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I remember Mark Hubley as a cute little kid when he went to Stern's Summer Camp in New York around 1960. I was a counselor there and Hampton, Mark's younger brother, was in my bunk.
John Hubley animated this ad for the quick hot cereal "Maypo." It was a terrifically successful ad campaign - so much so that when the ad agency asked for more Hubley was terribly conflicted: he had sold his son Mark as a character and would have to procure the tyke's voice for more ads as required by the agency. Welcome to Corporate America vs. the Creative Artist (btw, I insisted my mom buy Maypo because of the commercial - but when I got finally got it, it tasted like sh*t).
I remember the Maypo ads featuring the boy named Markie! I never had it myself, never having been fond of the maple flavor or, for that matter, hot cereal even on the coldest of days. Markie liked Maypo, and Mikey liked Life.
I was 7 in '62/'63 and used to LOVE when that kid in the cowboy hat harassed that old guy. Add that to The Cheerios Kid and The Sugar Smacks Twins, not to mention Sugar Pops Pete. MUCH better than the Virtual Reality ads of now.
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jvern57 2 months ago
I remember Mark Hubley as a cute little kid when he went to Stern's Summer Camp in New York around 1960. I was a counselor there and Hampton, Mark's younger brother, was in my bunk.
jmbrunsch 2 months ago
John Hubley animated this ad for the quick hot cereal "Maypo." It was a terrifically successful ad campaign - so much so that when the ad agency asked for more Hubley was terribly conflicted: he had sold his son Mark as a character and would have to procure the tyke's voice for more ads as required by the agency. Welcome to Corporate America vs. the Creative Artist (btw, I insisted my mom buy Maypo because of the commercial - but when I got finally got it, it tasted like sh*t).
nycruise 3 months ago
wow, this is seriously random, but quite funny! :)
howwie66 4 months ago
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yocuzz100 4 months ago
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yocuzz100 4 months ago
Cab you buy maypo anymore? I can't find it anywhere
TaTgurl1003 10 months ago
@TaTgurl1003
Yep! :) I saw it in the grocery store a few months ago, and you can order it on Amazon.
monny287 5 months ago
@monny287 okay, thanks.
TaTgurl1003 5 months ago
Too bad, an ad like this would somehow be considered "insensitive" or "inappropriate" these days...
tommyt1971 1 year ago
Wow, commercials were really long in the '50s.
COMPFUNK2 2 years ago 3
@COMPFUNK2 It seems so, but there were probably only two per hour. Things've chabnged, eh?
freiherrudet 1 year ago
he he, do you like backfurst in bed? i love his little voice!
JoJobabylove12 2 years ago
The two greatest sounding products of the era were Maypo and Bosco.
MalubaySyecado 2 years ago
I'm eating MAYPO right noww :D
its all i had in the cupboard to eat and i'm greatful. My hunger will be cured thanks to ECIC East Coast International Church in Lynn, MA :)
GOD BLESS
nasty1k3 2 years ago
I remember the Maypo ads featuring the boy named Markie! I never had it myself, never having been fond of the maple flavor or, for that matter, hot cereal even on the coldest of days. Markie liked Maypo, and Mikey liked Life.
rslitman 2 years ago
lol cute ;3;
openlor2 2 years ago
NOT THE HAMBURG!
Robster543210 2 years ago
Kid pours boiling water and oatmeal in the guy's hat. Wild.
Robster543210 2 years ago
wakeup you old rattlesnake!
MaryEllenAzle 2 years ago
Oh, THAT'S what he said?
COMPFUNK2 2 years ago
LOL! "Uncle Ralph? I'm fixing you ' bekrast ' in bed" LOLOL!!!
audiophile55 2 years ago
i <3 maypo! my dad grew up on maypo lol
coldwaterclassic10 3 years ago
What an adorable-sounding child. Wow, who's probably about 50 now!
murielsartre 3 years ago 8
I was named after this kid
MAYPOHEAD 3 years ago
I was 7 in '62/'63 and used to LOVE when that kid in the cowboy hat harassed that old guy. Add that to The Cheerios Kid and The Sugar Smacks Twins, not to mention Sugar Pops Pete. MUCH better than the Virtual Reality ads of now.
xoxmagoo55 4 years ago
@xoxmagoo55 Oh man where are you getting Virtual Reality ads? Mine still only come on TV and online :(
TerrorBlack 2 years ago
@xoxmagoo55 - ah yes, the good old days when Kelloggs and General Mills could call a cereal "Sugar such-and-such", and nobody batted an eye...
ZootInNH 7 months ago