Rich Corrrrrrrrrrrrinthian leather
The time is 1976, I’m 4 years old, and Ricardo Montalban hasn’t even started Fantasy Island yet, but he has started shilling for an archetypical car of the late ‘70s: The Chrysler Cordoba. With it’s “rich Corinthian leather,” it epitomized luxury, as defined by Detroit in that era. In many ways, it was the last of a generation, and soon, the Japanese and Europeans would begin to steal more and more market-share from a trio of car companies incapable of seeing their folly.
If you click on the picture, you can watch the fine commercial for the Cordoba as well.
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaahn!
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I was a junior in HS when that came out. Is he cool or what? :) I did a spit-take when he refers to that boat in the ad as a “small car.” And back in the day, I recall that we mimicked his pronounciation of “korrrdobba” as much as we did the “rich Corrrrrithian leather” shtick.
A classic, make no mistake. Thanks for the post and the memory. :)