I remember as a kid looking at neighborhood's Oldsmobile owners and their "Rocket" V8 engines.....all us kids looked at the neighborhood car engines as the owners and dad's washed them and cared for them. I always wanted an Oldsmobile. The neighbors girl's parents Cutlass drove like a dream!

Those were the days when we had style and glamor!

@htimsid

Жыл бұрын

Still wonderful, isn't it? And no dialogue. We didn't need dialogue. We had faces. There just aren't any faces like that anymore. Maybe one - Garbo. Oh, those idiot producers, those imbeciles! Haven't they got any eyes? Have they forgotten what a star looks like? I'll show them! I'll be up there again, so help me...!

Help! I think I have an addiction, I just can't do without seeing one of these classic films at least every other day!

blast from the past, I've enjoyed watching this Oldsmobile commercial

Beautiful car that '52 Olds Rocket Super 8 it was so brand new and gorgeous and stock original unlike today they wreck the cars when they do a restoring job on them.

@corvettefever360

Жыл бұрын

My brother has the 1 year '61 Oldsmobile super 88. With the "Rocket". I believe is a 396ci . 5:21 Regardless, that year was a beautifully executed model. Crazy that it was only one year. His is also a 4 door version. Even better looking. He has a '62 Oldsmobile too, I'm pretty sure it's a Dynamic 88. Also a great looking car, however the 61 is just a work of art.

This film is a real hoot. Awesome color,great cars,many chuckles. Two thumbs up.

Nothing like promoting passing on a curve while going uphill on the blind side in your big {88}.

1952: woman hired for lucrative acting job after chance road encounter with manager.. 2019: woman MURDERED in ROAD RAGE incident...

@zxtenn

4 жыл бұрын

Sad but true this Country has gone down the tubes and is getting worse daily!! Granted there were BAD people then too but not even close to the same % as now, not really due to the need of new laws but to enforcement of older ones, lets just say we had enough people for reproduction then we didn't need to open the flood gates!

This car is so good it has this and a song about it

What an era. Big cars, big horsepower, cheap gas, the fear of communism and nuclear annihilation. Brings one to tears.

@101Volts

6 жыл бұрын

Please, one moment about the cheap gas part; many times I hear people saying "gas was cheaper then" without taking inflation in account. With that being said, it _was_ cheaper on average: the equivalent from June 1952 would now be $1.86 per gallon.

The back seat has that come hither look! LOL!!!😂

What a beautiful looking cars back then

Cars were a lot more exciting in those days. Today, ho hum.

The leading lady in this film looks an awfully lot like 1950's television actress Jean Ruth Maxey. I saw her recently in a couple episodes of Highway Patrol. One was called "Double Cross" and the other was "Deaf Mute". Check them out on KZread to see whether or not you think it is the same actress or not.

@jonhohensee3258

2 жыл бұрын

An awful lot.

Driver: Fasten your seatbelt! Passenger: We don't have any!

I would pay a fine dollar for this on DVD,,,, respect the Rocket !!

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

Air planes had seat belts then , Cars did not.

California in its hay day, even the music is so positive and uplifting, now Oldsmobile is in the great auto graveyard

@jonhohensee3258

2 жыл бұрын

heyday

Nobody's mentioned Mr. Hadley...John Dehner. Doris Day's TV boss and radio's Paladin...

Great vintage GM Oldsmobile color promo movie. Thanks for sharing! Oldsmobile "Deluxe 88" 4 door at 32:38 doesn't get the white wall tires like the rest of them. Musta' been the bottom of the line "poor man's" Oldsmobile.

she's a real looker...what are we waiting for?....

1:34 He dramatically whipped off his glasses! YOU MUST COWER IN FEAR, PUNY MORTAL!!! : P

@VinnyDaQ

8 жыл бұрын

1tiercel No, more like David Caruso on "CSI:Miami". : )

@brianmcdonald9502

4 жыл бұрын

@1tiercel You mean Super Weinie.

Most people used to drink coffee all day long ,I remember my grandma going to restaurants and always order coffee .

@jonhohensee3258

2 жыл бұрын

zzzzz.....

2:17 hahahaha a car company encouraging speeding

I like when the guy says fasten your seat belt. Those cars did not have seat belts. LOL

@corvettefever360

Жыл бұрын

It was optional until 61 or 62 I believe. My brother has a 61 Oldsmobile super 88 , no seat belts But his 62 Dynamic 88 had Lap belts

And just like that the “Me Too” movement was born. 🤔

The Hudson Hornet with its flathead six-cylinder engine was still beating the Rocket 88 in NASCAR and the race car circuit.

05:21 - "...Wonder what it was? asks the passenger of a 1951 Olds convertible while staring at the back end of a 1952 Olds convertible that just passed him

Speeding, racing, passing on blind curves. I'm here for all the illegal driving brought to us by Oldsmobile!

@flyguy5941

Жыл бұрын

I just watched one of the 1959-60 car safety videos. This popped up next. Thought it was another safety vid. Lol

For those who may be wondering, the director in this film is being played by John Dehner.

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

The guy in the bow tie is dressed like Jimmy Olson on Superman.

@marstondavis

3 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget Clarence Kolb as the boss with the glasses. He was great in 'The Front Page'.

@jonhohensee3258

2 жыл бұрын

zzzzz.....

"Fasten your seatbelts" lmao what seatbelts?

@-oiiio-3993

3 жыл бұрын

They were available at auto part and accessory stores.

4:58 Reference to "In my merry oldsmobile"

I woder how many disgusting studio heads those poor girls had to give head to for those parts.

That's John Dehner running the show!

Great movie :)

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

Back when cars were cars.

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

All made.from recycled WW2 planes!!!. Probably good steel.

@jonhohensee3258

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbockelie3899 - Oh please.... 🙄

Howard Hughes filling in as the movie director

Mushy suspension. Skinny drum brakes. Skinny bias ply tires. Curvy road. Ponderous steering. Yeah sign me up.

I always wear an axe on my belt when I drive my Oldsmobile.....🤤

"A roll-top ashtray!"

Local theatre companies used to do big ads!

Mr. Honeywell!

@fromthesidelines

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Clarence Kolb. And that's JOHN DEHNER as "Mr. Hadley" at 14:54.

A real come-hither look!

@donniegray553

4 жыл бұрын

What a "looker" for that gal, eh? No tattoos, no belly piercings -- just smooth, clear skin. Now THAT'S the way a lady should be.

lol at 4:50. "Fasten your seatbelt." Who used seatbelt​s back then.

@OldsVistaCruiser

6 жыл бұрын

Anthony V I had a '59 98 that didn't even have seat belts!!

@CarminesRCTipsandTricks

5 жыл бұрын

Then..... It was just an expression. They really didn't know better! No internet, BARELY any TV then.

@zxtenn

4 жыл бұрын

RIGHT!!!! I WAS GOING TO COMMENT, I DIDNT KNOW IT WAS A WORD BACK THEN

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

Coca Cola machine, free advertising.

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

What a plot!!! A corporate spy taking pictures!!!. 1890 music.

Today, a pocket "Rocket" is a must have for every co-ed and 20 something woman.

Oldsmobiles early beginning was about big stylish and fast cars, GM should've kept Oldsmobile and dumped Cadillac.

You'd have thought they would have used Ike Turner's Rocket 88, instead of that corny sub opera yodeling.

@tomservo56954

4 жыл бұрын

Companies would hardly use "race music" to promote their products.

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

Let's chase that girl!!! Good way to go to jail pal.

Well, of course "The Rocket" would appeal to women - they've been using rocket-shaped appliances for a LONG time!

Overtakes approaching a blind corner...not a seatbelt in sight

@clayton5229

10 ай бұрын

😂

2:30 .. distracted driving.

My rockets bigger than your rocket.😉 Hubba Hubba!

I know no one will see this but who knows what that second round thing in the center of the steering wheel?? Kinda looks like a clock but I doubt it is.

Where's all the cigarettes???🤣

Even into the sixties, Oldsmobile kept wearing out that old pre-1910 song, "In my Merry Oldsmobile". They certainly overused it in this corn ball movie.

@OldsVistaCruiser

6 жыл бұрын

brainy - 1905.

Harvey Weinstein sending out his "talent scouts" to find the one who can "Do it all"

3:45 Passes white pontiac. 4:02 Passes white pontiac again... lmfao

Plot twist a cameraman in the Oldsmobile convertible fell out hit his head and died😨

The use of phone booths would have made covid-19 worse

Cornier than Nebraska in August.

Yeah right, Johnny...You just can’t get that girl off your mind that passed you on the road 3 hours ago...even after you and your boyfriend took a long shower together. Even Mr. Rigney knows whats up...lol! 20:45 ‘Right...!’ 🤣🤣🤣

She really should skip the drum solo in that last number- it’s definitely not working.

I wonder why they let women drive, we produced exceptional buses in those days.

What the f....??

Make a Date With a rocket 88😊 And 98 too!😮