Nostalgia Sunday – In the public service

May 22, 2011 - 9:22 PM by

The news this week about Israel is so bleak and twisted that it seems only right to look back at simpler times. Way back before so-called Facebook revolutions could be beamed instantly over 24-hour new stations to a jaded world. Times when Israel had only one television station and each new public service announcement broadcast before the evening news was discussed in minute detail the next morning. Public service spots by ad men like director Yoram Levy that created entertainment out of the most mundane of topics. For example, national blood drives led by a little old lady trilling “taram tee dam, taram tee dam” as she skips gaily along.*

Ads promoting local produce (the eggplant segment is highly recommended)…

Milk, of course…

Even this warning about how to deal with suspicious objects is kind of fun…

And here’s a totally Eighties take on buying Made-in-Israel fashion!

* FYI: In Hebrew, taramti dam means “I donated blood”.

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  1. Nostalgia Sunday – Yoram Levy ad king | ISRAELITY on Sun, Jul 3rd 2011 5:24 PM

    2. [...] transpires that I am a big Yoram Levy fan and didn’t know it. Levy created some of Israel’s most memorable film advertisements [...]

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