Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This commercial for Coca-Cola's "New Coke" came out when it was introduced in April of 1985 (this upload was recorded in May). It uses the familiar "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" jingle, modified and modernized for the formula's debut.
The ad largely presents a sports theme, and the last shot is of an actor (I believe he's a dirt-biker) who looks an awful lot like Val Kilmer. This would have been at the beginning of his career, but his part may have been filmed much earlier. (His first movie, "Top Secret!", came out the previous summer; his second, "Real Genius," would come out three months after this.) I compared this scene to pics of young Kilmer smiling and it sure looks like him, feature by feature.
Also, the singing woman who opens the video looks quite a bit like Kelly Lee Curtis, sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, but I couldn't confirm that either...
And NO, other YouTubers, you may NOT hijack this video for your own channels--I'd prefer the views stay right here, thanks!
No rights held or implied. (If you'd like this video removed for copyright reasons, please contact me rather than notifying YouTube, I will gladly take it down from this channel.) This is on compilation 19 at oldtvads.blogspot.com...
This commercial for Coca-Cola's "New Coke" came out when it was introduced in April of 1985 (this upload was recorded in May). It uses the familiar "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" jingle, modified and modernized for the formula's debut.
The ad largely presents a sports theme, and the last shot is of an actor (I believe he's a dirt-biker) who looks an awful lot like Val Kilmer. This would have been at the beginning of his career, but his part may have been filmed much earlier. (His first movie, "Top Secret!", came out the previous summer; his second, "Real Genius," would come out three months after this.) I compared this scene to pics of young Kilmer smiling and it sure looks like him, feature by feature.
Also, the singing woman who opens the video looks quite a bit like Kelly Lee Curtis, sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, but I couldn't confirm that either...
And NO, other YouTubers, you may NOT hijack this video for your own channels--I'd prefer the views stay right here, thanks!
No rights held or implied. (If you'd like this video removed for copyright reasons, please contact me rather than notifying YouTube, I will gladly take it down from this channel.) This is on compilation 19 at oldtvads.blogspot.com...
