Coke / Coca-Cola - Mean Joe Greene / Hey Kid, catch! - long (1980) - 0:60 (USA)

Mean Joe Greene gets nice after drinking Coke. Aaaaaw.

This ad was first aired on 1 September 1979 - it made its super bowl debut in 1980 and aired once more during the super bowl in 1981.

Client: Coke/ Coca Cola
Principal talent: Mean Joe Greene and child Tommy Okon
Ad agency: McCann-Erickson
Art director: Roger Mosconi
Copywriter: Penny Hawkey
Jingle Singers: Jim Campbell, Don Thomas, Liz Corrigan, Shellie Littman, Arlene Martell, and Linda November.

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