The Flintstones (Welch's) Grape Jelly Commercial

[Sheri451]

Too bad they don't make drinking glasses out of jelly jars anymore. The glass was thicker then We had some jelly glasses for years. You can't even find jelly in glass jars to use after you eat it all. The only think we have of coming close to Flintstone glasses are what We bought in 1990 when Hardee's had Thirty Year Anniversary collectable glasses. My niece broke every onr of them except for the four different ones we keep locked up from the children now.

[buffyslayer30]

funny as hell.

[LadyMissCoppertone]

A Welch's grape jelly, Skippy p.b. and Wonder bread sammich with Oreo cookies and milk. Problem? I still have my original jelly glass, do you? =D

[madcapromanian]

Deep Purple? Rock on Fred Flintstone!

[evilunixuser1]

I wanna throw on some Deep Purple music.

[TheTrh2130]

Lazy



[MexiGojira]

Great, now I'm hungry.

[TheMikester307]

I remember this ad! And collecting the glasses! (Still have one or two.) I wasn't even in school yet...

[Rollman1]

That's why Fred got so fat

[gsnfan]

The process of making Welch's Jelly was shown for many years!

[elc1960]

We had lots of those Flintstones jelly jar glasses back in the '60s - hell, everybody did. There's probably tons of them available on eBay and CraigsList right now. 

[Cage772]

I LIKE GRAPE JELLEH SMODERD IN PENUT BUTTA WITH 2 PEICE NO CRUST TOASTED GOOD WHITE BREADDDDDD

[ilovemartinmilner]

I still buy Welch's Grape jelly!

[TheChiwhiz]

OHHH I remember the glasses!

[Sheri451]

I can remember when Andy Griffith used to sell Ritz Crackers, he would say they were good with peanut butter and cheese and then he would say. "MMMM! Good Cracker!"

[tbear4pa]

That was when the Flintstones had switched sponsors in early 1963(with the birth of Pebbles), from Winston to Welch's, which was when it went from an adult directed show to a family show for the rest of that time, then later the syndicated reruns(minus all of the old commercials) were later directed towards kids.

[Jet3800]

not jelly, jam!

[jsilence418]

This worked, I have to go out and get some welches grape jelly, NOW !!! thanks for the post.

[1952kid]

Jelly jar classes, My mom always saved them for us. It was your own special glass with cartoons on it. Now you can only get them on ebay.

[JeoMummy]

Dang, I haven't seen commercials, like this one, since I was a young'un.

[mickeyroks08]

I WANT MY JELLY****!!!!!! XD

[christianvega44]

thats my jam

[mihloman]

this is absolutely fab!

[PresidentBagel]

So all I have to do is just spread the jelly onto the bread? Awesome!

[zekepig]

We kept those tumblers - at least 3 of them - in our cupboard well into the 1970s.

[ALPHA0950]

when the flintstones sold out...

[ryan152342]

Back in the 60's and 70's it was the norm for the stars of the show it help pitch product durring the show to make more for the network and keep the show going

[ACcountryFan]

it was more the '50s and '60s but it continued on into the 1970's but it wasn't as dominant as it was in the previous decade's. there's some video's on here of Andy Griffith and his cast doing a commercial for their sponsor. it was the norm as you said...so having the stars of an animated prime-time show appear in commercials would be no different than a live-action show having it's stars in commercials.

[fromthesidelines]

Yep, that's Gilmore, 'bongo'...

[ladynfsoffice]

This commercial brings back great memories.

[fromthesidelines]

Yes, Fred (and Barney, Wilma, Pebbles, etc.) usually delivered a "pitch" for Welch's products in the last commercial before the Welch's sponsor I.D. and closing credits...

[fromthesidelines]

Welch's was the show's primary sponsor during its last three seasons on the air (1963-'66), for Welch's Grape Jelly, Grape Juice [which is why Pebbles always called for it], and Welchade (fresh and frozen concentrate). Corn Products' Best Foods division {Skippy Peanut Butter, Niagara Spray Starch} was the "alternate sponsor" between 1963 and '65.

[bongomanfromdalou]

Is that Art Gilmore doing the voice of the announcer in this clip? I think he was the announcer for the show during the Welch's years, but I also remember that Kitchen Rich (the predecessor of Keebler) also did commercials as an alternate sponsor during that time frame!

[bigg3469]

Kinda ironic, I recalled a Fluntstones episode where the Flintstones & the Rubbles when camping & wound up as part of A Boy Scout Jamboree. I also remembered that when Wilma was calling to place a order to the local grocer, Pebbles was "cooing" for grape juice to be placed with the order (brand name was unknown but I think it was Welch's in a slick promo for thier grape juice eventhough the Welch's wasn't used but that the vewers knew that Welch's was the sponser of The Flintstones).

[kpdave]

Oh my, I had totally forgotten about these commercials. Now that I see them I do remember them. THANKS

[ray31093]

i read about after pebbles was born,they quickly deal away from WINSTON CIGARETTES to WELCH'S products.i don't know about the grape jelly,but it's WELCH'S grape juice because involved of birth of pebbles,because a birth of a baby and cigarettes don't mix.while WELCH'S sponsored THE FLINTSTONES,later ABC prime time episoles.

[bongomanfromdalou]

Ironic that "The Flintstones" was billed as the first prime-time cartoon show for an adult audience, isn't it? Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm made the show into the continuing success it is today!

Remember, however, that "I Love Lucy" was sponsored by Philip Morris cigarettes during the time Lucy and Ricky were expecting "Little Ricky." Philip Morris did tell Lucy that--while she was pregnant--she was not to be seen smoking on-camera!