That One Time Cinderella Made A Chili Dog Commercial
Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 02:29PM Reddit reminded me of this gem!
Evidently Pat's Chili Dogs was a sort of Philadelphia institution in the 80s (sadly, no more). Always open and catering to teens and young adults who partied late at night. So how do you sell a chili dog in 1983? By asking Cinderella to perform in your commercial of course. Snappy jingle included!
The YouTube of the commercial is below and it is cool as hell to see Cinderella like this in 1983. Think of it: Pat's was open 24/7 and the members of Cinderella just showed up to rock out and eat junk food. Do air guitar while you wait for your dog!
The commercial ran locally around Philadelphia on MTV and helped Cinderella get on the music channel because they couldn't get played any other way. Plus they got free chili dogs whenever they wanted, too! Win-win for a broke band trying to make it in the Glam heyday.
TRIVIA: Cinderella singer Tom Keifer was a vegetarian at the time of the shoot (maybe he still is, no idea) - so when it was hit turn to bite into a hot dog, he just ate a plain bun.
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All this time I thought it was Michael Kelly Smith.
Damn.
Here's an interview that Michael Kelly Smith recently did on The Bay Ragni Show. It talks, at length, about the Pat's Dog commercial, his attempts to join KISS after Ace Frehley quit, what he's doing now and any hope for the future of Britny Fox. It's a guilty pleasure.
And, if that doesn't satisfy your thirst, here's Johnny Dee talking with Bay Ragni, sometime last year, about all things Britny Fox and Doro including Waysted, WWIII and how The Dean End Kids band influenced most of the glam bands emerging from the tri-state area (PA'NJ/NY) in the late 70's early 80's. . He goes into detail about his relationship with Dean and the demise of Britny and whether, again, there's hope for a Britny Fox reunion.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=johnny+dee+interview+bay+ragni