Italian Swiss Colony Wine Commercial Jingle
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at
5:10 am
This is a real hard to find classic. For more RARE Classics go to www.vintagetvcommercials.com and click on COMPILATIONS.
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Brought? to you by that “Little Old Wine Maker – Me”.
Thanks for posting this. I haven’t seen it in? DECADES.
That singer sounds like Dave Guard from the Kingston Trio. Is it? The winemaker was actor Ludwig Stossel, who was so popular in that role that Elvis actually requested that Stossel appear in “GI Blues”. Stossel did a cameo in the movie dressed in his winemaker costume from the commercial, right down to his lederhosen, and portrayed an old puppeteer putting on a show for kids in the town? square while Elvis sings some inane song.
BTW – the voice of the winemaker was dubbed in – it’s actually Jim Backus (which explains why he sounds a little bit like Mr. Magoo). Google Ludwig Stossel sometime – he had a pretty impressive life. He escaped Austria in the ’30s when Hitler annexed that? country and upon arriving in the States, his first American movie role was as Lou Gehrig’s dad in “Pride of the Yankees”.
The singer sounds like Glenn Yarbrough (“Baby,? the Rain Must Fall”)
Ticinesi in? California!
That is definitely Glenn Yarbrough! Wow… I saw these commercials in? the early ’60s and was already a fan of The Limeliters. Where is the ending statement??? “From the little old winemaker–ME !”
@JeffW77 I wasn’t even thinking about him when I posted my original comment, but you may be right – it could very well be Glenn Yarbrough. YouTube has only two of these “Winemaker” ads; the other was posted by Genius7277 as part of a compilation of commercials. Neither, however, have his classic tag? line: “That little old winemaker – me!”
@mgaedeke
è vero! Merlot rules…ahaha? grandissimi.
Anche in Grease viene citato.
@JeffW77? yeah, thats the unmistakable voice of Glenn Yarbrough
Sucky “italian Swiss Colony” commercial. They were known for their commercial where the little old wine maker always said “That little old wine maker, me”. Those became part of the culture and a good portion the jokes from that era had a punchline like “That Little Old -? – - – , Me” (You Fill in the Blank). How disappointing that this wasn’t one of those FAMOUS commercials. Just Glen Yarlboro Selling Out by singing their Jingle.
wow lol?