That was a Canadian commercial, probably from his days at CJOH-TV, Ottawa. The store is in Orleans, an Ottawa suburb, and he called the sofa a 'chesterfield' which is common Canadian usage.
Mike Wallace started out as a radio announcer in Chicago in the late '40s {under his real name, Myron Wallace}, announcing such programs as Mutual's "SKY KING", and delivering Elgin-American commercials- by transcription- on Groucho Marx's "YOU BET YOUR LIFE" on CBS radio during 1949. He eventually went into TV {1949's "STAND BY FOR CRIME", from ABC's Chicago affiliate} before coming to New York around 1950, as a genial host on daytime shows [with then-wife Buff Cobb] and a game show panelist...
A great piece of nostalgia! The young man on that commercial already had a big career on TV ahead for him. Peter Jennings was one of the greatest news imports ever - although a furniture commercial could have been an affront to current journalistic standards. I guess you had to be a Jack of All Trades if you wanted to survive, even prosper, on TV in the early 1960s.
when you step in front of a camera for news or a commercial - it's all show biz.
wiedep 10 months ago
Peter Jennings pitching furniture? Well, gotta start somewhere.
HamptonRoadsTVFan 1 year ago
That was a Canadian commercial, probably from his days at CJOH-TV, Ottawa. The store is in Orleans, an Ottawa suburb, and he called the sofa a 'chesterfield' which is common Canadian usage.
thefareguru 1 year ago
I always loved his voice:)
snoops71 2 years ago
Then, in 1963, he entered television journalism - and the rest was history.
markojameow 3 years ago
Mike Wallace started out as a radio announcer in Chicago in the late '40s {under his real name, Myron Wallace}, announcing such programs as Mutual's "SKY KING", and delivering Elgin-American commercials- by transcription- on Groucho Marx's "YOU BET YOUR LIFE" on CBS radio during 1949. He eventually went into TV {1949's "STAND BY FOR CRIME", from ABC's Chicago affiliate} before coming to New York around 1950, as a genial host on daytime shows [with then-wife Buff Cobb] and a game show panelist...
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
A great piece of nostalgia! The young man on that commercial already had a big career on TV ahead for him. Peter Jennings was one of the greatest news imports ever - although a furniture commercial could have been an affront to current journalistic standards. I guess you had to be a Jack of All Trades if you wanted to survive, even prosper, on TV in the early 1960s.
markojameow 3 years ago
My granma's couch!
utubeuser1971aok 4 years ago
wow Pete looks stunning
upstander18 4 years ago