Category
Food & Drink
Medium
Film / TV / Video
Brand
Alka-Seltzer
Creative Director
Doyle Dane Bernbach
Year
1969
"Spicy Meatball" - the legendary 1969 Alka-Seltzer commercial that became advertising art. Created by Doyle Dane Bernbach, this meta-comedy about a struggling actor eating endless meatballs landed in MoMA's collection, proving advertising can be high art.
Brilliantly funny. Culturally iconic. Commercially puzzling.
