Kelloggs Corn Flakes with Superman and ZaSu Pitts

[JoeSonic5678]

This is actually pretty distrubing, like the dude upstairs was gonna beat her if she didn't have any corn flakes.

[siempremarisol]

ERA MARAVILLOSA

[aleckscott]

From Wikipedia: "Her stock persona (a fretful, flustered, worrisome spinster) made her instantly recognizable and was often imitated in cartoons and other films." Apparently, this was her schtick.

[midiout]

It's just an old commercial, folks. For corn flakes. It wasn't meant for viewers sensibilities of 2011.

[hebneh]

I agree that I don't like the tone of this commercial, with a wife being scared and panicky because her husband always gets "SO mad" if they're out of corn flakes. In the '50s that was considered a joke about people who'd been married a long time, not an implication of spouse abuse.

[TheStanbabe]

This is before..The Hanna/Barbera tv cartoon characters promoted the hell out of Kellogg's cereals on the airways.

[Derek9859]

So Superman has been downgraded to delivery man...awww shucks 

[Pittmail88]

Huge fan os Zasu and Thelma Todd. Popeye's Olive Oyl is a caricature of Zasu's voice and mannerisms. "Oh Dear". She kinda looks like her at times too, though much exagerated of course.

[MischiefMakerStudio1]

Alltho I know she's only actin, I just don't like it how she acts as if she's almost afraid of her husband for being out of cereal. No wife should be afraid of their husband for whatever reason.

[cuebox53]

@MischiefMakerStudio1 What about the Bride of Frankenstein?

[BOPPJONSER]

men and corn flakes don't mix !

[143AC]

Dear Telefon and Patron, Ms.Pitts was also a talented drama performer..she appeared in"Greed".

[nostalgiajunkie70]

So neat to see! And the boy and girl on the box were painted by Norman Rockwell!

[inkey2]

"it happened again !"......like they mysteriously vaporize from inside the box

[scryerofold]

You'd think Superman would get her away from that wife beater. The woman is really scared.

[jolsonstories]

One wonderful and UNIQUE clip for sure! BUT...PLEASE get this great star's name right: ZaSu!! It's shamefully wrong in the headline. Please correct!!

[weenielongus]

Thank-you, Jolsonstories, I stand corrected!!

[siempremarisol]

@jolsonstories SHE WAS UNIQUE

[BeethovenAve]

ZaAu Pitts was the inspiration for Olive Oyl's voice in Popeye cartoons.

[Teflon65]

I like to think I know a thing or two about yesterday's pop culture, but what on earth is a Zazu Pitts?

[ednayarkspay]

ZaSu is hardly obscure! She was a dramatic actress in silent films (star of von Stroheim's all-time classic 'Greed'). When talkies arrived, she was discovered to have an impeccable comedic ability and landed her own film short series (opposite Thelma Todd) produced by Hollywood's greatest comedy producer, Hal Roach. She worked in films all her adult life and made the transition to television, appearing on everything from Perry Mason, Jackie Gleason, Kraft Television Theatre and Gale Storm Show.

[APatronOfTheArts]

W C Fields refered to her as one of the true great funny ladies....perfect timing

[Dellaruth]

You might be too young to be familiar with this actress. She was a wonderful comedienne and had a long career. Check out the ref. to "Greed" her 1st film (not a comedy).

[Teflon65]

Dellaruth: I recently Googled Zasu Pitts' name, and read all about her. I had heard of "Greed", because a friend of mine once stayed up all night watching it. Its director, whose name I won't try to spell right now, played the butler, in "Sunset Blvd."

[Dellaruth]

Yup, that was von Stroheim. It's sort of fun to piece some of movie history together. "Sunset Blvd." is a campy classic - shades of Michael Jackson before he was born.

[Teflon65]

Dellaruth: I guess the shades of Michael Jackson you were referring to were about the woman's dead monkey. It took me a minute. I heard, or read, that "Sunset Blvd." was an early outing of Hollywood telling on itself.

[Dellaruth]

Yes Teflon65, definitely the monkey or chimp, but also the effects of stardom on both the woman and Jackson. Both were talented & enjoyed huge fame, made a lot of money, both became less securely attached to reality, and both ended up as recluses supported by devoted staff. I just found some of the parallels kind of eerie. I think Hollywood was describing the dark side of celebrity status.

[Whoa2Charlie2Brown]

zasu should stop picking up random off screen guys if shes out of corn flakes

[SwingingdoorSusie]

WAHHHH this is how ZaSu Pitts voice sounds!! it is so funny, and somehow strange. Thx for the post!!

[fromthesidelines]

The announcer was Charlie Lyon, the "voice" of Kellogg's cereals on TV and radio AT THE TIME, and announcer in the original "SUPERMAN" opening title {"KELLOGG's- The Greatest Name In Cereals- presents...'THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN'!"}. This spot was usually seen at the end of "THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN" in the 1955-'56 season.

[143AC]

I wonder what would have happned?

If Mr. George Reeves' "Superman"/"Clark Kent"had Met

Ms.Zasu Pitts?