retroCOMMERCIAL of the Day “Ancient Chinese Secret, Huh?”

retroCRUSH fan Dana submits this classic for our second installment. Drawing on the rich cultural history of Chinese laundrymen, this ad features a fantastic cultural exchange of Western capitalism, and Eastern mysticism. The woman is thoroughly amazed by the ancient wisdom and wonders in making her clothing so fantastic, unaware that he was simply using Calgon until Lee’s ball-busting wife shouts, “We Need More Calgon!”  It bugs me now that she did this? They could have had a great thing going there with the Chinese Magic angle, and she basically tells the customer that she could buy this shit at home and never come there again. Later Calgon commercials featured Mr. Lee with a much younger wife who kept her mouth shut.

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