Post by Solvovolvo on Sept 4, 2021 23:48:49 GMT
So, over the past couple weeks I've been thinking a lot about an old commercial I remember seeing a lot as a kid.
At first I only had memories, but I made a post on reddit and was able to identify it as being a "commercial" for Solvo.
So now that I know it exists, and what it is, this now becomes a lost media search!
I put commercial in quotes because it's not actually advertising anything, "Solvo" isn't a real product. It's more of a quick little moral support PSA thing.
Here's a different Solvo commercial so you can see what I mean: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LXeSxY5uUQ&t=31s
The ad featured a kid mixing Solvo in with his shampoo, and playing a school basketball game with the shampoo still in his hair. This is the most vivid part. The most detailed description I've seen is from this forum post:
"In another, a boy mixes the stuff with his shampoo and washes his hair with it to help him win a basketball game. The aspect of the latter that sticks out in my mind is that the kid leaves the foamy lather in his hair throughout the game. At the time, I found this oddly disquieting"
- ask.metafilter.com/107420/But-what-did-the-Solvo-do-Absolutely-NOTHING
I know it isn't scary, disturbing, or even all that interesting. But it's been stuck in my head for weeks and I'd really love to see this long lost piece of my childhood.
At first I only had memories, but I made a post on reddit and was able to identify it as being a "commercial" for Solvo.
So now that I know it exists, and what it is, this now becomes a lost media search!
I put commercial in quotes because it's not actually advertising anything, "Solvo" isn't a real product. It's more of a quick little moral support PSA thing.
Here's a different Solvo commercial so you can see what I mean: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LXeSxY5uUQ&t=31s
The ad featured a kid mixing Solvo in with his shampoo, and playing a school basketball game with the shampoo still in his hair. This is the most vivid part. The most detailed description I've seen is from this forum post:
"In another, a boy mixes the stuff with his shampoo and washes his hair with it to help him win a basketball game. The aspect of the latter that sticks out in my mind is that the kid leaves the foamy lather in his hair throughout the game. At the time, I found this oddly disquieting"
- ask.metafilter.com/107420/But-what-did-the-Solvo-do-Absolutely-NOTHING
I know it isn't scary, disturbing, or even all that interesting. But it's been stuck in my head for weeks and I'd really love to see this long lost piece of my childhood.
