Classic Television Commercials (Part I)

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Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.

Part I:
1) BAND-AID
To prove that Band-Aid with super stick "sticks better
than any other bandage", tests are performed on an egg
at room temperature. Close-up of an egg stuck to a bandage,
immersed into a glass container of boiling water. Close-up
shot under the water of dishes at the bottom of a sink.

2) BAND-AID
Children "ooh and ahhh" over the new colorful Band-Aids.
Shot of children playing through a chicken wire fence.
Muybridge type shots of a girl on a swing, a boy on a
pogo stick, a girl jumping rope, and a boy rollerskating.

3) GILLETTE BLUE BLADES
An animation of a musical parrot sells Gillette Blue Blades.

4) REMINGTON ELECTRIC SHAVER
An amazing demonstration using a peach and a brush prove
that the "man size Remington Electric Shaver" is both gentle
and tough. Close-up of a bin of peaches, of a hand holding
a peach, a thumb pressing on a hairbrush, a man shaving with
an electric shaver, an electric shaver shaving a peach,
and an electric shaver shaving the bristles of a brush.

5) GILLETTE SUPER-SPEED RAZORS
Dodgers baseball team members Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella,
and Don Zimmer shaving. Close-up of a blade being put in a
razor and a razor being rinsed under a faucet.

6) MUM CREME DEODORANT
A classic spy intrigue scenario reveals the secret message,
"Mum doctor's deodorant discovery now contains M-3 to stop
odor 24 hours a day." A mysterious spy type woman in a black
overcoat and hat sips from a cup and pulls a photograph out
of her purse. Close-up of a photograph of a guy who looks
like a detective. A detective guy smoking, gestures subtly
with his eyes. Shot of a woman's feet walking and an envelope
being dropped on the ground near a man's foot. Spy woman walks
through a love bead curtain. Detective woman on the telephone,
speaking softly while her eyes dart around. Seductive spy woman
looks through a beaded curtain.

7) PEPSODENT
An animation of Susie introduces the PEPSODENT jingle:
"You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your
teeth with PEPSODENT".

8) DODGE
This ad shows the men working in the plant "to bring metal
alive" to build a Dodge.




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Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Advertising
• Television
• commercials
• Consumerism
• Advertising History
• History
• Vintage
• US
• USA
• BAND-AID
• GILLETTE BLUE BLADES
• REMINGTON ELECTRIC SHAVER
• GILLETTE SUPER-SPEED RAZORS
• MUM CREME DEODORANT
• PEPSODENT
• DODGE
• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s
• 40s
• 50s
• 60s