Classic Marine Recruiting Commercial
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Holy crap! How old is that commercial?
Pretty cool though.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:37 amHaha, her comes another joke on your age, Bob! I think that one came out after you graduated The Island!
April 9th, 2008 at 8:02 amThe use of the young man in the letter jacket was telling.
Losers need not apply.
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April 9th, 2008 at 8:07 amEarly 70’s juding by the civ haircut and the C/W song.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:20 amSmart-ass boot. Just because I took the new-fangled ‘horseless carriage’ to Parris Island and the metric system wasn’t invented yet, not to mention the frequent flintlock jams, doesn’t mean I’m old.
Awwww, who am I kidding….
April 9th, 2008 at 8:32 amGood decision on the part of the recruiter who suggeted Jillary go serve with the dogs. Would not want to tarnish his corp with the likes of her. If he only said the right thing and told her to go back to Uglyville would have been more fitting.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:28 amWould love to see this same exact script re-done with updated “cast” and another strong narrator’s voice …
BTW
KBAR, I remember this one on TV too … but I was just a pup. 
While looking for folks who had served as Marines and went into actoing and what-not I came across this list of such on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._Marines
Some interesting ones in the mix …
Bea friggin’ Arthur?!?!?
April 9th, 2008 at 10:39 amI’m betting it’s the 70’s, too. Great commercial. Is it politically incorrect by today’s standards? I’m thinking yes because it doesn’t says “a few good persons”.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:41 amLate 50’s..
I still get goose bumps when I see these recruiting videos, etc. Brings back memories of standing tall on the Island. Ooh Rah…
April 9th, 2008 at 10:51 amSomehow I don’t think Cankles would have cut it as a US Marine.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:58 amFor the record: I DO NOT REMEMBER THIS COMMERCIAL!! I graduated High School in 1990 dammit!!
And yes, Maude was a Devil-Dog.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:58 amOK - I’ll ADMIT it damnit!
It is from 1971 - 1973 circa…
WHY I remember that, I’ll never know. I was only 6 or 7 at the time.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:39 amYeah, isn’t that `Nam footage spliced in there?
And the letterman’s jacketed kid’s hair is total 1970s (pre-disco perms) …
Cripes!
April 9th, 2008 at 11:50 amOoo-fuckin’-rah, Devil Dog!
April 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pmWhat a great ad! I remember this commercial and my selective service number -253(graduated in 1971)from Old Fart U. Wanted to learn to fly helicopters and have the government pay for it, but an occasional irregular heartbeat stopped that cold. I blame it on Julie Schroeder. She dumped me because she felt it wouldn’t work out. I think it was because my dad didn’t have 400+ acres of prime northwest Ohio farm ground like the guy she ended up marrying! Military service skipped a generation with me, but my son has carried the torch for almost 8 years now. Couldn’t be prouder
April 9th, 2008 at 2:47 pmI remember this one. I was young. My day would come later, 86-94. All the USMC adds are the same regardless of era. Courage, Honor and Committment are timeless. What works, works.
Beans and K-bar, we’re all old, if we weren’t we would probably be there. When I got married my best man was a Sergeant, I was a Corporal. He retires soon as a Major, just back from Ramadi.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:25 pmI leave for OCS at the end of May. I can’t wait to be amongst the type of Men that this commercial talks about… Marines.
April 9th, 2008 at 6:10 pm