Selling the New American Dream

Sometimes it's hard to believe that the 90's are now two decades removed. But then again, at other times those Clinton boom years feel like a lifetime ago.

In the spirit of those days and all their triple-digit returns, low-hanging fruit, dot com dreams, and day-trading fervor, I offer up these two fabulous TV commercials -- two of the greatest spots of that era -- each one hilarious, and each in its own way promising the Average Joe his own little chunk of that big rock candy mountain.

Discover Brokerage -- "Tow Truck" (1999)


 
 

Ameritrade -- "Let's Light this Candle" (1999)

About M.C.

M.C. Antil is a Chicago-based writer, baseball junkie and self-styled pop culture omnivore who has fed his addictions over the years by successfully holding down a series of day jobs, most notably as a communications and marketing strategist in the competitive and often hyperkinetic worlds of television, new media and professional sports.
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