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32 Days of Halloween VI, Day 16: Vincent Price Enhances Any Product

By Widge - posted 10.15.12 @ 11:00 am
Vincent Price and bird

It's been a day for Vincent Price, this 16th day of 32 Days of Halloween. And previously we've posted a smattering of Vincent Price commercials.

And let's face it: Vincent can make just about anything sound good. And he can take any product or pitch to another level.

As an example, why in the hell is a polar bear talking about wine coolers? It's not because they needed a break from drinking Coke...looking on the Coke website, polar bears didn't become the mainstay of Coke commercials as we know them until 1993. Really? Seems like it's been longer. Anyway...notice how when you notice it's Price's voice, you're distracted from how ridiculous the moment is. I am, anyway...

Maybe it's because polar bears hunt humans? No idea. Anyway, moving on. Here's a Citibank card commercial that we've posted previously...but now it's back online! Excellent! Make the acquaintance of Coral Browne, aka Mrs. Vincent Price...

Ah, the bug whacker. Memories. Anyway, what's interesting is that Browne was originally Australian. But apparently hanging out with Vincent made her...well, sound like a female Vincent. But even then, she brings a credit card dignity. Is there anything that intonation cannot make dignified?

Hmm. Well, I hope the paycheck was good, anyway.

Previously on this day, we had some great Price outtakes, some excellent Price funny bits, the trailer to the Corman film of The Raven, and we started up the first year with the trailer for the first Dr. Phibes.

Image: Squeezegut Alley

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Widgett Walls is Need Coffee's Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. He is the author of the novel Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point, and two collections of short stories, Magnificent Desolation and Something Else: The Complete First Season. He is also co-author of the children's book There's a Zombie in My Treehouse! All of those books are available in paperback or for the Kindle from Amazon. He is also the narrator and publisher of the first unabridged recording of Seneca's letters, available here. He is active on both Twitter and Facebook. (If you befriend him on Facebook, do say you came via Need Coffee.) He lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. He hardly ever sleeps.

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