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Zip Code PSA (1967) by "The Swingin' Six"


DonRocks

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I don't remember this commercial per se, but I definitely remember the chorus of this song at the end - Zip Codes have only been around for about 50 years (or, at least, that's whey then started marketing the use of them).

Call me lifeless, but I've watched this entire video three times.

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On 6/3/2019 at 5:40 PM, DonRocks said:

Jul 1, 1963 is when they were introduced.

Interestingly, the above commercial ran around the beginning of 1967 - Americans didn't cozy up to zip codes for a few years, so the postal service ran this ad campaign to generate interest, and apparently, it worked.

Jul 1, 2013 - "The ZIP Code Turns 50" by Josh Sanburn on nation.time.com

This is why I have a vague memory of the commercial - I was five-years old when it was running.

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