It's even worse than it appears.
Monday December 16, 2019; 10:18 AM EST
A boomer's memory#
  • A commercial from the 60s or 70s that I only saw a few times.#
  • Camera slowly enters a beautiful office with a distinguished older man behind the desk. The announcer says "And now a word from Guillermo Buitoni, president of Buitoni Foods." Camera continues in for a close up, and stops. Pauses a couple of seconds.#
  • He says: If you want me to like you...#
  • Another pause:#
  • He says: Buy my pizza.#
  • Logo. Cut.#
  • It was perfect. No product shot. Just hey I'm this Master of the Universe, and of course you want me to like you. And I've made it realllly simple.#
  • I wish I could find the video to see if it is as good as I remember it.#

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