As a ten year old in the late 70s, I was fascinated by the origins of TV commercials. But since you couldn't exactly go on line to see them, you had to wait until Saturday to head over to the Museum Of Broadcasting on 53rd street and wait on line for 90 minutes to get an hour of Betamax time with which I'd hand over my rapt attention to an hour long tape that included much of this very file. It's still a riveting time piece.
I remember "Take Tea and See" from my childhood, and I was born in 1952. So, it must be from the late 50s. It's funny how a simple catchphrase can stay with you throughout life. An effective ad campaign.
@disabled1955 I agree. Today commercials are deliberately made annoying, so they 'stick in your head'. But here's an example of a very pleasant ad still remembered 50 years later.
@lakewalker11 I love the "Take Tea and See" commercial. It was so different from other commercials -- very simple and minimal, with great music. And it was really effective -- I can't see that commercial without wanting to run to the kitchen and brew some tea (I'm going right now!)
The S.O.S. ad is from a live daytime edition of "THE GARRY MOORE SHOW" (from the mid-'50s), featuring Garry and his announcer/sidekick Durward Kirby; Garry never took his live commercials TOO seriously. The Raid spot is from 1960 [Bob LeMond is the announcer]; the Tide ad is from 1958; Rex Marshall delivers an Instant Maxwell House commercial from 1954; the National Tea Council's "Take Tea and See" campaign is from 1956...
What was SOS?Note I don´t understand English very much...
Bizarrix 9 hours ago
Funny, people never gave thought to the possibility that the commercial for Hamm's Beer was aimed at underage drinkers, by way of the animation.
Juliaflo 3 months ago
Rex Marshall, one of the doyens of pitchmen.
Juliaflo 3 months ago
As a ten year old in the late 70s, I was fascinated by the origins of TV commercials. But since you couldn't exactly go on line to see them, you had to wait until Saturday to head over to the Museum Of Broadcasting on 53rd street and wait on line for 90 minutes to get an hour of Betamax time with which I'd hand over my rapt attention to an hour long tape that included much of this very file. It's still a riveting time piece.
noahf67 4 months ago
I remember "Take Tea and See" from my childhood, and I was born in 1952. So, it must be from the late 50s. It's funny how a simple catchphrase can stay with you throughout life. An effective ad campaign.
lakewalker11 4 months ago
@lakewalker11 a lot better than the in-your-face, shove-down-your-throat sound bytes we get today..i prefer being talked to - not yelled at........
disabled1955 4 months ago
@disabled1955 I agree. Today commercials are deliberately made annoying, so they 'stick in your head'. But here's an example of a very pleasant ad still remembered 50 years later.
lakewalker11 4 months ago
@lakewalker11 hard to believe its been that many years!!..it gets worse: The Flintstones - 51 years ago!, and I Love Lucy - 60!!!
disabled1955 4 months ago
@lakewalker11 I love the "Take Tea and See" commercial. It was so different from other commercials -- very simple and minimal, with great music. And it was really effective -- I can't see that commercial without wanting to run to the kitchen and brew some tea (I'm going right now!)
MeowingKittyCat 3 months ago
@lakewalker11 Waaaaaaahoo! Another one of my favorite jingles. I heard (and sang) it during the late 1950's myself.
(Uh-uh, I won't tell when I was born, LOLOLOLOLOL, but hope you have a Merry Christmas).
Juliaflo 3 months ago
the raid killed a praying mantis! =O they're endangered (and awesome). oh well. thx 4 uploading these. :3
12fuzzyrats 5 months ago
nice but not from 1948 all thes commercials are from the mid 1950's to the early 1960's
themamagoatshow 10 months ago
The S.O.S. ad is from a live daytime edition of "THE GARRY MOORE SHOW" (from the mid-'50s), featuring Garry and his announcer/sidekick Durward Kirby; Garry never took his live commercials TOO seriously. The Raid spot is from 1960 [Bob LeMond is the announcer]; the Tide ad is from 1958; Rex Marshall delivers an Instant Maxwell House commercial from 1954; the National Tea Council's "Take Tea and See" campaign is from 1956...
fromthesidelines 1 year ago