Alka Seltzer, “Mama mia, that’s one spicy meatball”

Nothing really says “heartburn” better than the look on the face of Jack Somack, the actor playing “the actor,” in this 1969 ad for Alka-Seltzer. Interestingly enough, the spot may not have been as effective as it might have been as some viewers were confused that the commercial was really for “Magdalini’s Meatballs,” the fictional product that was Somack’s “inspiration.”

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