RETRO TV CLASSICS - The Big Fig Newton (Nabisco - 1975) - James Harder [RESTORED in STEREO]
Popular Nabisco TV commercials in the 1970s featured Big Fig, the actor James Harder in a costume performing a dance and song, now 'restored' from a very faded poor source,
This new 'hit' from Hal features the most memorable jingle of 1975 - "Doin' the Big Fig Newton".
Apparently, there's a National Fig Newton Day...
Lyrics:
Ooey, gooey, rich, and chewy inside
Golden flaky, tender cakey outside
Wrap the inside in the outside
Is it good? Darn tootin'!
Doin' the Big Fig Newton!
Here's the tricky part!
The Big Fig Newton!
One more time
The Big Fig Newton-n-n-n-n.
But these days Nabisco (aka Mondelez) dropped the word Fig and are now known simply as Newtons.
As for actor/voice actor James Harder - he was more than just the Big Fig guy. You’d assume he’s been in lots of movies and on lots of television shows but it’s all TV commercials!
Not just Fig Newtons, but he was also a Butterball Turkey Pilgrim, and did Scotch Tape ads, etc etc. 3,000 TV and radio commercials (including voice-overs and radio)! He also did 130 stage productions, including one Broadway show, and appeared on "Sesame Street", "The Muppet Show" and a few other appearances on TV.
#classiccommercials #newtons #nabisco