PSA Better Business Bureau Abominable Snowman

This is a rare one from a series by the Better Business Bureau, starring The Abominable Snowman and some other puppets. Other spots included one for eating a balanced meal, and another for conserving energy. If you watched saturday morning tv in the 70's you saw them.

about the Ritts (puppets):
http://www.tvparty.com/lostny2ritts.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• psa
• commercial
• ad
• junior
• consumer
• tips
• 70's
• 70s
• 1970s
• 1970's
• ritts
• paul
• mary
• mark

[roadwonk]

Does anyone remember when the Snowman, along with a furry pink flamingo "Flam", was interspersed with cartoons on NBC on Saturday mornings, about 1973? I do remember when this duo appeared on the Pink Panther Show!

[love2register]

you mean part of an actual show (not inbetween shows, like commercials)? I don't remember but I was waaay young in 1973.

[nellielab]

@MrBowserPuffi

Guess you didn't get the point of this PSA. ;)

Fiscal conservatism. Seriously, did you look at the quality craftsmanship that went into making that puppet? Lets just say, they practice what they preach.

Clearly the message of this ad was lost on me too. Considering as a child I had 37 "swell dollies" who looked exactly the same.

[TheStanbabe]

"Abombinable"is posing with a couple of Pelham Puppets marrionettes.

[krewgarr]

I always loved the amount of motion on the screen while he says "or several different things"... There are more of these I'm looking for, like the one that ends with "Always count your chaaanngge!!!"

[NowhereMan1966]

@roadwonk - I remember them between shows, 1973 sounds about right.  IIRC, they introduced the cartoons and so on.

[onionmon]

its a swell doll

[MrBowserPuffi]

...were they REALLY so cheap as to not put helium in the balloon?

[SteveCarras]

Good point, and glsad to see you, if you don't mind, I'll name the whole trio of puppeteers, you, Paul and Mary. the Pink Panther show had them in 1972 in live segments,. These are much older than the 80s..I always confused them with Muppets. Kind of similiar history, even going bakc to the 50s. As for the 80s being so innocent, as for these ads, that's because they're actually older! LOL And Balancing one meals...

[SpearTwain]

i forgot about that commercial.

[snuffereet]

I think the giraffe in that is actually "Geoffrey" from Toys R Us.

[lavmech1]

Markritts, Thanks...great ads. I don't think I even knew what they were trying to teach me when I was a kid, but I loved them. I grew up in the 80's and these ads have been in the back of my mind ever since. I don't know why. There's just something about the way they were written. The 80's were so innocent and so are these PSA's. Great stuff!!!