by Mathew Katz

Remember the good old days? When the GDP was going up and most of your friends had a job? Remember relaxing in your relatively prosperity, turning on the TV, and watching fun commercials for all the products you could afford?

Advertisers hope you do.

There's a great article at The Globe and Mail today on advertisers bringing back old commercials in a recession. The goal is to invoke nostalgia for better times through classic ads for comforting, familiar products like ketchup, burgers, and Coke.

By turning to archival footage, companies also hope to remind consumers that their brands have staying power through rough times — because ketchup is forever.

Does it work? Have you seen any old commercials that made you feel safer, more reassured — or at least convinced you to go out and buy that product? Any old commercials that you'd love to see on TV again? Let us know in the comments, or on our Twitter feed.