Darrell WrightGet your juicy pickles (1960)

This is a dill pickle. A mighty pretty pickle. Especially when she joins you at the show.

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Reviewer: Robin_1990 - - January 17, 2008
Subject: Nice Idea

It's nice that they tried something different for once, Although It's certainly an odd choice. This ad makes me hungry, So I guess it does it's job.

Reviewer: wilbrifar - - December 6, 2007
Subject: still around

I visit drive-ins wherever I can, and many in the midwest and the south still feature pickles. There's even one in Ohio that still plays this ad between features.

Reviewer: surlychick - - December 2, 2007
Subject: yup

It's true, they sell pickles at movie theaters in Texas (they come in a cute little pickle bag). Coming from the East Coast, I thought it was the strangest thing when I first got to TX.

Reviewer: Sarah M. - - September 3, 2007
Subject: Eh? Really?

They sell pickles at my local movie theater! Dill, Dill Garlic, and Sweet Pickle.

Reviewer: dramafan - - July 16, 2007
Subject: Not for me...

... but a DILLy of an idea.

Good ol' popcorn for me. :)

Reviewer: MyThailand - - May 3, 2007
Subject: Just Simple

I’ve always been of a fan of the old straight forward commercials, more than the Hi-Tech slick “Get One Now” type.

You can’t get simpler than this!

Reviewer: ploopz - - May 3, 2007
Subject: they keep away monsters

They had them in Illinois at least for a little while.
i think they would have tried anything to get you into that snack bar...!

Reviewer: Telephone Toughguy - - March 29, 2007
Subject: Lucky that it is regional

I've lived all up and down the east coast and never saw a friggin pickle in a movie theater... except on a plate with a burger at one of those draft house cinemas where they serve greasy food, cheap pitchers and play 2nd run films. I was born in the town where the first drive in theater was built and I never heard about pickles there either.

Reviewer: knoxville girl - - March 29, 2007
Subject: A Southern Thing?

In East Tennessee they sell giant mutant pickles at most theaters. I'm a bit afraid of them though I enjoy normal pickles. I couldn't help notice the strange contradiction of 'sexing up' the pickle as a cute female when she is actually a phallic symbol...

Reviewer: butyleson - - March 14, 2007
Subject: I've done it before

Do they really not sell pickles at the movie theaters that you go to? (you should seriously take note) I'm rarely at the movies, but a girl I was with actually bought me a huge one once. And I'm pretty sure they have them at most theaters here in Texas. Perhaps it's a regional thing. Pickles are yummy.

Reviewer: silvertwinz - - December 7, 2006
Subject: pickles...yuuuuuuummmmm

this was too short. imagine all the tongue-in-cheek humor about pickles if this was longer. and the audio skip at the end kinda made my day. :)

Reviewer: Cherokee Jack - - December 5, 2006
Subject: Ugh!

A pickle? As a snack item? Yuck! Why not, "This is a bowl of spinach, a delicious bowl of spinach. Wouldn't a bowl of spinach taste good with your movie?" I can't imagine anyone craving a pickle at the drive-in...not in the front seat, anyways....

Reviewer: RedAliCat - - August 19, 2006
Subject: The Pickle as Movie Snack Food?

Clearly this idea didn't take off. While we still buy popcorn and soda today at the theatre, I just don't see people craving a pickle while watching the movie.