After creating today’s Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo Junkyard Find, it becomes my duty to share one of the most brain-scrambling examples of the “What Could GM Have Been Thinking?” genre of car commercials. Yes, it’s a version of Harry Belafonte‘s “Banana Boat Song,” with “Tro-FE-oh” replacing the famous “DAY-oh,” and sung by Belafonte’s offspring. (Read More…)
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Tagged as 1990, 1990s, music, Oldsmobile, Oldsmobile Toronado, Oldsmobile Trofeo, toronado, Trofeo, TV Commercial
Tagged as 1990, 1990s, music, Oldsmobile, Oldsmobile Toronado, Oldsmobile Trofeo, toronado, Trofeo, TV Commercial
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