Poppahop Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Classic '80s Stuff Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 ack!The commerical is great: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I love the part "in beautiful southwest Houston". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I love the hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Mmmmm, I remember adult-only apartment complexes. Lived in one behind 2 strip clubs on Winrock and Westheimer, in a corner unit overlooking the pool and 'clubhouse'. We had the weekend pool action just like in that ad. Ewwwwww. There were half dozen or so strippers, then the really skanky cocktail waitresses, and best of all, the pack of recently-divorced 45-ish guys. Nothing says 'party' like adding a couple of cases of wine coolers to that mix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppahop Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 Mmmmm, I remember adult-only apartment complexes. Lived in one behind 2 strip clubs on Winrock and Westheimer, in a corner unit overlooking the pool and 'clubhouse'. We had the weekend pool action just like in that ad. Ewwwwww. There were half dozen or so strippers, then the really skanky cocktail waitresses, and best of all, the pack of recently-divorced 45-ish guys. Nothing says 'party' like adding a couple of cases of wine coolers to that mix!I showed the commercial to a friend of mine, and she said she hoped they had an STD clinic on site, preferably close to the pool for convenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I knew people back in the day that referred to Colonial House as "Venerial House". Also, am I the only one who thinks Pollock looks like a 70's porn star? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I love the part "in beautiful southwest Houston". Yeah! That's a hoot!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxConcrete Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I remember the Christmas light display at Colonial House - it was quite impressive. It must have been as late as 1983, since that the first year I had a driver's license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebird65 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I knew people back in the day that referred to Colonial House as "Venerial House". Also, am I the only one who thinks Pollock looks like a 70's porn star? Nope... I always thought the same thing... and when that commercial came out, I was too young to even watch a porn flick and still thought it. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disastro Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Too funny. He was a colorful character, wasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EspersonBuildings Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 YIKES!!! Oh man, how indeed could we forgot that "IN BEAUTIFUL SOUTHWEST HOUSTON" line! Thanks for the memory, scarey, but thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Wow. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bred Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I sent the owner of the Michael Pollack shrine the link to this thread and he updated his website with the video. Thanks to whoever found this!http://www.watchingyou.com/pollack.htmlI told him to give us a shout out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmil128 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Someone posted another commercial on YouTube.... even better than a free VCR, it's free furniture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Over the years, a handful of Houston entrepreneurs became famous doing their own TV commercials.But there has never been a phenomenon quite like Michael Pollack.With his long and fluffy golden hair, gold chains, smooth voice and swagger, he became a "modern folk hero in Houston," according to a 1984 Houston Post article.A Web site devoted to Pollack's time in Houston calls him "our own Elvis."Pollack mania grew out of his TV ads for Colonial House Apartments, a 1,800-unit complex near the corner of Gulfton and Chimney Rock.The Dream Suite was real, but Pollack says he never lived there. His home was the Four Leaf Towers and later the Houstonian, he said. His glamorous stud image was just an act, he maintains, designed to rent apartments.full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 The Dream Suite was real, but Pollack says he never lived there. His home was the Four Leaf Towers and later the Houstonian, he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmcgrail Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Sad news for the Pollack family, Daniel Pollack was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Scottsdale, AZ.http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2011/09/11/20110911scottsdale-pedestrian-killed-collision.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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