Diana Ross and The Supremes - ARRID EXTRA DRY DEODERANT COMMERCIAL

[Weslley Francisco]

Does anyone have this footage?

[jillfoster]

Those are obviously screen captures, so somebody has it. If someone would just put it up!

[Roberta75]

Those are obviously screen captures, so somebody has it. If someone would just put it up!

Here here Jillfoster cause we know if you had it youd share it.

bless you dear.

Roberta

[johnny_raven]

I have it on an original 8 [[or 16?) mm reel that I had transferred to VHS years ago. I never transferred it again to DVD. My copy looks better than those stills. I wondered why they were singing IHAS instead of their current hit Reflections. I'll need a few days to find and transfer it. I'll post the Youtube link after the new year.

[Weslley Francisco]

I have it on an original 8 [[or 16?) mm reel that I had transferred to VHS years ago. I never transferred it again to DVD. My copy looks better than those stills. I wondered why they were singing IHAS instead of their current hit Reflections. I'll need a few days to find and transfer it. I'll post the Youtube link after the new year.

OMG! You made my day! Thank's Johnny! Thank you so much!!!

[Roberta75]

I have it on an original 8 [[or 16?) mm reel that I had transferred to VHS years ago. I never transferred it again to DVD. My copy looks better than those stills. I wondered why they were singing IHAS instead of their current hit Reflections. I'll need a few days to find and transfer it. I'll post the Youtube link after the new year.

Thank you dear johnnyraven. I look forward to seeing this clip.

Yours, with every good wish.

Roberta

[Mark Desjardines]

Yes, this will be something very special to view, johnny_raven. Diana Ross looks positively kittenish in the photos above and to see the clip would make for a very special New Year's present!

[Philles/Motown Gary]

I remember seeing The Supremes TV commercial for Arrid Deodorant back in the day when it was originally aired. The girls were on stage -- under the hot stage lights -- singing "I Hear A Symphony". The performance was elegant and electrifying, and super classy! [[However, I could have sworn that I remember Cindy being positioned on the left, not the right. Maybe there was more than one version of the commercial being shown? )

[Methuselah2]

Gary - You may well be right about the positioning. But I haven't seen the commercial since it first aired, so I'm not certain. As sometimes happens in printing a photo, the image is flipped and perhaps that's what happened wherever these photos are from. I've flipped it here:

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Johnny R. - Good luck with the transfer. Really looking forward to it. I'm 'sweatin' ' it out already. [[Where's that can of Arrid when I need it?!)

I'm just glad they didn't try something like "Love Is Like A Sweating In My Pits."

And Weslley, thank you so much for the great photos. A big rush to see.

[Weslley Francisco]

Gary - You may well be right about the positioning. But I haven't seen the commercial since it first aired, so I'm not certain. As sometimes happens in printing a photo, the image is flipped and perhaps that's what happened wherever these photos are from. I've flipped it here:

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Johnny R. - Good luck with the transfer. Really looking forward to it. I'm 'sweatin' ' it out already. [[Where's that can of Arrid when I need it?!)

I'm just glad they didn't try something like "Love Is Like A Sweating In My Pits."

And Weslley, thank you so much for the great photos. A big rush to see.

You're Welcome!

[Methuselah2]

With her shoulders and arms back, Ross is truly at her slinkiest. Quite a dish.

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Hey Methuselah2, long time no talk! Thanks for the mirror-imaged flip, but the photo still looks nothing like what I remember. The dresses in the photos above look like Flo-era gowns. The gowns in the Arrid commercial seemed more Cindy-era elegant and glamorous [[at least to my 17-year-old eyes at the time). Also, as I recall, the scene was shot from a totally different angle. The camera was at floor level to the audience's left, aimed up at Cindy, Diana and Mary. At the end of "I Hear A Symphony", when the girls raised their arms to the Heaven's for that final, glorious, harmonized note, the camera focused a close-up shot of Cindy's armpit which, despite the hot, smokey stage lighting, was fresh and dry as a cucumber -- Arrid fresh, of course!!! [[And here's a great big 1960's-style WINK for ya!!! Ha-Ha!!!) Seriously, the scene was pure Motown class and goosebump-worthy. I can hardly wait to see it again! - Gary

[Methuselah2]

And now we return, once again, to "Attack of the Gowns"--

Gary - I'll venture a guess that the halter bib gowns in the commercial are these:

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[Methuselah2]

"How Long Has That Evening Gown Been Gone?"

[rovereab]

Going Gown For The Third Time......

[Methuselah2]

"Put Yourself In My Gown"

[johnny_raven]

No, Meth - It's "How Long Has That Evening Gown Been WORN?"

[antceleb12]

"I Want a Gown"

[antceleb12]

Yes, those gowns look just like the ones they wore on Sullivan back in '66 when they performed YCHL and the Symphony medley.

[Methuselah2]

No, Meth - It's "How Long Has That Evening Gown Been WORN?"

You are so right, Johnny. 'Worn' is better.

"Nothing But Strapless"

[Philles/Motown Gary]

And now we return, once again, to "Attack of the Gowns"--

Gary - I'll venture a guess that the halter bib gowns in the commercial are these:

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That's more like it, Meth. Glamorous like this [[or, at least, similar to this.)

[jillfoster]

I have it on an original 8 [[or 16?) mm reel that I had transferred to VHS years ago. I never transferred it again to DVD. My copy looks better than those stills. I wondered why they were singing IHAS instead of their current hit Reflections. I'll need a few days to find and transfer it. I'll post the Youtube link after the new year.

Great, Johnny!!! Your'e a champ!

[jillfoster]

Yes, those gowns look just like the ones they wore on Sullivan back in '66 when they performed YCHL and the Symphony medley.

They are the dark blue ones they wore on Andy Williams.

[rovereab]

I guess Smokey was upset about these gowns so much that he wrote.... Tears Of A Gown...

[Methuselah2]

I guess Smokey was upset about these gowns so much that he wrote.... Tears Of A Gown...

Good one, Rovereab!

"Back In My Gown Again"

[Methuselah2]

"I Want a Gown"

Antceleb - That would have been a great subtitle for Mary Wilson's exhibit!

[antceleb12]

They are the dark blue ones they wore on Andy Williams.

Ahh, yes, those.

Their unreleased B-side to "The Happening:" "All I Know About Gowns."

[antceleb12]

Antceleb - That would have been a great subtitle for Mary Wilson's exhibit!

HA. Or, for her books:

"Dreamgown: My Life in a Gown"
"Supreme Gowns: Someday We'll Be in Gowns"

[Weslley Francisco]

LOL! Dreamgown: My Life in a Gown!!

[rovereab]

The Beetles, during the British Invasion of the USA in the 60s, celebrated The Supremes clothing with the song...... Don't Bring Me Gown....

[Weslley Francisco]

My Gown Came Today!!

[rrussi]

I remember the commercial on TV, but it seems it was Florence in the commercial. They WERE doing the ending of Symphony, however, I figured it was filmed before she left as Cindy was already in the group at the time I saw it. However, I may be wrong.

[masterblaster]

That's more like it, Meth. Glamorous like this [[or, at least, similar to this.)

Hope Diana has put on her Arid Extra Dry for this shot !!

[franjoy56]

Where did our gown go?..

[Weslley Francisco]

I Want A Gown - 1962
Some Gowns You Never Get Used To - 1968
My World Is Empty Without Gowns - 1966
My Favorite Gown - 1966
I Guess I'll Miss The Gown - 1972
Nothing But Gowns - 1965
Stop! In The Name of Gowns! - 1965
A Breathtaking Gown - 1963
Gown Came Today - 1968

[Glenpwood]

I Want A Gown - 1962
Some Gowns You Never Get Used To - 1968
My World Is Empty Without Gowns - 1966
My Favorite Gown - 1966
I Guess I'll Miss The Gown - 1972
Nothing But Gowns - 1965
Stop! In The Name of Gowns! - 1965
A Breathtaking Gown - 1963
Gown Came Today - 1968

Don't forget...
You Can't Hurry Gowns
No Matter What Gown Is On
Love Is Here And My Gown Is Gone
Alterations
In And Out Of Gowns
Up The Ladder To My Gown
The Gown Will Come Between Sunday And Monday
You're Wonderful Sweet Sweet Gown
Bad Beading
Early Morning Gown
Gown, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good

Aren't all these the lost singles Shantel Baker sang on after she took over the lead from Freda Payne?

[antceleb12]

I believe there was also 'Stoned Gowns,' but those were MUCH to heavy for poor Diana - the REAL reason she left the Supremes!

'I'm Gonna Let My Gown Do the Walking' was a modest hit in Japan.

Then, of course, there was the most famous gown-wearing Supreme - Betty McGown!

[Weslley Francisco]

Love Is Like An Itching In My Gown...
Let Me Go The Right Gown...
I'm Gonna Make You A Gown...
You're My Gown Wheel...
Come Into My Gown...
Everybody's Got The Right To Have A Gown...
Beach Gown...
Buttered Gown...

[Methuselah2]

We are getting so revved up to see that commercial, ain't we?!!

[Weslley Francisco]

I'm really anxious to see it !!! I've heard much about this commercial! Another commercial that I would love to see is the commercial of The Supremes wigs line in 1972...

[rovereab]

Up The Ladder [[Stockings) To The Gown?

[marv2]

I'm really anxious to see it !!! I've heard much about this commercial! Another commercial that I would love to see is the commercial of The Supremes wigs line in 1972...

Weslley, they actually had two different commercial spots for the Supremes wigs. They aired throughout 1973.

[sansradio]

antceleb12, "Betty McGown" wins the internet.

[Weslley Francisco]

Weslley, they actually had two different commercial spots for the Supremes wigs. They aired throughout 1973.

I know Marv, on this that i showed, they are singing: I Guess I'll Miss The Man, with these altered Chandelier Gowns from 1967, and on the other comercial they are using the Farewell Gowns from 1970, and singing: Stoned Love

[Weslley Francisco]

Happy new year Everybody!!

[marybrewster]

If I am not mistaken, there is a commerical out there [[for the American Heart Association [[?)), that features DMC, but they are lipsynching to DMF live.

[blackguy69]

If I am not mistaken, there is a commerical out there [[for the American Heart Association [[?)), that features DMC, but they are lipsynching to DMF live.

That was on YouTube awhile ago. They were lip syncing the hits medley from the may 67 cops show

[Weslley Francisco]

Check out these excerpts of The Supremes Wigs Line Commercial from 1973

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Love Is Like An Itching In My Gown...
Let Me Go The Right Gown...
I'm Gonna Make You A Gown...
You're My Gown Wheel...
Come Into My Gown...
Everybody's Got The Right To Have A Gown...
Beach Gown...
Buttered Gown...

"Itching In My Gown"!!! Good one, Wes!!! - Gary

[reese]

If I am not mistaken, there is a commerical out there [[for the American Heart Association [[?)), that features DMC, but they are lipsynching to DMF live.

I think that was CRUSADE '68.

Later, SMC did a commercial for the AHA with the song YOU CAN LIVE WITH IT BABY.