Video: Willis Reed Pitches Alka-Seltzer in 1971

by Seth on Sep 28, 2011 11:57 AM EDT in Videos

A recent trip into the bowels of YouTube led me to this old, curiously unattended Willis Reed commercial from 1971. Why it only has 124 views right now (like twelve of which are mine) is beyond me, because this video has everything. In the lead, you've got Reed in a backwards jersey (?) pounding Alka-Seltzer because that perfect storm of rush hour traffic and a girl on his case about coming home late and getting his shit sent back by Wilt Chamberlain is giving him a headache and acid indigestion, man. Meanwhile, ~~Dave DeBusschere~~ (Update: Someone other than Dave DeBusschere) captivates in a supporting role as Reed's teammate, displaying the full range of emotions from "inquisitiveness" to "genuine dismay at the notion of acid indigestion" to "shame for being so insolently inquisitive". Y'all would know better than I about the extras, who I assume aren't real Knicks.

In any event, this is a gem. Take a look after the jump.

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Outstanding!

I’m pretty sure that’s not Dave DeBusschere though (and bravo if a youngster like you didn’t have to look up that name for proper spelling!). I think it’s more likely Goldstein from the White Shadow, but not sure about that either.

And, wow, the bowels of YouTube must smell something awful.

I'm the fan formerly known as Serious Garbage Time

by Bernard King's Game Face on Sep 28, 2011 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

I wasn't positive.

Looks just like him though!

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by Seth on Sep 28, 2011 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Let's face it

All white people look alike.

I’m constantly confusing Birdman and Adam Morrison.

I'm the fan formerly known as Serious Garbage Time

by Bernard King's Game Face on Sep 28, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions

When I look in the mirror

I can’t tell if I’m me or Jeremy Irons or William A. Wheeler.

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by Seth on Sep 28, 2011 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Well

I’m Jeremy Irons, so at least we cleared that up.

by Mikel L on Sep 28, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions

He doesn't appear to be wearing 22, for whatever that's worth.

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by Seth on Sep 28, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

i see a 2

ican’t see the other side. he also appears to be almost as tall as willis and it looks like him. maybe if we knew what he sounds like

"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
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by rexthejet on Sep 28, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions

pretty awesome acting by Willis

for real

by dank7 on Sep 28, 2011 1:51 PM EDT reply actions

i MISS BASKETBALL

by dank7 on Sep 28, 2011 1:51 PM EDT reply actions

kelly dwyer sucks tho

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by stingy d on Sep 28, 2011 2:21 PM EDT reply actions

I HATE HIM

of course he had a stupid, snarky (I hate snark) article either this week or last week where he misinterpreted a quote by Carmelo and was gracious enough to take the time out of his day to correct Carmelo.

Every other comment on the comments section is a call for him to be fired; I don’t understand why he has a job. No one likes him.

Anxiously awaiting the day my username will be appropriate

by knickswin on Sep 28, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions

i've never read the comments sections

just have the ball don’t lie blog in my googley reader. and he wrote an article that just jacked the willis video and said that nothing else was worth writing about. it was lame.

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by stingy d on Sep 28, 2011 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Very informative - I learned a lot from this

I’m surprised that Willis’s girl is such a complainer and gave him so much shit about night games. Even back in 71 they mostly played at night so what does she expect? She should have married a golfer. I’m a little disappointed in Willis’s choice of girls.
Also it was quite a revelation that Alka Selzer has both antacids and aspirin. Every time I take Alka Selzer I throw up.
I think the white guy is Rick Barry’s brother Harry.

by YuckFou on Sep 28, 2011 5:07 PM EDT reply actions

so it has come to this

nba, figure your shit out

"Why does green mean that's the color green? Why can't you say another word for green being green? Know what i'm saying?" - Stephon

"Anyway, you should check out the movie "Black and White," which actually stars Allan Houston. It’s not a comedy, but rather a really serious and emotional movie." - Wilson Chandler

by ny knickerbocker on Sep 28, 2011 11:05 PM EDT reply actions