Indians

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:22 am

Here is one of the coolest commercials ever made. It features, "The Crying Indian."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... ying&hl=en

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:32 am

I remember that commercial from when I was a kid in Omaha.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:39 am

Walkinghairball wrote:I remember that commercial from when I was a kid in Omaha.

me too.....and the country was a polluted mess back then....we've come a long way.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:08 pm

I've always loved Iron Eyes Cody.

Me · Post by Me » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:31 pm

A' Ha!

I found what I was looking for, at least to a point.

http://www.indianmythology.org/blackfoo ... ld_man.htm

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:33 pm

Thanks for posting that link, BBO. I loved that commercial as a kid. And I loved it when they parodied it on the Simpsons too.

Now I can finally show it to my kids.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:09 pm

You tryin' to make me cry?

That commercial always got to me.

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:38 am

first time I've ever saw that ad....how old is it?

and cheers for the link Me ...I enjoyed reading that

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:42 am

schuette wrote:first time I've ever saw that ad....how old is it?

1971, I think...

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:45 am

cheers elfie...they should still be showing that advert...

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:18 am

His name was Iron Eyes Cody. The commericial first aired on Earth Day 1971.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:34 am

awip2062 wrote:His name was Iron Eyes Cody. The commericial first aired on Earth Day 1971.

I remember the first time my big brother and I saw it together. It brought a tear to our eyes as well. Then my brother ran off to tell my mom about it. (that's how I remember it anyway)

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:38 am

Too bad all indians (and others) don't care about trash being scattered all over.

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:58 am

that is something I'm strict about...my kids do not litter....they're pockets come home with all sorts though

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:24 pm

Big Blue Owl wrote:Here is one of the coolest commercials ever made. It features, "The Crying Indian."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... ying&hl=en

oh my GOODNESS, BBO! You just brought me back to being a kid and seeing that for the first time. I think that was the first time I felt profound sadness and I remember feeling so helpless. My first experience of true empathy. I never forgot it.

I guess that's why I'm such a nut about litter and pollution now.

Ah, the 70's. Talk about planting seeds!