Help me find this Coke commercial from the 80's!

May 13, 2011 11:41 AM

Help me find this Coke commercial from the 80's! Someone I know starred in a "Coke is it!" commercial when he was a senior in high school (most likely in 1982). It was cast and shot entirely in Charleston, SC and featured beach scenes. His only description was "it was the opening of a beach house."
posted by phaedrus441 to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

I bet coke has some kind of historian (they have a freakin museum, after all)...might be worth finding a contact via coke.com or linkedin or something and asking, if its important to them.
posted by softlord at 12:20 PM on May 13, 2011

Is it this one?
[note that you have to change the resolution to 240p and hit play again]

Has Jobim's "Waters of March"-based jingle and a guy doing a barspin on a fixie in the 80's.

Also has some beach scenes.
posted by morganw at 1:33 PM on May 13, 2011

World of Coke (the museum) can be reached at [phone] or 1-800-676-COKE (2653); if it weren't after business hours I'd call them now myself because i'm curious but I'd bet they have a curator. I have not been in a while, but they have an area where you can watch & listen to TV & radio ads throughout company history.
posted by pointystick at 2:58 PM on May 13, 2011

us tv ads
posted by Ideefixe at 4:01 PM on May 13, 2011

Maybe this? It has beach scenes, though this is from the "Have a Coke and a smile" era, before "Coke is it."
posted by janerica at 4:02 PM on May 13, 2011

Coke Ad 1982 Beach ?
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:45 PM on May 13, 2011

Response by poster: Wow, so close! I'll give World of Coke a call later and see what they can find.

Thanks!
posted by phaedrus441 at 7:30 AM on May 17, 2011