I remember distinctly the chinese baby Jello ad. One of my favorite at 4 going on 5. ☺️ I also remember if not the ads, the product. Mom changed detergents quite often (said she got tired of the same scent) and FAB and Tide (with the orange package) were at home. 😊 You can't imagine how much I enjoy this series, Fred. Thanks. 💜🤟
Wow, a record player in the glove compartment! What will they think of next?! I gotta get me one of those! Thanks, Fred, for the look back to when cars were American as apple pie.
Oh my God, the talent, the choreography, the writing an extraordinary time to be in the arts industry! It's each commercial is its own mini musical! Fantastic experience!
I became a car nut in the sixties because of the automotive commercials, as i got older the pretty ladies sold me. I actually have a relative who used to model for commercials and expositions, photo shoots where she would lay on the hoods of Chrysler cars in the eighties in a bikini. She married VERY well and is a grandmother now.
Being a child of the TV generation, my folks bought their first TV in 1949. TV commercials were as fun as watching a show. Being a boy, I loved car commercials ! Certain commercials like "Jell-o" would never be done today ! We were bombarded with cigarette commercials. It was made to look sexy and gave the image of a wonderful lifestyle. No one really knew how it would destroy families.
Hey whats up Fred ? l grew up in L.A., when it was clean, and had no homeless camps, in "61 l was 5. My brother had a dropped '49 Chevy Fleetline, lt was a 4 door, the 4 door had sleeker lines than the coupe, interior was fake blue fur, had the big dice hanging from the mirror and the blue flame knobs for the radio. a plastic skull for the 3 on the tree shifter. We were crusing to XERB Soul Radio, Wolfman Jack was playing Chuck Berry. Little Richard Fats, The Impressions, the Coasters and the Driifters even had Chris Kenner and Little Anthony and the Imperials. My brother souped up my pops Rocket 88 and took it to Lions Dragstrip to race, anyways those car commercials brought back those memories. Oh yeah, my dad was pissed.
I was thinking of asking if you had any commercials for those gorgeous later-1950s Plymouths. My dad had two of them, push buttons and all (no record player), with enormous back seats for my brother and me. I've never been into cars, but I'd still so love to have one of those pieces of art. I miss good-looking vehicles. Thank you, Fred, you read my mind once again!
Interesting voice talent on display. The great Thurl Ravenscroft singing the Dodge theme. He was the voice of Tony the Tiger, the uncredited singer of "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch" in the original _How The Grinch Stole Christmas_ and one of the singing busts at Disney's Haunted Mansion. For the Mr Clean commercial 4:45 we have actor Gerald Mohr. And for the Papermate commercial 10:18 we have Mel Blanc performing two different voices in the Papermate commercial.
@@FredFlix here is a little secret.....first born daughter to an overprotective mother.....never have I ever.....been water skiing, snow skiing, snowboarding, ridden a ski lift, ridden a moped, a skateboard, climbed a tree, jumped a fence, CROSSED THE LOCAL "BUSY STREET" (until I was old enough to lie about it) or eat hard candies or apples without being peeled. My brother has done all those things including owned a moped bough by my parents. I, however would surely break with my petite girly self she insisted had to wear a dress and sleep in those pink sponge curlers every night for the Shirley temple look! .....my superior brain learned how to lie in order to have any fun! LoL! Still have done nothing on that list but cross the "busy" street! LoL! And maybe a few hard candies!😂💄🍒💕
@@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy Here's MY secret, Chantelle: My son, who is 23, hasn't done any of those things, either (except cross the busy street). Not because I'm over-protective, but he just hasn't shown any interest. Although he did flip over in our canoe at a lake last year (and his pink sponge curlers fell out.. ha ha).
@@FredFlix hahahahaha! That must be what it takes to get those suckers out! LoL! I remember a lot of untangling and whining! I too have a 23 year old son however he could drive a stick at age 7. I was one of those parents who always said " who was watching that child" until I had him......me...I was watching him and he still managed to get out a window at 2, drive my van at 3....I was literally a foot from him, and he took a golf club to our glass front door "just to see it break" when he was 4. Again, right there! Half a moment too slow at grabbing the club. My first one wasn't like that. I must say my 23 year old has been a joy to watch growing up as he surprises me! Usually in a good way!!!:)
That Mr. Clean ad is probably from the '60s, judging by the sound and style of the background music. Still a nice collection of commercials no matter how you slice it. Thanks Fred!
Yes, definitely James Bond era spy gadgetry. I also suspect that the Mounds and Bel Air commercials are 60s. but they were all good regardless of the year.
The Jell-O and Tide commercials are available on a lot of DVD commercial compilations. In fact, I own two different ones that contain both commercials. One is 1001 Classic Commercials, by Mill Creek Entertainment, and the other is Classic Commercials, by Madacy. I'd recommend the Mill Creek one, because of the digital transfer quality. It has 3 discs of commercials dating from the '50s through the '70s, with one ad from the '80s: the "Say No to Crack" PSA with Clint Eastwood.
Hey, Fred: I loved that Jello commercial but there are a lot of snowflakes who would flip their proverbial wigs over that one. We have/had a cigarette here in Canada named Cameo and they were menthol. I can remember the words and tune to the TV commercial for them. By the way; who smokes whilst they are water skiing? That woman with the Mr. Clean gun! My kind of gal. That girl in the FAB commercial was really pretty but all of a sudden she disappeared. I think Kelvin ate her. I didn't remember any of those commercials but they were nice to watch; thank you, Fred.
These are great to see again. Not just for the nostalgic and historical value, but for the artistic value. Advertising and art do not belong together in the same sentence, at least in today's cheap advertising world. Commercials today do not even compare to these. Old commercials were direct and to the point. Everything today is overproduced, overly slick, relying too much on computers, lacking any artistic or creative sense. It's like using every single tool available on Photoshop, Adobe Premiere/Audition, PowerDirector, just because you can and it's there. The same reason pop music today sucks so bad. Also great about back then: NO PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR INJURY LAWYER ADS.
Ah, the days when American car manufacturers were highly regarded. Those days are long gone. I drive a Toyota. Does anyone eat Jello anymore? People used to make various salads with the stuff. All those smokers were depicted as young, thin, and healthy. I'll never by another Gillette product. Those jingles cause such a nostalgic feeling!
Yes, Jell-O is alive and well. Recently had a colonoscopy and orange and lemon Jell-O were the only thing I could eat during the prep. Still yummy after all these years.
They were only about 5% of the population then. In proportional representation, that's only one in 20 people, which is an uncommonly huge cast for a commercial.
@@LynxSouth According to Wikipedia, the black population of the U.S.A. was 12% in the middle of the nineteenth century. Pardon me for guessing that by the time the middle of the twentieth century arrived, their numbers amounted to a lot more than 5%. Not that any of this has really anything to do with why Black Americans were not featured in the television commercials at the time. The reason is simply that the television industry did not want to offend what they presumed were the ingrained prejudices of a lot of their fellow citizens... and probably the biases of those working in the T.V. industry itself and its corporate sponsors. By the way, the Chinese had been using spoons for their meals from way, way, way, way, way, way back in history... way long before that ridiculous commercial for Jello.
@@jeffreyslotnikoff4003 IDK where they all went, maybe to Canada, but the US Census statistics for 1960 I've seen over the years put them around 6%, which fits with the number growing over later decades to 9%, 10%, etc. Even in lots of serious historical research, I've also never seen a national number for any point in the 19th C anywhere near 12% -- more like 3%. I think you hit the nail on the head with ''presumed''. There were plenty of blacks on TV in sports, music, and other types of entertainment. TV & ad execs in NYC (& LA) have notoriously been out of touch with real America, but if they had thought it would bring in more money, there would have been blacks in commercials. Just a heads-up: Wikipedia is known for rewriting its history entries. As for Chinese spoons, people used to not only be able to take a joke about regional & national origins, but also to recognize one.
@@LynxSouth Nat King Cole had a "hit" variety show in the late fifties. He had already sold a lot of records and 'The Nat King Cole' show received critical and viewer praise. However, it was quickly cancelled because of the few (relatively speaking) bigoted threats its host station received. Remember the infamous "kiss" that Captain Kirk gave to Lieutenant Uhuru on Star Trek in the sixties? Why was that such a big deal that its creators were practically "sh!@#ing" their pants when that episode first aired? These are just a FEW of the questionable "incidents" that have occurred in mainstream media since its broadcasting years began. "Wikipedia is known for rewriting its history entries"? That's the standard lame rebuttal a person will get whenever he or she quotes something from the site. As for Chinese cartoon characters being taught that they needed something as unheard of as a spoon (courtesy of the West) in order to eat some kind of lame desert... what's the joke? Imagine if the character was some working class Joe... would that have been seen as just as comical?
The commercial jingles created by 1950s "madmen" were some of my first lullabies. Thanks for allowing me to hear them again Fred.
You're welcome, buya.
Chinese baby vely happy. We have Jerro. Wow, that wouldn't fly today 😂.
Another winner 🥇. Thank you Fred !!👍🏻
You're welcome!
I remember distinctly the chinese baby Jello ad. One of my favorite at 4 going on 5. ☺️ I also remember if not the ads, the product. Mom changed detergents quite often (said she got tired of the same scent) and FAB and Tide (with the orange package) were at home. 😊
You can't imagine how much I enjoy this series, Fred. Thanks. 💜🤟
Glad to hear it, Mercedes, and you're welcome.
I was born in 63, but I love 50s stuff just the same!
Me too. I was born October 63.
Wow, a record player in the glove compartment! What will they think of next?! I gotta get me one of those! Thanks, Fred, for the look back to when cars were American as apple pie.
They were works of art, Robert.
It was called "Highway HiFi" Only offered for a few model years
I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow. And even after 50 years, I am going to get a Mounds bar. Indescribably delicious.
What about a Three Musketeers Bar? 😋
@@georgehenderson7783 I like Snickers better. Three Musketeers are too sweet. Even as a kid, they were not my first choice.
Munching on an Almond Joy as we speak. Or type.
Oh my God, the talent, the choreography, the writing an extraordinary time to be in the arts industry! It's each commercial is its own mini musical! Fantastic experience!
Thanks Fred 👍
I became a car nut in the sixties because of the automotive commercials, as i got older the pretty ladies sold me.
I actually have a relative who used to model for commercials and expositions, photo shoots where she would lay on the hoods of Chrysler cars in the eighties in a bikini. She married VERY well and is a grandmother now.
Being a child of the TV generation, my folks bought their first TV in 1949. TV commercials were as fun as watching a show. Being a boy, I loved car commercials ! Certain commercials like "Jell-o" would never be done today ! We were bombarded with cigarette commercials. It was made to look sexy and gave the image of a wonderful lifestyle. No one really knew how it would destroy families.
Love that Plymouth ‘56: Big honking fins, two-tone exterior, *plus* a record player!
Hey whats up Fred ? l grew up in L.A., when it was clean, and had no homeless camps, in "61 l was 5. My brother had a dropped '49 Chevy Fleetline, lt was a 4 door, the 4 door had sleeker lines than the coupe, interior was fake blue fur, had the big dice hanging from the mirror and the blue flame knobs for the radio. a plastic skull for the 3 on the tree shifter. We were crusing to XERB Soul Radio, Wolfman Jack was playing Chuck Berry. Little Richard Fats, The Impressions, the Coasters and the Driifters even had Chris Kenner and Little Anthony and the Imperials. My brother souped up my pops Rocket 88 and took it to Lions Dragstrip to race, anyways those car commercials brought back those memories. Oh yeah, my dad was pissed.
Those sound like wonderful memories, Dale.
I was thinking of asking if you had any commercials for those gorgeous later-1950s Plymouths. My dad had two of them, push buttons and all (no record player), with enormous back seats for my brother and me. I've never been into cars, but I'd still so love to have one of those pieces of art. I miss good-looking vehicles. Thank you, Fred, you read my mind once again!
Cars were works of art, LS.
We had a Plymouth station wagon with the push button transmission.
I did not know car stereos in the fifties played vinyl records, you learn something new almost every day.
I think it was only that one, an experiment that surely failed once the car hit a bump.
Wow, that car with the record player was cool. I bet you had to watch out for pot holes and speed bumps.
Thanks for the memories, Fred!
You're welcome, multiverser.
Interesting voice talent on display. The great Thurl Ravenscroft singing the Dodge theme. He was the voice of Tony the Tiger, the uncredited singer of "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch" in the original _How The Grinch Stole Christmas_ and one of the singing busts at Disney's Haunted Mansion. For the Mr Clean commercial 4:45 we have actor Gerald Mohr. And for the Papermate commercial 10:18 we have Mel Blanc performing two different voices in the Papermate commercial.
Thanks for the info, Firebrand.
Sounds like Mr. Ravenscroft on the "jive talk" ad for EZ Pop Popcorn. Both ads are from Storyboard, Inc. I think. 😎👍
@@LorenIpsum75 Good catch. Given his distinctive voice I always follow the rule of If It Sounds Like Him, It Is Him. Thanks for the input.
Smoking while water skiing! That's realistic!😂
Doesn't everyone do it?
@@FredFlix here is a little secret.....first born daughter to an overprotective mother.....never have I ever.....been water skiing, snow skiing, snowboarding, ridden a ski lift, ridden a moped, a skateboard, climbed a tree, jumped a fence, CROSSED THE LOCAL "BUSY STREET" (until I was old enough to lie about it) or eat hard candies or apples without being peeled. My brother has done all those things including owned a moped bough by my parents. I, however would surely break with my petite girly self she insisted had to wear a dress and sleep in those pink sponge curlers every night for the Shirley temple look! .....my superior brain learned how to lie in order to have any fun! LoL! Still have done nothing on that list but cross the "busy" street! LoL! And maybe a few hard candies!😂💄🍒💕
@@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy Here's MY secret, Chantelle: My son, who is 23, hasn't done any of those things, either (except cross the busy street). Not because I'm over-protective, but he just hasn't shown any interest. Although he did flip over in our canoe at a lake last year (and his pink sponge curlers fell out.. ha ha).
@@FredFlix hahahahaha! That must be what it takes to get those suckers out! LoL! I remember a lot of untangling and whining! I too have a 23 year old son however he could drive a stick at age 7. I was one of those parents who always said " who was watching that child" until I had him......me...I was watching him and he still managed to get out a window at 2, drive my van at 3....I was literally a foot from him, and he took a golf club to our glass front door "just to see it break" when he was 4. Again, right there! Half a moment too slow at grabbing the club. My first one wasn't like that. I must say my 23 year old has been a joy to watch growing up as he surprises me! Usually in a good way!!!:)
Thanx for the wonderful memories!🙂😮💯💚💙🤍🖤💫👍❤!
You're welcome, Frank.
Thank you Fred! This was a fun video 😊
You're welcome, Bridget.
Another good one Fred.
EXCELLENT, as usual, Fred!
Thanks, Nunetc.
Hard to believe only Chevrolet and Cadillac divisions survive today out of those five GM divisions.
You're forgetting Buick. That's *three* out of the five.😉
@@fromthesidelines Forgot Buick is still around. 😅
Hard to believe Pontiac is gone though.
It just didn't sell enough models to survive.
Just before my time...always interesting to look back to the "olden days!" Ha ha. Thanks Fred.
You're welcome, Tom.
It's scary that I was only 4 years old at this time & I remember a bunch (for some reason, the cigarette commercials stood out)
Pop's bought a 56 dodge
no seat belts
No air
No car seats 😂
still here !
Ads were so much simpler then, some ads today are not made for kids.
That Mr. Clean ad is probably from the '60s, judging by the sound and style of the background music. Still a nice collection of commercials no matter how you slice it. Thanks Fred!
You're welcome, Ernest.
Yes, definitely James Bond era spy gadgetry. I also suspect that the Mounds and Bel Air commercials are 60s. but they were all good regardless of the year.
Tide. How many had their arms pulled into the wringer washer ?.........I did
A bumper crop of Madison Avenue creativity (even the cigarette ads).
Thanks, FredFlix. 📺
You're welcome, Luis.
Can I get this on DVD?
The Jell-O and Tide commercials are available on a lot of DVD commercial compilations. In fact, I own two different ones that contain both commercials. One is 1001 Classic Commercials, by Mill Creek Entertainment, and the other is Classic Commercials, by Madacy. I'd recommend the Mill Creek one, because of the digital transfer quality. It has 3 discs of commercials dating from the '50s through the '70s, with one ad from the '80s: the "Say No to Crack" PSA with Clint Eastwood.
Hey, Fred: I loved that Jello commercial but there are a lot of snowflakes who would flip their proverbial wigs over that one. We have/had a cigarette here in Canada named Cameo and they were menthol. I can remember the words and tune to the TV commercial for them. By the way; who smokes whilst they are water skiing? That woman with the Mr. Clean gun! My kind of gal. That girl in the FAB commercial was really pretty but all of a sudden she disappeared. I think Kelvin ate her.
I didn't remember any of those commercials but they were nice to watch; thank you, Fred.
I'm glad you enjoyed them, fest...us.
These are great to see again. Not just for the nostalgic and historical value, but for the artistic value. Advertising and art do not belong together in the same sentence, at least in today's cheap advertising world. Commercials today do not even compare to these. Old commercials were direct and to the point. Everything today is overproduced, overly slick, relying too much on computers, lacking any artistic or creative sense. It's like using every single tool available on Photoshop, Adobe Premiere/Audition, PowerDirector, just because you can and it's there. The same reason pop music today sucks so bad. Also great about back then: NO PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR INJURY LAWYER ADS.
I echo every word in your comment, Bob.
Nice one again but a record player in a car? how would woouulldd thatttt souound? lol
Skip-a-dee-doo-dah.
Jello velly good
Ah, the days when American car manufacturers were highly regarded. Those days are long gone. I drive a Toyota. Does anyone eat Jello anymore? People used to make various salads with the stuff. All those smokers were depicted as young, thin, and healthy. I'll never by another Gillette product. Those jingles cause such a nostalgic feeling!
Yes, Jell-O is alive and well. Recently had a colonoscopy and orange and lemon Jell-O were the only thing I could eat during the prep. Still yummy after all these years.
How long did the record player last?
Not long. Bumps and potholes on the road severely limited the use of that turntable.
I just love smoking an Oasis while water skiing. Lots of memories here.
Where are the African American actors in these commercials?
Not for another decade. 🤷🏿♂️
They were only about 5% of the population then. In proportional representation, that's only one in 20 people, which is an uncommonly huge cast for a commercial.
@@LynxSouth According to Wikipedia, the black population of the U.S.A. was 12% in the middle of the nineteenth century. Pardon me for guessing that by the time the middle of the twentieth century arrived, their numbers amounted to a lot more than 5%. Not that any of this has really anything to do with why Black Americans were not featured in the television commercials at the time. The reason is simply that the television industry did not want to offend what they presumed were the ingrained prejudices of a lot of their fellow citizens... and probably the biases of those working in the T.V. industry itself and its corporate sponsors.
By the way, the Chinese had been using spoons for their meals from way, way, way, way, way, way back in history... way long before that ridiculous commercial for Jello.
@@jeffreyslotnikoff4003 IDK where they all went, maybe to Canada, but the US Census statistics for 1960 I've seen over the years put them around 6%, which fits with the number growing over later decades to 9%, 10%, etc. Even in lots of serious historical research, I've also never seen a national number for any point in the 19th C anywhere near 12% -- more like 3%.
I think you hit the nail on the head with ''presumed''. There were plenty of blacks on TV in sports, music, and other types of entertainment. TV & ad execs in NYC (& LA) have notoriously been out of touch with real America, but if they had thought it would bring in more money, there would have been blacks in commercials.
Just a heads-up: Wikipedia is known for rewriting its history entries.
As for Chinese spoons, people used to not only be able to take a joke about regional & national origins, but also to recognize one.
@@LynxSouth Nat King Cole had a "hit" variety show in the late fifties. He had already sold a lot of records and 'The Nat King Cole' show received critical and viewer praise. However, it was quickly cancelled because of the few (relatively speaking) bigoted threats its host station received.
Remember the infamous "kiss" that Captain Kirk gave to Lieutenant Uhuru on Star Trek in the sixties? Why was that such a big deal that its creators were practically "sh!@#ing" their pants when that episode first aired?
These are just a FEW of the questionable "incidents" that have occurred in mainstream media since its broadcasting years began.
"Wikipedia is known for rewriting its history entries"? That's the standard lame rebuttal a person will get whenever he or she quotes something from the site.
As for Chinese cartoon characters being taught that they needed something as unheard of as a spoon (courtesy of the West) in order to eat some kind of lame desert... what's the joke? Imagine if the character was some working class Joe... would that have been seen as just as comical?
2:47 Uh...yeah. That's...problematic. A sign of a more ignorant time in America.