The Italian Swiss Colony ads you mention were the real vintage ones (no pun intended) from the late '50s. The ones I grew up seeing during the 1960s were similar to the one shown here, without the yodel, but they still featured that famous "Little old winemaker" line. There was also a tag line that went something like "Almost 100 years old . . . like me!" The voice of the winemaker was performed by Jim Backus. The winemaker himself was portrayed by Ludwig Stossel.
Watching this again for the first time in a while, I realized that this is one of the last, if not the VERY last, appearances of Ludwig Stossel as the Winemaker. He retired and only came back a couple of years later for a souvenir postcard photo that you can view easily on either a Yahoo or Google image search; it's the one with the pretty blonde Swiss girl giving him a kiss on the cheek. This also may have originally been done in color, as it has that bleached-out look that indicates an older color film piece transferred badly to digital, or that it possibly bleached on its own over time.
If you recall, the "Little Old Wine Maker, Me" commercials also featured a Swiss yodel in the background. The yodel was performed by my father, Robert C. Oates.
In this commercial, the Italian chef was played by Nestor Pavia, i'm not sure who the German guy was. the jingle 'You can't miss with italian Swiss' rings in my mind. Italian wiss Colony wines were some of the frst wines I drank and became a lwine over, home winemaker and hopefully soon a professiobnal winemaker. Thanks Italian Swiss for tour inspiration!
I think this post was meant for a different video as there are no chefs in this. There is one posted that has character actor Nestor Paiva in it but this isn't it. It's the one posted by Osborn Tramain.
That is definitely Glenn Yarbrough! Wow... I saw these commercials in the early '60s and was already a fan of The Limeliters. Where is the ending statement??? "From the little old winemaker--ME !"
I couldn't have been more than 3 or 4 at the time, but I also remember those commercials. I also remember the "wine maker" character being on boxes the wine was shipped in.
BTW - the voice of the winemaker was dubbed in - it's actually Jim Backus (which explains why he sounds a little bit like Mr. Magoo). Google Ludwig Stossel sometime - he had a pretty impressive life. He escaped Austria in the '30s when Hitler annexed that country and upon arriving in the States, his first American movie role was as Lou Gehrig's dad in "Pride of the Yankees".
I am descended from an real Italian Swiss winemaker and wondered about this commercial. I have only one photograph of my great grandfather who immigrated from Milan and was a restranteur and seafood market owner on the Barbary Coast and North Beach, pre 1906 quake.
Anonymous: If you have the name of your grandfather and want to dig into your family history, contact the history room at the San Francisco Public Libraries main location at the Civic Center. They have great archives, ledgers, and phone directories going back to 1871. Also check the Bancroft Library at the University of California in Berkeley. The italians had pretty much of a monopoly on the wineries in Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino and the wine warehouses in San Francisco (where local italians would buy their wines from the barrel). and fishing industry and controlled the fishing fleets. The Barbaty Coast, a nototiously rough and dangerous area was north of the financial district and just south of North Beach roughly bordered by Broadway on the North, Washington on the South and Montgonmery on the West and the bay on the east was the area pre 1906 earthquake with all the honkytinks, saloons dacehalls, brothels and nefarious characters
Sucky "italian Swiss Colony" commercial. They were known for their commercial where the little old wine maker always said "That little old wine maker, me". Those became part of the culture and a good portion the jokes from that era had a punchline like "That Little Old - - - - , Me" (You Fill in the Blank). How disappointing that this wasn't one of those FAMOUS commercials. Just Glen Yarlboro Selling Out by singing their Jingle.
I think there was also a commercial that was a longer version of the "Put a rose in your glass" song. I recall the whole folk music trend in the early '60s, even though I was just a wee one. It is hard to find old commercials from that era.
That singer sounds like Dave Guard from the Kingston Trio. Is it? The winemaker was actor Ludwig Stossel, who was so popular in that role that Elvis actually requested that Stossel appear in "GI Blues". Stossel did a cameo in the movie dressed in his winemaker costume from the commercial, right down to his lederhosen, and portrayed an old puppeteer putting on a show for kids in the town square while Elvis sings some inane song.
@JeffW77 I wasn't even thinking about him when I posted my original comment, but you may be right - it could very well be Glenn Yarbrough. RUclips has only two of these "Winemaker" ads; the other was posted by Genius7277 as part of a compilation of commercials. Neither, however, have his classic tag line: "That little old winemaker - me!"
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The Italian Swiss Colony ads you mention were the real vintage ones (no pun intended) from the late '50s. The ones I grew up seeing during the 1960s were similar to the one shown here, without the yodel, but they still featured that famous "Little old winemaker" line. There was also a tag line that went something like "Almost 100 years old . . . like me!" The voice of the winemaker was performed by Jim Backus. The winemaker himself was portrayed by Ludwig Stossel.
Watching this again for the first time in a while, I realized that this is one of the last, if not the VERY last, appearances of Ludwig Stossel as the Winemaker. He retired and only came back a couple of years later for a souvenir postcard photo that you can view easily on either a Yahoo or Google image search; it's the one with the pretty blonde Swiss girl giving him a kiss on the cheek. This also may have originally been done in color, as it has that bleached-out look that indicates an older color film piece transferred badly to digital, or that it possibly bleached on its own over time.
If you recall, the "Little Old Wine Maker, Me" commercials also featured a Swiss yodel in the background. The yodel was performed by my father, Robert C. Oates.
Sounds like Glenn Yarborough singing.
It's him.
In this commercial, the Italian chef was played by Nestor Pavia, i'm not sure who the German guy was. the jingle 'You can't miss with italian Swiss' rings in my mind. Italian wiss Colony wines were some of the frst wines I drank and became a lwine over, home winemaker and hopefully soon a professiobnal winemaker. Thanks Italian Swiss for tour inspiration!
Baby, the wine must flow
I think this post was meant for a different video as there are no chefs in this. There is one posted that has character actor Nestor Paiva in it but this isn't it. It's the one posted by Osborn Tramain.
Heard the music before the video. Definitely!
That is definitely Glenn Yarbrough! Wow... I saw these commercials in the early '60s and was already a fan of The Limeliters. Where is the ending statement??? "From the little old winemaker--ME !"
I couldn't have been more than 3 or 4 at the time, but I also remember those commercials. I also remember the "wine maker" character being on boxes the wine was shipped in.
BTW - the voice of the winemaker was dubbed in - it's actually Jim Backus (which explains why he sounds a little bit like Mr. Magoo). Google Ludwig Stossel sometime - he had a pretty impressive life. He escaped Austria in the '30s when Hitler annexed that country and upon arriving in the States, his first American movie role was as Lou Gehrig's dad in "Pride of the Yankees".
I am descended from an real Italian Swiss winemaker and wondered about this commercial. I have only one photograph of my great grandfather who immigrated from Milan and was a restranteur and seafood market owner on the Barbary Coast and North Beach, pre 1906 quake.
Anonymous: If you have the name of your grandfather and want to dig into your family history, contact the history room at the San Francisco Public Libraries main location at the Civic Center. They have great archives, ledgers, and phone directories going back to 1871. Also check the Bancroft Library at the University of California in Berkeley. The italians had pretty much of a monopoly on the wineries in Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino and the wine warehouses in San Francisco (where local italians would buy their wines from the barrel). and fishing industry and controlled the fishing fleets. The Barbaty Coast, a nototiously rough and dangerous area was north of the financial district and just south of North Beach roughly bordered by Broadway on the North, Washington on the South and Montgonmery on the West and the bay on the east was the area pre 1906 earthquake with all the honkytinks, saloons dacehalls, brothels and nefarious characters
@JeffW77 yeah, thats the unmistakable voice of Glenn Yarbrough
Sucky "italian Swiss Colony" commercial. They were known for their commercial where the little old wine maker always said "That little old wine maker, me". Those became part of the culture and a good portion the jokes from that era had a punchline like "That Little Old - - - - , Me" (You Fill in the Blank). How disappointing that this wasn't one of those FAMOUS commercials. Just Glen Yarlboro Selling Out by singing their Jingle.
I think there was also a commercial that was a longer version of the "Put a rose in your glass" song. I recall the whole folk music trend in the early '60s, even though I was just a wee one. It is hard to find old commercials from that era.
That singer sounds like Dave Guard from the Kingston Trio. Is it? The winemaker was actor Ludwig Stossel, who was so popular in that role that Elvis actually requested that Stossel appear in "GI Blues". Stossel did a cameo in the movie dressed in his winemaker costume from the commercial, right down to his lederhosen, and portrayed an old puppeteer putting on a show for kids in the town square while Elvis sings some inane song.
@JeffW77 I wasn't even thinking about him when I posted my original comment, but you may be right - it could very well be Glenn Yarbrough. RUclips has only two of these "Winemaker" ads; the other was posted by Genius7277 as part of a compilation of commercials. Neither, however, have his classic tag line: "That little old winemaker - me!"
@mgaedeke
è vero! Merlot rules...ahaha grandissimi.
Anche in Grease viene citato.
It ain't "Vin" as in Vinnie. It's "Van" as in Van Heflin.
Did the little Italian winemaker morph into Dr Fauci?