tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1311142264918576755..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Indians in Mazola adsRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-90378886864640049522018-02-23T00:07:08.517-08:002018-02-23T00:07:08.517-08:00http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/14903/ano...http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/14903/another-mazola-margarine-adAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-12234672704218563762016-05-14T07:50:39.676-07:002016-05-14T07:50:39.676-07:00In the late 70s, I met two Native men (in the midd...In the late 70s, I met two Native men (in the middle of the night at a 7-11 somewhere between Sedona and Phoenix when I was stranded without a vehicle (cause mercifully irrelevant here). They were in the area filming, yep, that Mazola commercial, and laughed heartily about it, singing the theme, a sort of chant: "Mazo-oh-la..." [ can't remember the rest of the lyrics, unfortunately). The only Mazola Indian commercial I can find online is the "We call it maize" version with the woman, but you are NOT delusional on this: the commercial with the men DID exist, and I even saw it on TV not too long after our midnight adventure. <br /><br />Very nice guys, they smoked us out, gave us a 100-mile ride into Phoenix, wouldn't even take any gas money, and even had kind words for the cassette of my band's freshly mastered tracks for our as-yet unreleased debut album. Quite a night. Sure wish I could see that commercial again, but your mention of it is the only thing I've found... some memories are best left amorphous, I guess... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com