to think it was so cool during intermission when me and my brother would go to the snack bar in our pajamas,and my father would say dont forget where we parked lol,
spot on....... It sure brings back a lot of memories for me too. I remember how excited we were when our parents gave us permission before the show started and the sun went down to go up and play in the playground area. And of course running back to the snack bar non-stop all night seemed like a lot of fun too. It certainly was a simpler, happier time in our country. Thanks for posting the comments and the videos. Kids today don't know how much they are missing!
@@sonoranrain2330 LOL same here! we played and ran between the cars (til people got mad and yelled at us) and then with the allowance we'd saved up, we'd get a bunch of glorious treats (now called "junk food") at the concession stand, fun times for sure!
@@sonoranrain2330 I share this memories with you with tears
😢 in my eyes & a 😃 in my ❤ & say thanks mom & dad February 29, 2020
The people acting in these are just so awkward lol but i love watching these. Its great to see the old ads nothing like them today.
I especially like the commercials with the family -- the goofy husband, the red-headed wife and the two little schmuck kids. Big fun!
I love the crackling sound, lol. I want to go to the drive in 👍
Fabulous memories of the drive-in every Saturday night as a kid !
Hank Austin. Me too.
Ahhh. The drive-in theaters. Kids under 12 free.
Kiddies play ground (same as at school), two features
with cartoon and previews. All gone now. Sad.
Some drive-ins still have playgrounds.
I can actually remember using one of them once or twice in my kidhood.
Wonderful. Brings back such memories. The Vermont, the Centenela, the Compton, all of the other theaters. We'd put on our jammies in the daytime and drive to the drive in, I dont think our parents ever realized how wonderful that experience was for the kids!
Thanks for these clips!
Precious Memories. The good ol days.
lol they have this at the drive ins at lockport NY still there so funny to watch now
those sure were some wimpy looking ice cream cones at the beginning.
The 🍦 cones are still available in 2020 February 29, 2020
Thanks for all of the great old drive-in intermission ads! I am trying to find some of these on 16mm film. They never seen to come up on e B a y...
The drive-in sure did define summer for me in my youth.
It was the Moonlight Drive-In Theater in Bellingham, WA
Don;t stop rockin',
HM
Terrific memories. Gotta bring 'em back...
I was waiting for the dancing hot dogs, burgers , popcorn, and cokes. On to the next video.
That potato chips ad is Rankin-Bass all over! The music, the movement of the chip bag moving upside down. WDYT?
And what other productions has R-B done, Plushblue?
i went to a drive in theater a couple years ago, its a totally different experience than the normal movies, its awesome!
Have to laugh at the bumper featuring the two hippie kids in the tree. They didn't have enough for tickets, but they had just enough to get some popcorn.
This was a great time i loved it society was a lot more respected, people didnt run around looking for tail. There were more mom n' pop stores, and less franchises. People were a lot more nicer etc etc. I miss this time i wish i had a time machine.
First films I ever saw were at drive-ins with my folks. The Chief and the Burnet, both in Austin (and, sadly, both long torn down and replaced strip centers).
@texasghost They still sell that stuff in supermarkets today -- with that label even!
notice how small the portions where back then ?
i hated to get to the drive- in late, if we did, i had to walk in front of the other cars to get to thr snack bar
The hot chocolate ad must have been more popular during the winter. It would be sodas in the summer.
The rock'n'roll and rockabilly era, Hale the rock'n'roll !
the music memories are the best
That smoking lady looked like she was about to puke!!
What's to eat? What's to drink? My question: What's to see?!
Most of these ads were made by the Alexander Film Co. They could sure have used a food designer! I grew up on these ads and heard them every night at my dad's drive-in.
ah the classic tolona pizza pizza pizza commercial! i saw that at the drive-in when i was a kid, and remember it vividly! used to have lots of fun at the drive in, and a few years ago I went to a local one! wasn't as fun without these nifty adverts, but still brought back a lot of fond memories! thanks for posting this!
These are the best
Saddest looking ice cream cones ever.
I've seen worse.
@@squashpants You mean BEFORE they were dropped on the ground??
@@failuremagnet Yes, before.
Guess the concession stand worker just didn't care. 😒
These were made by the Alexander Film Co.
Potato Chips - Good. Best tagline ever.
In the 70s we smoked weed, talked and relaxed.
With the right lens covering the throw from the projection booth to the screen isn't a problem. The cost of digital equipment is the obstacle that many drive-ins are having a hard time over coming.
Some of the spots even had electric heaters to put in the car. But they were noisy.
"We have lots of pretty pickles waiting for you..."
2:40
Great video! Nostalgic 👍🏻❤️
This one is the best
although i'm not an american but i love the vintage... :)
:30 , "soilent green is m ade out of people, its people!!"
Drive-ins were slowly making a comeback until the digital revolution. Hollywood will no longer make film prints after 2013 and digital projectors can't fill that big a screen from that diatance. R.I.P. drive-ins!
You honestly believe projectors are the ONLY way to fill a large-screen? Visit Times Square sometime.
the sweets look so much better back in those days...
They were HUGE compared to those nowadays.
If you tear a speaker off please return it to the concession stand.
Besides, they make lousy bric-a-brac. 😆
The hotdog bun dancing with the weiner, and the popcorn people, Dr. Pepper, and even Mr. Pickle
Uprated, favorited, shared. Greetings from France via Ohio and NYC!
And a good time was had by all.
Drive in movies had the BEST food!
Sandra Roarty They even sold milk. 🐮
@@luisreyes1963 "Milk, the most popular beverage in America..."
5:45 Uncle Jake and nephew Billy enjoying their hot dogs in Jake's Nash Metropolitan.
bet those corndogs were the 'bomb!!!!!!'
popcorn probably had 'real' butter
If you can remember having only about 4 or 5 channels on your TV at home with no color you can remember this video.
Easy peasy.
Richly coated, taste-filled candy bars, lol
Holy shit! The dude had a stroke at 2:31
Pickles... on a platter. At a drive in. 🤔
Pretty pickles!
5:08 Yeah, I was pretty skeptical about the premise here, but now I actually believe it is truth in advertising. Milk is highly refreshing.
very interesting, thank you for posting. seems so far away....
@thesixtiesguy
I remember eating Smithfield barbecue as a kid...I'm from Virginia and it could be found at the supermarkets there. It was pretty good!
Thanks for that, Victoria. I don't often hear from someone who has not actually eaten one of these barbecue sandwiches. I have suspected for a long time that these, when prepared correctly, tasted pretty damn good.
Memories
Christinaable "Good Food Galore!"
"Quick as a wink!"
I never seemed to make it through the second movie.
I think you were being smart with that guy, if so agreed! But if not there were hippies in the 60's and greasers in the 50's, watch the American Graffiti movies.
It didn't look like he enjoyed that burger @ 2:31
It could be worse -- could be one of those those Castleberrys!!! :p Blech!!! :p
They were some sad looking ice cream cones!
Ha! It's been a while since I saw a cigarette ad at the movies. Sure do miss drive-in ease, price and informality (and the privacy of my own car). Of course, I also miss gas for 25 cents a gallon, too.
I miss gas at 33/34 cents a gallon, throughout the 1960s.
And we couldn't always afford to get enough Blue Chip and green S&W stamps, too.
wow they sure kno how to lay out a soft cream
From the Atomic Age! LOL
TIME MACHINE. TAKE ME BACK…
Hilarious pizza ad
I wuz sufferin' from the pizza cravings...
I knew a girl who liked to taste a pickle at the drive-in 2:40.. And boy did her mouth water!!!!
Didn't go to a drive in til around 18...born in 1940.
Got my first car in 1960..some drive ins had heaters but of course your windows would fog up..
Didn't matter because at age 20 drive ins for guys was used for making out, which at that time consisted of kissing and lots of touching.
I'm sure many others had sex but l never did...just what they called heavy petting then.
Also, does anyone recall the phrase "lovers lanes"....every town had one?
Wow..that James River Beef can with the black guy on there would get complaints for sure.
Maybe now, but back in the day---?
Once I saw the pizza, why did they put only a slice? And the barbeque sandwiches r called sloppy joes now
UGH - THAT SMITHFIELD B-B-Q AD IS FREAKY
Schoolhouse Rock related?
It is my assertion that the fellow in the hot chocolate spot is looking at the gal's chest and not the cocoa.
Nice little video featuring the goodies sold at the Drive-In.
Cigarettes aren't goodies, just sayin'.
Did the music in these ads come from a stock music
library or were they composed specially for the ads?
2:14 that looks nasty!
It's barbecued...roadkill. 🤢
So do I my friend
Teenage memories 😊
GREAT MEMORIES! WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED TO SOCIETY????
Got to love that meat in a can lol
The original Verona pizza? Cool
It's Talona.
+Pika Bro yeah. but... ah. never mind.
DarkWolfSoul Wild Right.
Pizza with not much topping, I would add, if not pepperoni Salami, some less hot Salami.
Back when smoking wasnt bad for you and people were honest
Smoking was always bad for you, but they didn't have the research to prove it, thus thousands died.🥀💔💔
OMG "We'll be grateful, and so will the patrons that follow you"...They told the future with subliminal messages about Patreon and social media platforms. lol
LOL
I didn't say beatniks were greasers, beatniks are more like hippies, I was just saying the 50's were mostly greasers, ducks ass hairstyles, Levi's, penny loafers, rolling cigarettes up in their sleeve. P.S. I also heard that beatniks might be another term for the beat generation, but I don't know I don't use that term, I just like the mid and late 50's and early 60's era.
most awkward ya-hoo ever 2:34
At least he made sure he swallowed his bite before yahooing.