1950s Classic TV Commercial for "Betty Crocker's Cake Mix" (Probably 1952)

[maxrocks14]

@jbranstetter04

She was real, but she WAS NOT HUMAN. The BC corporation doesn't want you to know this BUT IT'S TRUE

[visor109]

My first and second "After Cake" were Ok, but the third one SUCKED!

[jbranstetter04]

I just found out today that Betty Crocker was not a real person. Life shattering? Not exactly, but a big disappointment.

[BBQFanNo1]

Ah the good old days. I was born in Oct 1954

[ShiroyHana]

OBEY

[seka1986]

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY BETTY CROCKER.

[Tinyoak2]

and that was his dinner....three cheers for sweet (sexist) revenge....pun intended.

[plojka1]

The marshmellow topping went on so perfectly!

[Geekygirl456]

...THE BATTERWITCH,

[danoob2110]

SPONSOR NOVA LOLOL

[EmotionalOrder]

betty can get it

[visor109]

The man is probably thinking "I don't really give a damn what's in the freaking mix, just give me a piece of the friggin' cake!"

[kerryincolumbus]

@visor109 LOL!!! you are SO right!

[chocolatebx25]

I wish I could compare the mix from back then to the mix from now. They had better quality stuff back then.

[Amar7605]

I wonder if anyone actually wrote to General Mills demanding their 25 cents back.

BTW: Betty Crocker was not a real person.

[Zarina679]

Wow, this commercial sells me on Betty Crocker more than any other modern commercial I've seen for the brand. Can't beat the integrity of this commercial.

[blueangel0925]

Very convincing commercial. It makes me want a Betty Crocker cake, too.

[RGPhilosopher]

"stop it dear, I'm staaarving" ha ha

[fromthesidelines]

Adelaide Hawley was "Betty Crocker" in General Mills' TV ads, and on their "Betty Crocker" radio and TV shows at the time. The "Betty Crocker Test Kitchens" are still in operation...yes, ice cream and "marshmallow topping" does NOT hold up under hot lights when you're filming a commercial for an extended period of time, so that was "lard" {chocolate lard?} and liquid shortnening. That's Verne Smith as the announcer under the closing credits.

[jln55]

Back then there wasn't the deluge of information on cholesterol and saturated fats...yet only a relatively small percentage of obese people were walking the planet. The exact opposite is true today. We know a lot about what makes us overweight, and it hasn't stopped the obesity epidemic.

[mdmphd]

And the marshmello "right out of the jar" looks like it's from that horror movie 'The Stuff'. I'm sure it wasn't ice cream either - back to good old shortening, spooned out in heaping spoonfuls to stand in for ice cream.

Her husband is dead now so she can bake whatever the hell she wants without his nagging for cake:D

[mdmphd]

Lard makes EVerything delicious!!

[Idoljunky32]

That cake looked mighty good! I'd give anything to have a slice of spice cake and a tall glass of milk! I'm diabetic, so :( no cake for me. I remember my mom baking cakes all the time! Yum!

[FromTheMarshess]

Crumbs !!!

They look terriffic!!

[apachette07]

LOL @ the guy not using a fork. I bet it was delicious!

[snarkdetriomphe]

looks yummy, even in black and white!

[ThorneAstor]

Now this was a convincing commercial.