On today’s show, Bob Moon spoke with Joe Pytka, the man behind some of the most famous commercials of all time. Here are a couple of the commercials that Joe talked about during the interview.
A FedEx commercial, “The Lollipop Guild,” featuring munchkins from “The Wizard of Oz:”
A Diet Pepsi commercial featuring Ray Charles:
And a commercial from McDonald’s featuring two of basketball’s greatest: Larry Bird and Michael Jordan.
Click here to see a list of some of Joe Pytka’s favorite commercials of all time.
And Marketplace has its own picks for favorite Super Bowl commercials of all time. The Bird/Jordan commercial made it on our list. See the whole list here. Included in our staff picks are commercials from E*trade, Apple, and Budweiser.
Maybe one of the commercials this Sunday will make our list next year.
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