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Back when I was a child, maybe a pre-teen, there was this hilarious, animated commercial on TV, and I don't know if it was local (channel 5 or 20) or on one of the networks. It was a cartoon of these four sesame seeds, dressed up like hippies, and playing a rock-and-roll song. It started with: "Hey, hey, Heeeyyyyy! We're the sesame seeds!" And it went on for about 30 seconds, with harmony, and everything. The penultimate line was something like this (the second part of the line I'm just guessing and it isn't right): "A plain old burger, is a lot more fun ... when it's <something-something-something> on a sesame bun ..." The last line was classic, with the lead singer soloing the first part, and then the group chiming in to respond: "A hot dog takes, a groovy toll ... *On An Open Sesame Roll!*" You absolutely have to see it to appreciate it, but from what my child's mind can process and remember, it's one of the best TV commercials I've ever seen. It faded away quickly, and I haven't seen it in about 40 years. I tried doing some research on it a few years ago, and found almost nothing, except a little blurb saying that it was sponsored by the Sesame Seed Council (or something like that), which leads me to believe it might have been a DC-only commercial, an attempt at political lobbying. Okay, I don't believe I'm the only person who remembers this. So, who remembers it, what can you tell us about it, and can you possibly find the video? It's a funny enough commercial to go viral on YouTube, so I urge the Sesame Seed Council (or whoever it was) to dig it out of the archives, and to resubmit it. I can't even find any Twitter #hashtags about the sesame oil industry, much less any associations or international organizations. This commercial needs to be brought back - It's absolutely priceless! -
Don't start watching this unless you have seventeen minutes because you won't be able to stop. http://youtu.be/2mkr3GureeA
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Here's an interesting article about Super Bowl Commercials by Tom Shales: Jan 31, 1994 - "Not Even the Commercials Were Super" by Tom Shales on washingtonpost.com
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