Dr Pepper Ads by Keitz and Herndon

These fun Dr. Pepper ads were created for Drive-In Theatres in the 50s, given away free to add to their intermission reels. They're part of the new Blu-ray collection, Mid-Century Modern, Volume 3. Special thanks to Helge Bernhardt and Film-Tech.

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Both Keith Alcorn and John A. Davis got their start at the animation studio that made these

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Other staff included Roman Arambula, Bob Dalzell, Bert Rodriguez, Paul Claerhout and Robert Keuhn

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

​​@@DanzigFan-vq3zfNice, a lot of DNA Productions alumni.

[@olliedugger6955]

This is awesome this is this is so cool the style of it reminds me of UPA cartoons and is the end of the commercial. The cannibal turns into an anthropomorphic dog.

[@garfeldi_gaming]

1:15 sounds like an old Hanna-Barbera theme song

[@ZakWolf]

"Frosty, man, frosty!" I like the Witch Doctor one the best, even if it's very un-PC. Unusual how it's also the only one to have their old St. Bernard mascot.

[@DerekS1937]

I can see what looks like a camera reflection in the second ad. Lovely work! I love old drive-in bumpers like these...hopefully I can buy that new Blu-Ray!

[@AnimationManiac]

So excited for this set!

[@DanzigFan-vq3zf]

Pretty cool stuff!
Some of the staff that worked on these include Tom Young & Roddy Keitz himself!!! Also, in the end of the first Dr. Pepper commercial, you can see the company name on the lower right hand corner. I don’t know how many commercials, let alone drive in/intermission ads. Had the company that made these get credit. Pretty interesting stuff man!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Too bad that wasn't a standard in American advertising to credit studios in ads.

[@DanzigFan-vq3zf]

Agreed!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@DanzigFan-vq3zf France had a thing for crediting agencies on their ads.
ruclips.net/video/mibFRDXqxi8/видео.htmlsi=sSsfLonHneV2sQ1k

[@Feslmogh]

Frosty, Man... Frosty! I hope this leads in a collaboration with Film-Tech for more Blu-rays. There's a whole lot of intermission snipes and clocks and ads that need proper restoration and released.

[@stevestanchfield8491]

I agree. With the Thunderbean stuff, we've done a few of these sorts of things, but it would be great to have a good group effort to restore a bunch of them and have them all available for drive ins to show again. I know some drive ins do- but I'd love to see some more of the obscure reels show up. There was one with puppies and kittens from the 70s that's just straight up bizarre, and I'd love to get that reel looking good. Then again, there is something nice about beat up prints, too..

[@Feslmogh]

@@stevestanchfield8491 I know exactly the one you're talking about...ruclips.net/video/mGdPMpkkM9k/видео.html from FT Depot. I even got almost all of the music from it!

[@Feslmogh]

@@stevestanchfield8491 I know exactly which one you're talking about... ruclips.net/video/mGdPMpkkM9k/видео.html There's several uploads of various quality and lengths (both 10 and 5 minute versions ruclips.net/video/edS67CBGOdY/видео.html ) plus I've got most of the music that's featured downloaded. It's from Midas Touch/Geoffery and Trevor Bastow. 😁

[@Feslmogh]

Here another version of the second ad that ends with a live action "Jill" singing the jingle ruclips.net/video/h1gm82c0Qlw/видео.html

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

Why's the first one widescreen?

[@eascec8374]

It's probably filmed in CinemaScope, that's why.

[@EtherianAmber]

most films from the 50s onward are designed to work within a widescreen frame. this is how film-tech chose to present it

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

Screened for theaters of the time, not TV, I suppose.

[@shermcohen]

Did..did...did you say "Mid-Century Modern,
Volume 3" ???

[@davidkshow]

Hey Sherm! 👋🏻

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

3:40 Hm, does this count as blackface?