TELEVISION COMMERCIALS
OF THE 50's & EARLY 60's
These wre the commercials America was watching
while waiting for Lucy to trick Ricky into letting her get into show biz
or while your kid brother was waiting for Sylvester the Cat have another go at Tweety
and if you think the infomercials today are misleading...
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Post Cereals Andy & Barney of Mayberry exercise their grape nuts. (1958)
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Often, in the 50's and 60's, stars of the higher rated TV shows were oft asked to pitch for sponsors of their TV shows....or else.
Ford Victoria The car that puts kids to sleep...and theinfomercial viewers. (1957)
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Oh, yes there were informercials back in the 50's, except no one called long ads that back then
Remember Popiel's Pocket Fisherman? Star Nail? Jon Gnagi Learn To Draw? Vegamatic (mimcked by Lucy)?
7-Up Have you had your bottle today? (1952)
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Although you don't see very much of 7up ads today. some things haven't changed, like the pitch
that a life without soda is like dying and going to....well, you know
Jack Frost The sugar company educates us on the evolution of TV for & sweetening of our kids (1950)
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Like cigarettes were peddled as healthy and fashionable in the 50's, so was sugar,
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Peddling to impressionable children was a ad industry "must" in the 50's and 60's
with no watchdog or regulation, as this and the Kool-Aid ad below sweetly demonstrates
Kool Aid Bugs Bunny lap dances to peddle liquid sugar to kids (1964)
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Disco hits the scene, Bugs is hopped up with preteen go-go dancers and
lots of sugar saturated Kool-Aid.
Hey, after all, kids needed to get their buzz on to dance Bugsy Bunny Hop.
Barbi What kiddie beauty pageants are made of: all girls should look fetching. (1959)
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What a doll! Barbi made millions for her creator, Mattell and toy stores everywhere.
At least no sugar added; saccharin maybe, Barbi's indigenously sweet and subtly sensual.
A real 60's esteem builder for little girls not first choice at the Ford Agency
Pepsodent You'll wonder where the yellow went (1952)
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Wouldn't the sugar in that toothpaste sort of, you know...
Mr. Clean Got grime? (1956)
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Which out of work wrestler did they get to pose for the logo?.
Alka Seltzer The dancing tablet preceeded "plop plop fizz fizz" (1954)
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Speedy Al's most memorable ads were the bride, her poached oysters, the nauseated hubby,
and the groaning husband who told his wife "I Can't believe he at the whole thing."
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