|
|
 |
Nobody dominated the early days of television like Arthur Godfrey. He was immensely popular and immensely powerful. He was especially good at promoting his sponsors' products. He usually did live commercials without a script. Check out this example where he flogs Lipton Soups.
Tags:
Arthur
Godfrey
Lipton
Soups
Added: 30th September 2007
Views: 3334
Rating: 
Posted By: Lava1964 |
 
|
 |
Peter, Paul and Mary were one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. The trio comprises Peter Yarrow, Noel "Paul" Stookey and Mary Travers. They recorded their first album, Peter, Paul and Mary, the following year. It included "500 Miles", "Lemon Tree" and the Pete Seeger hit tunes "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". The album was listed on the Billboard Magazine Top Ten list for ten months and in the Top One Hundred for over three years. By 1963 they had recorded three albums. All three were in the Top 10 the week of President Kennedy's assassination. That year the group also released "Puff the Magic Dragon", which Yarrow and Leonard Lipton had written in 1959, and performed "If I Had a Hammer" at the 1963 March on Washington, best remembered for Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Their biggest hit single was the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' in the Wind," an international #1 and the fastest selling single ever cut by Warner Bros. Records. They also sang other Bob Dylan songs, such as "The Times They Are a-Changin'" or "When the Ship Comes In". For many years after, the group was at the forefront of the civil rights movement and other causes promoting social justice. "Leaving On A Jet Plane," which in December 1969 became their only #1 hit, was written by John Denver, and first appeared on their Album 1700 in 1967. "Day Is Done," a #21 hit in June 1969, was the last Hot 100 hit the trio recorded.
Tags:
peter
paul
and
mary
60
Added: 22nd October 2007
Views: 2965
Rating:
Posted By: Sophia |
|
|
 |
A very old Kellogg's TV commercial promoting a Superman toy that you can get if you collect the tokens. It sure didn't take much to make us happy back then did it?
Tags:
kelloggs
corn
flakes
superman
toy
50s
commercial
Added: 4th November 2007
Views: 2219
Rating:
Posted By: Sophia |
|
|
 |
i still recognize a lot of the brands!
Tags:
1948
C.A.R.E.
Package
Added: 23rd November 2007
Views: 2228
Rating: 
Posted By: Teresa |
|
|
 |
Michael Todd breezed into Elizabeth Taylor's life on June 23, 1956....and sadly breezed out just as quickly on March 22, 1958. But during their time together, they accumulated a lifetime worth of memories. They traveled all over the world promoting the Mike Todd spectacularly produced Oscar winning, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, as well as promoting Elizabeth's movie epics, GIANT and RAINTREE COUNTRY.
They married in Mexico in February 1957, days after Elizabeth obtained her divorce from second husband, Michael Wilding.
Mike's death devastated Elizabeth to the point of propelling her into a state of self destruction when she did not care if she lived or died. In fact, she had to come close to death (herself) before appreciating living again. Mike and Elizabeth's love story is a special one...and their time together was so very short but so very potent. Elizabeth, today, claims he was one of the great loves of her life ...
Tags:
Elizabeth
Taylor
Barbara
Walters
Mike
Todd
Added: 30th November 2007
Views: 2379
Rating:
Posted By: Teresa |
|
|
 |
The crazy setting Glover first did on Letterman that Sophia posted earlier made me take a deeper look. Crispin hints that it could have been a look-alike on the show then and not really him. Thats when Letterman cuts him off and goes to the record Crispin was promoting, "Clowny Clown Clown". I found it as well, it's weird, I don't feel clean, now.
Tags:
Crispin
Glover
Letterman
Clown
Added: 23rd January 2008
Views: 2043
Rating:
Posted By: wdh51 |
|
|
 |
Babe Ruth was never too busy to publicize a cause. Here is a photo circa 1923 showing the Bambino promoting the Girl Guides' annual cookie sale. (Look at the size of the cookie in the Babe's mouth! I don't remember them ever being that big!)
Tags:
Babe
Ruth
Girl
Guide
cookies
Added: 28th April 2008
Views: 1795
Rating:
Posted By: Lava1964 |
|
|
 |
Former child star Jackie Cooper appeared as a mystery challenger on What's My Line on January 1, 1956. He was promoting his current NBC sitcom, The People's Choice.
Tags:
Whats
My
Line
Jackie
Cooper
Added: 7th August 2008
Views: 1582
Rating:
Posted By: Lava1964 |
|
|
Pages: [1] 2 of 2 | Random |
|
Sponsored Links
