Robust, identical to Barney Fife.
There may be actually nothing to clarify right here, because the punchline is sitting there proper up entrance: The 1969 Dodge Adventurer pickup truck is Barney Fife robust. For folk who don’t recall—and it pains me that many people don’t recall–for 9 seasons, Don Knotts performed nervous and twitchy Deputy Barney Fife on the extremely standard Andy Griffith Present.
Extra Favourite Automotive Advertisements
1969 Dodge Adventurer
Don Knotts
The character proved standard with the viewers, and was a superb foil to Andy Griffith’s clever and folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor. Knotts was with the present from 1960 to 1968, transferring on after that to star in a collection of Disney movies, together with the memorable Unimaginable Mr. Limpet.
Knotts had a fair longer relationship with the Chrysler Company, starring in print advertisements and commercials between 1960 and 1971.
The advert right here is particularly amusing as a result of Knots’ characters had been by no means recognized for bravery or toughness, but right here he’s extolling the heavy-duty engineering of a pickup truck. With the zeitgeist previous, we are able to solely assume that the viewers was in on the gag. Observe the same vibe of the Dodge van business beneath.
Dodge Adventurer
The 1969 Dodge Adventurer was an attention-grabbing truck. Lengthy earlier than People had totally embraced pickups as day by day drivers, or as luxurious autos, Dodge was selling its top-trim-level pickup as simply that. And in 1969, air-con in a pickup truck was virtually scandalously indulgent.
For 1970, Knots would endorse “The Dude,” a Dodge pickup trim degree that includes an expressive decal package deal and addition trim bits. Pickups with the The Dude package deal are fairly uncommon, so for those who come throughout one, snap a pic and tell us.
Oh, and concerning the Adventurer advert: Don Knotts had a twin brother? Who knew?
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