Hard to believe, this was one of the first animated ads ever filmed for commercial TV (during 1947-'48, when Ajax was first introduced), produced by James "Shamus" Culhane [he later featured examples of the characters in his book "Animation: From Script To Screen"]. Paul Frees and June Foray are two of the voices behind the "Ajax Elves"...the trio continued to appear into the early '50s.
I saw this ad in a 1952 episode of "Colgate Comedy Hour"! Seems to have been used for quite a while.
MattTheSaiyan 1 week ago
I didn't learn to talk until I was older than normal, but my first words were a sentence and it was "And it smells good too!" from this commercial.
mtvoyager1 7 months ago
@mtvoyager1 - Haha! Funny!
MiscVideos78rpm 7 months ago
Hard to believe, this was one of the first animated ads ever filmed for commercial TV (during 1947-'48, when Ajax was first introduced), produced by James "Shamus" Culhane [he later featured examples of the characters in his book "Animation: From Script To Screen"]. Paul Frees and June Foray are two of the voices behind the "Ajax Elves"...the trio continued to appear into the early '50s.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago