SHAKE 'EM UP with this cheesy flavored fortified wine spot that looks as cheaply produced as the drink they're selling (the "discofied" jingle is pretty catchy, though).
I wonder how many thousand takes this advert took to make before the actors could say the lines with a straight face, without collapsing in a heap with laughter......
Couldnt even imagine grapefruit juice, but if u wantthunderbird to be kinda enjoyable add your fav pack of koolaid str8 to the bottle & shake that up😂😂
Gallo wine is like box wine. Thunderbird was 'young wine', not aged, fortified. I remember my dad saying something about you could use tbird to get rid of mice or something.
Ohhhhh wow, so I have to play bartender and mix my own drink huh. Shake em up, Shake em up....lol. They were funny as hell back in the day. That is a catchy ass jingle for real.
You should read the Wikipedia page on this product. Ernest and Julio Gallo actually developed this to appeal to skid row alcoholics. There salesman would leave bottles around skid row to build brand awareness. How could anyone with a conscious profit from other peoples problems?
I love the lore that the owner used to love having his chauffeur drive him through the slums so he could yell "What's the word?!" out of the window and hear the hobos call back "THUNDERBIRD!"
My ex father-in law would mix Thunderbird or MD 20/20 and 7-UP in a cup and call it "jazzing it up" while we would walk around the corner to Lucy's Chicken at the corner store in Southeast Fort Worth for a take out box. Don't worry, I am Black, and I am not offended if you insert any racial stereotype that you want here, because I think I just covered 85% of them in this comment.
A rewritten Willie Nelson track............., If you got the money,honey......, I'll buy the wine,We'll sit behind Circle'K' and have a real good time..........., All you need is two $1 bills,three quarters and a dime.........., If you got the money,honey......, I'll buy the wine...............!
the LA Times did a front page article on Thunderbird wine some years after this commercial. the article said the street terms were thunderchicken, T-Bird and just plain Bird.
Why they call it thunderchicken? Member my mom drank that but night train was her fav. My mom an dad were alcoholics needless to me my sis an bro Dont drank..... my parents were they deterrent Lol
What's the word?
THUNDERBIRD!
What's the price?
A helluva hangover.
DAMN, That made me laugh! and it is so true too
...........THUNDERDIRD WINE.............
ERNEST AND JULIO TESTED..........,
WINO APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Years ago, I drank the blue label Thunderbird, no problem.
Then I drank a glass of the red label Thunderbird....my head started swimming😂
Whats the price? Fiddy twice
A cheap way to get wasted, but the hangovers from that stuff were murder.
I’m weak 😂
You ain't neva lied!!! That hangover is the absolute worse!!
Oh boy!!! 😖
my hangover lasted 2.5 days and led me to AA
What's the word? Thunderbird!
How's your head? Wish I was dead!
I wonder how many thousand takes this advert took to make before the actors could say the lines with a straight face, without collapsing in a heap with laughter......
Thanks to unemployed wine guy I was led here...
“What’s the word? Thunderbird!”
How's it nice, ...over ice.
What's the price? Fifty twice!
WHO DRINKS THE MOST?
@@jamesdipinto5076 ...Whens it great...mixed or straight!
@@captain_inglorious All us colored folk.
I was 18 years old in1977 drinking Thunderbird Wine, the hangovers were vicious, great memories. 😊 🍸 🍾
I'm 63 also and I'll never forget the Summer of '77 in Detroit, out of school, free as a bird, and getting wasted without a care in the world!
Viejo
“Memories”??
Didn’t have enough then.
These actors are entitled to reparations for having to pitch this foul swill.
They're probably dead from liver disease if they loved this swill.
Imagine seeing somebody on the dance floor, shaking a cheap bottle of rot gut wine?
::sigh:: Yeah. They used to call that "having a good time".
Nowdays nightclubs would prevent em from comin' in, as if they have to drink rotgut, then they can't afford the door price.
Why not Everclear & grapefruit juice? No hangover after you wake up 40 hours later. You'll also lose weight.
Thanks for the tip, I'll let you know how it goes
That’s shit blinded me 😂🤣
Lose weight? Yup from throwing up your guts for days 😁
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The real Everclear (180 proof) will have you waking up in an empty field 12 days later with no clothes on and no recollection of how you got there
Who is here from a childhood memory
Me, and I'm an old white man! BUT I don't like Trump!
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN.
Totally together!
"Wow! Totally together!" 😂😂😂😂😂
Needs to show the bit with them both throwing up later, both swearing "never again !"
For when you want the world to be in 240p.
Our shake em up was Thunderbird and a pack of Kool aid
jason35188 🤣
We called that "The Pluck"🤣🤣🤣
Now you know u from the hood if you know about that 🤣👍 Thunderbird and grape cool-aid hit the spot
............"THUNDER-AID"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crip juice 😂
My mother told me Thunderbird is for winos.
Your mother was right. But who knows drunk better than winos?
And if you really want to destroy your health, there’s this other wine called Cisco, nicknamed “liquid crack.”
your mother was right
Couldnt even imagine grapefruit juice, but if u wantthunderbird to be kinda enjoyable add your fav pack of koolaid str8 to the bottle & shake that up😂😂
your mother is right.
Gallo wine is like box wine. Thunderbird was 'young wine', not aged, fortified. I remember my dad saying something about you could use tbird to get rid of mice or something.
We used to empty a pack of Kool Aid in a bottle of that and be hammered.
.................."THUNDER-AID"!!!!!!!!!
Ohhhhh wow, so I have to play bartender and mix my own drink huh. Shake em up, Shake em up....lol. They were funny as hell back in the day. That is a catchy ass jingle for real.
Where is the commerical of Lando puking up in the nasty toilet of that dive clubs rest room.
Lando realized that he's got a gig at the Marriott in the morning. He decided to have a Colt45.
"Some y'all will eat a pig's ass if you cook it right" - Chris Rock
Well, it's called ham
Bar calamari.
That commercial smells like cocaine
Also Polyester, bad cologne, and Cosby was probably serving his "Jello puddin" to the ladies, ya see.
You should read the Wikipedia page on this product. Ernest and Julio Gallo actually developed this to appeal to skid row alcoholics. There salesman would leave bottles around skid row to build brand awareness. How could anyone with a conscious profit from other peoples problems?
I’d say only about…oh…100% of capitalists would
What's the word?
Thunderbird!
Who drinks the most?
The poorest folks!
Who gets the cash?
Rich sociopaths!
Jewish whop daygoes, that's who!
I believe that profiting from other people's problems and weaknesses is called capitalism.
I love the lore that the owner used to love having his chauffeur drive him through the slums so he could yell "What's the word?!" out of the window and hear the hobos call back "THUNDERBIRD!"
That was something else - trying to make wino wine look like fun.
Thunderbird or Night train lookin for the right thang brothers playin ice games
My aunt used to drink this mess in the 70's and 80's. Shortly after she married a black guy. It all makes sense now.
LMAO
Watch it hector
Was good drink when you want to use parking block for pillow
I hope they had some aspirin and bail money for the next day.
My ex father-in law would mix Thunderbird or MD 20/20 and 7-UP in a cup and call it "jazzing it up" while we would walk around the corner to Lucy's Chicken at the corner store in Southeast Fort Worth for a take out box. Don't worry, I am Black, and I am not offended if you insert any racial stereotype that you want here, because I think I just covered 85% of them in this comment.
Haha....great work preempting the racial comments!
Hilarious!
But was the chicken any good? I feel this is the question everyone has but is afraid to ask
I miss Nancy’s chicken in the DFW area...
This is such an American comment.
The worst hangover in my life was from Thunderbird.
Picture me driving a Thunderbird sipping Thunderbird
They used to have big jugs of it in the state stores. The label was always eye catching
We never stood a chance
These kind of commercials almost lost the cold war
I’m sure the Russians were drinking worse swill in the 1970s.
Lady Penelope,
"Pour me a glass of Thunderbird, Mr Parker."
Mr Parker,
"Yes M'lady."
They were on more than that bird...
Shermed out
Holy Flurking Schnitt.... people used to drink it that way?!
....they didn't say how many cans of grapefruit juice were required!
The Bull and Bird equals 🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚔😜🤣
What's the word Thunderbird.
A rewritten Willie Nelson track.............,
If you got the money,honey......,
I'll buy the wine,We'll sit behind
Circle'K' and have a real good time...........,
All you need is two $1 bills,three quarters and a dime..........,
If you got the money,honey......,
I'll buy the wine...............!
True ! But if all you had was $1.20 or so, it would get the job done…
Groovy
I said-a W. P. LJ. Really taste good to me.
Wow 😳
An updated version of White Port & Lemon Juice. Oooh, what it do to you!
There ain't enough alcohol in the world to make me think that tastes remotely good.
They make commercials of it dont they...its wonderful
Actually sounds pretty good. I love grapefruit juice
Ride The 'Bird!
the LA Times did a front page article on Thunderbird wine some years after this commercial. the article said the street terms were thunderchicken, T-Bird and just plain Bird.
All the way into the gutter.
@@dancooper5714 haha. I'm sure Ice-T knows what the kids call it nowadays, because Ice-T just knows stuff.
I miss drinking. And drugs (but not as much).
Lol pure rubbing alcohol and grape juice 😂😂
This is how I figure out where I want to live. If the local liqour store doesn't sell Thunderbird, then we got a winner!
Who knew they made commercials for that swill?
They had James Mason endorse it in 1965 (he needed the money after a messy divorce from his wife). That brief ad is on RUclips.
My mom was a real mean rag on this stuff.
Awe dammmm it. i was just talking about this. Didn't know it was a commercial.
Bum wine.
You damn straight
What's the jive??? Bird alive!!!!
Fred Sanford loves t bird. Ripple and grapefruit juice. Gripple in watts
How is it sold??? Good and cold!!!
Sounds good...might try that, ha!
Don't knock it -
2 WeAks lAter
Grapefruit Juice+Thunderbird=Shitty Dance Moves...
Stephen Colbert brought me here!
Me too!
From the beaver?
Thank god for good jobs whereas you don’t have to drink this anymore
No thanks, I don't need any varnish stripper.
So you are supposed to mix that nasty Thunderbird lol
Anyone know who these actors are? He looks so familiar
What's the Price??? Thirty twice!!!
That shit is for 5th avenue winos.
This shit was vile. ALCOHOLISM.
Champipple
WLPJ?
What's the price?
30 twice. How's it sold?
Nice and Cold
30 twice (lol)
What's the flavour ?
two dollars twice...
Call it Tbird, Thundercicken or just plain Bird.
Why they call it thunderchicken? Member my mom drank that but night train was her fav. My mom an dad were alcoholics needless to me my sis an bro Dont drank..... my parents were they deterrent Lol
And you'll have fun, fun, fun 'til your daddy takes the t-bird away. And forces you into rehab.
🤣
Lmfao
waste of grapefruit juice
You know it’s a quality wine when you have to add grapefruit soda to it.