They don't pump them out as nicely as they used to, gentlemen! My top three favorites - in no particular order. This is why my GF uses Blue IIs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQduVuYYDFM&NR=1 Big-budget, theatrical & what a song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdnJM13bE8&NR=1 The origin of my the quote in my signature (based on a commercial I can no longer find on YouTube; the other take is still available but it's a joke juxtaposed against the "Fan Letter" one. But who cares? - this homebrew is so hypnotic Noxzema should buy it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9SUr90vJIU&feature=related II. The old Super-Speed baseball player commercials are very lame and reminiscent of the Tiger Woods/Roger Federer nonsense of today. III. So I must ask you boys: "ARE YOU READY - TO GET CLOSER?????????!!!"
These are a few of my favorites. Hai Karate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAnU9zT87j4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbLM0piFIc8 Old Spice Lime (Tangy, Tart, and irresistible!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAgyIkpcuQ Not meant for all men: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBAMlbDDaLA&feature=related Corny, but brings back a lot of memories: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tI5VuiGt_I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJEYkbSjOAA The Trac II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvfXqApExjQ
That 1989 AtraPlus commercial - I have that razor! I have had it for ages and thought it was an early vintage Atra (late 70's) Then I dated it just the other day and it was an O-1. That is like 1995. Boooo. How vintage is that? But, now I have seen the commercial and it brings back at least a bit of the cool!
Thank you for the memories! If I remember correctly, the chess game in the Hai-Karate Gamesman ad is based on the chess game in the original Thomas Crown Affair with Faye Dunway and Steve McQueen.
I remember that ad as well. The handle looked familiar as I thought my first razor was one of them. But mine is a J4 contour and I have no idea why I still have it Were they called atra in the USA and Contour elsewhere? Gillette refers to them as the "atra/contour"
That razor looks damn gorgeous. How was it? Never seen the handle before, just the carts. Heavy, hefty? Seems robust to the eye. I don't know why Gillette's made its razors so ugly of late... Everything up to the Mach 3 remixes looked very nice. Sensor was very flimsy and light, but still nice looking. But that Atra...wow. Gillette has deteriorated so badly - its commercials are just silly now, and the Fusion is so sad. All they can think of is add new colors to it. CMON!
It is a nice handle. I wish I had a decent camera I would post some pics. But, it is not heavy. It is a hollow tube of aluminum with a cap on one end and the head pushed into the other. It feels solid though and there isn't a stitch of plastic on it (except maybe the push knob for attaching the cartridge). There is a great paint job on it too. I think (biasedly) that it is the best looking cartridge handle I have seen. It is a really snappy design of clean lines and such and the paint holds very well. Mine saw a lot of use before my DE conversion and it still looks brand new. It is so much nicer than plastic. (The gentleman that I am, I gave my wife the plastic one I had! :ashamed001) It wouldn't cost the buggers much to offer a nicely designed and crafted aluminum handle again - but I guess everybody wants their razors to look like motorcycles or whatever the heck it is they look like these days. Those AS commercials are great! Triggering those old brain cells a little too.
My favorite Atra handle was the one Gillette put out in the mid 80's- the faux-wooden checkered grip. It was still cheap plastic, but it looked very nice. I can't find a pic of one online, but here's the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em9k1igbaBU That's the one I remember seeing in everyone's homes when I was a kid. Re: the Atra, I just don't like the damned thing. It was basically just a Trac II with a pivoting head. I personally think the Sensor was a major improvement. If the blades were cheaper, it would probably be my everyday razor. Once I get done collecting all the different Trac II's I can find, that is.
Oh, and Kaveh: here's the original version of your Noxzema commercial- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNtddMTxmLw A nice Injector and the David Rose Orchestra playing in the background. Now that's 60's pimpalicious, right there.
Sensor's hands down the best cart. razor put out - gives you everything you need and nothing you don't. The handle is very light, though. Sensor/Personna Sensor head on a good handle would make for an excellent daily shaver, if one were to go the cart route. I personally like DE and disposables.
Yeah the contour isn't a great razor, it just offered the pivoting head. But if some people like the trac II, what's wrong with a pivoting head trac II. It means we can now apply heaps of pressure and not worry about the angle, that's a major bonus! I was just remarking that I remember that ad, and the ad obviously worked and got me into gillettes. That ad is dated 1989, and my razor was a J4 (1989) Before 1989 I used disposibles, because that's what my dad used.
No, no, Clubman. That's the boring take - an easy find. The other one is significantly better. Starts with the girl reading a fan letter, then segues into a much better shave sequence.
This one always made me laugh... It's shave related, but not because of what they're advertising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngFdNZX0REA&feature=player_embedded
I remember those Noxzema ads from the first time around! They were broadcast while I was in high school. Between the Noxzema gal(Take it off...take it all off; music track was "The Stripper") and the English Leather gal(All my men wear English Leather- or they wear nothing at all)- well, you can imagine what went through our teenage hormone-addled minds!
