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ALKA-SELTZER: PIE EATERS {BARNEY MELSKY
COMMERCIAL REEL} (TV)

Summary

In this commercial for Alka-Seltzer, participants in a professional pie-eating contest are shown in the heat of competition. In the locker room after the contest, a veteran explains to a rookie that the secret to success on the pie-eating circuit is to make sure you always have a supply of Alka-Seltzer on hand. "Next time you overeat," the announcer suggests, "take what the guys who overeat for a living take. Alka-Seltzer."

Details

  • NETWORK: N/A
  • DATE: 1966
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:01:00
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: AT:33680.015
  • GENRE: N/A
  • SUBJECT HEADING: N/A
  • SERIES RUN: N/A
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Zieff Films … Production Statement
  • Stanley Lang … Producer
  • Howard Zieff … Director, Camera
  • Chuck Rosen … Creative Director
  • Bob Schulman … Copywriter
  • John Danza … Art Director
  • Ted Pahle … Camera
  • Stan Siegel … Editor
  • Leon Janney … Voice-over
  • Paul Alberts … Talent
  • Paul Zegler … Talent
  • Bernie Allen … Talent
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