Petticoat Junction Closing With Sponsor Tag And Element

[cmulwee001]

Chuck, don't know about you, but I like the early seasons like what you put up here better than the later years. I like the madcap humor of the early years. In fact season 3 is my favorite,it's Petticoat Junction at it's most wacky.

[cmulwee001]

Although it may sound a little like Bea Benaderet (Kate) doing the "This Has Been A Filmways Presentation" sign off, if you listen closely you'll notice it's actually Jeannine Riley; the original Billie Jo. When PJ went to color in season 3, Linda Kaye Henning

(Betty Jo) took over the Filmways logo sign off. The first 10 episodes used a male announcer.

[DefconWarningSystem]

So....who sponsored this episode?

[MrEoin2]

If you want a good laugh over "integrated commercials", listen to some "Fibber McGee" radio programs. Every episode they would meet Harlow Wilcox, the announcer, who, despite whatever lengths Fibber and Molly went to to keep the conversation away from the subject, had a nearly obsessive-compulsive manner of working the discussion around to a plug for their sponsor.

[RQVOutdoorMoovies]

I'm currently enjoying seasons 2 & 3 of the BEVERLY HILLBILIES, where several of the closing cast commercials are included, along with the product in the credits corner. I would love to watch more shows like this. Seasons 2 & 3 of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW includes most of the closing cast ads, but no General Foods logo or products in the credits corner. PETTIcoat JUNCTION season 1 has a few cast spots. These shows are really fun to watch with some of this historical material included.

[chuckcollins]

@RQVOutdoorMoovies There were not as many different cast commercials for "PETTICOAT JUNCTION" as there were for other programmes. It is curious as to why P&G did not demand more appearances of the girls for their products.

Love your channel as I used to run a drive-in back in the 80's.

[RQVOutdoorMoovies]

@chuckcollins Any driver in stories? Hey, I want ya to know I really appreciate your comment. Me & my friend put a lot of effort into OUTDOOR MOOVIES, On another topic, as you know, the official 2nd & 3rd Seasons has the opening and closing sponsor blips. Do you know if season 4 will have these treats? I love watching them with the sponsor messages left in. Seasons 2 and 3 of ANDY GRIFFITH are great, but, I wish they'd left General Foods in the closing credits. This PJ clip rocks!

[fromthesidelines]

Well, 'vraydio', as a "primary sponsor", Kellogg's insisted their product be "worked" into various episodes during breakfast scenes- and Paul Henning was willing to use the "Corn Flakes" box, but not the Kellogg's logo [he was thinking of future syndication, when the series would be sustained by other advertisers]- he figured just the rooster would clue viewers in as to WHOSE cereals sponsored the show at the time...

[gli7utubeo]

Interesting. I used to watch that show and used to love the song. Thanks.

[dumont1957]

Was there ever a time when Tide WASN'T " new" ?!!

[GatewayGhettoProd]

I'm glad "Higgins the Dog" got a little more airtime on the end credits. He later went on to superstardom (with "Uncle Joe" again) as Benji...

[fromthesidelines]

"THE LUCY SHOW" was originally co-sponsored by Lever Brothers and General Foods in its earlier seasons, 'jebholden'. However, unlike "I LOVE LUCY", Lucy was "too busy" to appear in the sponsors' "integrated commercials" at the end of the show, so Vivian Vance (and most of the cast) did them for Swan Dishwashing Liquid, Wisk, Dove, Jell-O, etc. You have a keen eye for spoting the Lever products in the Carmichael kitchen!

[sexymama1966]

@fromthesidelines she didn't have the time to appear in commericals..she was toooo busy running the desilu studios:)

[chuckcollins]

One of the most subtle from the 60's was "The Beverly Hillbillies". The commercials for Winston were almost seamless in appearance and tone that one might think they were part of the show.

I'll post a few to illustrate.

[fromthesidelines]

...most "integrated commercials" seen in '50s and '60s filmed series were usually "separated" from the rest of the prorgam; in some cases, as in "DENNIS THE MENACE" [Kellogg's], "THE LIFE OF RILEY" [Jackie Gleason's version, for Pabst] , and, of course, "THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW" [for General Foods] , their "integrated ads" were often tied in as a "coda" to the episode. The difference was, the characters sometimes directly "pitched" the product to the audience. These days, it's more "subtle"...

[fromthesidelines]

In TV's early days,'chuck', there were "product placements" of all sorts for the sponsor's benefit during the program- Lucy & Desi's constant smoking of "Philip Morris" cigarettes (and subtly flashing the pack) on "I LOVE LUCY"; Gracie's kitchen cupboard full of cans of "Carnation Evaporated Milk" on "THE GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN SHOW", the appliances in "Joan Stevens"' {General Electric} and Harriet Nelson's {Hotpoint} kitchens on "I MARRIED JOAN" and 'THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE & HARRIET"...

[chuckcollins]

Oh yeah. I had forgotten about those. See? They really WERE subtle!

They might drink Coke on "Ozzie & Harriett" or take pictures with their Kodak camera.

[jehobden]

Also, as The Lucy Show Season 1 DVD set mentions, Lucy had Lever Brothers products like Wisk and Dove visible in the kitchen. That DVD set also includes a good number of these integrated commercials, which featured at times all of the cast members except for Lucille Ball herself and a few recurring guest stars as well.

[vraydio]

@fromthesidelines I remember at breakfast Jethro was always eating Kellogg's corn flakes on the Beverly Hillbillies. They took the name off the box, but left the big rooster.

[fromthesidelines]

The series was sponsored by Procter & Gamble during its first four seasons (1963-'67), and their various products appeared in the lower left-hand corner of the closing credits (as was the custom of most sponsors at the time). In syndicated prints, they were omitted. The cast also appeared in "integrated commercials" for the sponsor's products {Ivory, Tide, etc.} at the end of the episode.

[chuckcollins]

The "integrated" commercials were not exactly like they are now. Product placements are literally inside the show where they used to be set off to the side.

[disabled1955]

@fromthesidelines it was really funny - and annoying - the first time i watched an episode of Burns and Allen from 1950 when the characters segued into talking about Carnation Evaporated Milk as if it were a part of the conversation..i kinda liked it, while at the same time feeling like being condescended to..when i more recently watched syndicated reruns, i thought parts of the show were cut for more commercials: then i realized the 'integrated' commercials were cut...

[Juliaflo]

Now, this is more like it. I remember this as if it were yesterday. (Uh-uh, don't figure out my age, LOL).