KRON Commercials Reel 2

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: (1) Ban: Scientific look at how and why Ban stops odor (see more details on KRON Commercials Reel 1) (2) Falstaff Beer (no audio): Keg pouring beer into cup being held by hand, man with silver bottle in hand making various facial expressions (3) Gallo: Men working in a vineyard singing a song about grapes, men picking grapes off the vine, song goes on about Gallo and the company, various shots of wine bottles, man with straw hat sings and smiles into the camera (4) Coca Cola: Woman advertising Coca Cola sweepstakes where $250,000 in cash and prizes is available, woman stands in front of several cars (one looks like a hearse), a boat and a tent, CU on old style Coke bottle top (5) Post Sugar Crisp: Little boy walks down street eating cereal from a box, girl stands in front of a gorilla cage and screams that the gorilla's are escaping, little boy approaches and says he would like to help, animated bear on box of cereal talks to boy and tells him he can help because he has been eating Post, little boy proceeds to fight two gorillas (funny) and ties them up, police come and give boy hero medal, CU on bowl of cereal, next shot is two men playing football, ad for Post and football trading cards, back cover of Post cereal with football players (6) Lavoris Mouth Wash: Man comes out of dentist's office and asks what the mouth wash is, dental assistant tells him Lavoris, CU on Lavoris bottle, Lavoris has "magnetic cleaning action so you know your breath is clean" , special offer for a "Sparkle Decanter" free from Lavoris (7) Libby’s: Shot of a cabin in the mountains for the "Libby's Cabin in the Mountains Sweepstakes", loads of booty for the winnings (car, patio furniture, grills, electric blankets, and the house), CU on Libby's cans of fruit and vegetables (8) Post Oat Flakes Cereal: Talking animated oatmeal cookie telling about the Post Cereal, boy with missing front tooth and little girl sit at table and the animated cookie sings a jingle, kids talks with their mouths full of food, baseball player Roger Maris from he NY Giants advertising Post Oat Flakes, CU on back of cereal box (9) Post Top 3: Cartoon boy with voice-over talking about Post Cereal, various shots of cereal in bowl, cereal filling the insides of the letters spelling Post, football player Paul Horning kicking a football in a stadium, free football trading cards ad (10) Schick Stainless Steel Razor Blades (featuring John Wayne): Sailors/fisherman in boats, John Wayne has been out sailing but his shave is as close as ever with the Schick razor, CU on old school razor blade containers (regular and "injector" blades (11) Assorted Commercials (no audio-split second images): Paxton cigarettes, Pepsi Cola, Wishbone, TWA, Monroe, Lark cigarettes, Spray Starch (with cartoon girl), Frontier Circus, Tender Hearted candy, Kenner, Lucky Lager, Laura Scudder's potato chips, Lucky Lager with woman with mouth wide open standing next to smiling man, F&P Fruits and Vegetables (cartoon), Allstate Auto Finance, Wage-Hour and Public Contracts, US Department of Labor, Avon cosmetics (12) Fortical: Man and woman playing golf and playing on the beach, Fortical is the "only Cal that tastes like a milkshake", made by Foremost ( a dairy company), encourages people to drink four cans of Fortical per day as a weight loss program (13) Parker Pen: Three pens are animated, the Parker pen is a convertible--can use with ink well and cartridge-- and is the best pen on earth, suggested retail price is $5, "makers of the world's most wanted pens" (14) Assorted Commercials: Lark cigarettes, image of head of pillow that reads "Mexico City", Collegeville Costumes (15) Chevy (1964): Different Chevrolets driving down the street, woman in Corvair driving, Corvette driving down the street (16) Art Linkletter in Russia: CU on Linkletter in Russia, Russian buildings in background, voice-over saying that Russians are American's enemy, Linkletter advertising show on Communism (17) Salem: Salem cigarette commercial with a man and a woman at the beach, CU on woman's face as she exhales cigarette smoke, man lifts woman from wall where she is sitting, Salem "refreshes your taste" (18) L&M Cigarettes: CU little boy getting hair cut, voice-over says "at manly times like these, when you need a cigarette, you get lots more from L&M", father blows smoke at his son, ditty about more flavor and taste in L&M, little boy finishes getting his hair cut and gets a lollipop, son and dad leave barber shop (19) Gallo Wine (good commercial): Shots of Las Vegas at night with marquees lit up, El Rancho, Stardust, Desert Inn, Thunderbird Hotel, Thunderbird wine bottle with women dancers in background, bottle of wine being poured with dancers in background, jingle about Thunderbird "captivating you", man and woman at dinner table drinking wine and an animated bird takes the bottle from the table, voice-over says "Say, let's get some Thunderbird" (20) Carters Pills: Out of sorts, depressed, sour? Carter's pills do the trick. Feeling logy, listless, tired? Carters cures the unwanted, unhappy feeling caused by irregularity, woman ironing clothes, man at desk, man doing handiwork, CU on Carter's pill container (21) Brandon cigarettes: People at party, the great new taste in smoking, everyone is smoking cigarettes, man lights a ciggie for a woman, CU on Brandon box of cigarettes, tobacco plant, woman smoking, smiles and exhales (22) Anacin: Woman is cooking in kitchen, husband comes home with a headache and screams at her, as soon as he takes Anacin his mood alters 100% and he is nice and sweet to his wife and daughter (23) Dristan: Man has cold, sneezes, takes Dristan and he is able too "walk away" from his old sneezing self, CU on Dristan tablets, chemical ingredients (24) Falstaff Beer: People in bowling alley, Falstaff beer, great shot of a man bowling and then doing a little dance afterwards, Falstaff is "lighthearted living" (25) Post Alpha Bits: Animated cartoon of a mailman delivering Post cereal, DOG tries to attack postman, boy whistles and the DOG misses, CU on Alpha Bits cereal in bowl, Roger Maris advertising baseball trading cards