Sid The Kid Nets Gold Medal For Team Canada

At Vancouver, British Columbia:

Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby scored the game-winning goal in sudden-death overtime to carry Canada to a 3-2 win over the United States Sunday in the Gold Medal game in the men's ice hockey tournament on the final day of the 2010 Winter Olympic games .

Hey, Where's Euell Gibbons?

Here's a commercial for Post Grape Nuts that aired live during a 1955 CBS telecast of Mama, which during its' original 1949-55 live run, was sponsored by General Foods, mostly for Maxwell House Coffee. 

If Raisin Bran Is More Your Bag

Here's a commercial from what looks like the early 1950s for Post Raisin Bran, starring Maisie the Raisin and Jake the Flake.

Try A Bowl Of Post Grape Nuts Flakes For Breakfast!

From circa 1954, here's an old television commercial for Post Grape Nuts Flakes.

A Farewell To Katnip (And Herman Too)

From 1959, here is the last Herman and Katnip theatrical cartoon, "Katnip's Big Day," which was essentially a takeoff on Truth or Consequences. Made by Paramount Cartoon Studios in New York City and directed by Seymour Kneitel, animation by William B. Pattengill and Jack Ehret, sets by Robert Owen, music by Winston Sharples, and uncredited voice charaterizations by Sid Raymond (his last cartoon as the voice of Katnip), Jackson Beck, and Jack Mercer (who filled in for Arnold Stang as the voice of Herman).

 





This cartoon was loaded with excerpts from previous H&K outings, including:

"A Bicep Built For Two" (1955; director: Seymour Kneitel)

"Drinks On The Mouse" (1953; director: Dave Tendlar)

"Cat-Choo" (1951; director: Seymour Kneitel)

"Mousetro Herman" (1956; director: Isidore Sparber)

It was also the last Paramount Cartoon Studios entry made in Technicolor.

It's Craftsmanship With Flair!

Here's a television commercial for the big new 1956 Studebakers.

More Snapshots From Jacksonville

Here are some more digital photographs from this past Monday's visit to Jacksonville, Oregon.

Christmas Day May Have Been Two Months Ago, BUT.....

I've decided to add this clip from an ABC telecast of the Lawrence Welk Show, which probably aired on Christmas Eve, 1960.  Here are the Champagne Music Makers performing Victor Herbert's "March Of The Toys."

Alright, Just Who The Hell Ran Off With Buddy's Gal

In this clip from the July 2, 1955 ABC premiere telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here's bassist Buddy Hayes singing and playing "Somebody Stole My Gal."

Here's Dee Dee

Here's Dianne Lennon, performing "You'll Never Know" in this clip from an ABC telecast of Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party, dating back to 1958.

Rudy Larriva, R. I. P.

Rudy Larriva, a longtime veteran cartoon animator and director, whose career spanned six decades and who worked at Warner Brothers, UPA, and Format Films, passed away this past Friday at age 94.

Jerry, Larry, and Tiny

In this clip from a 1958 ABC telecast of Lawrence Welk's Saturday night Dodge Dancing Party, we see Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke, and Big Tiny Little, Jr. performing "Jealous" on pianos.

Time For Sam and Tony

Here's a brief video I made this past Sunday featuring the two dogs from my sister who came up recently for a visit from Reno, Nevada, Sam the Chihuahua and Tony the Lhasa Apso.



Aren't they soooooooooooooo cute?

Snapshots From Jacksonville

Here are some digital photographs I took on Monday in historic Jacksonville, Oregon.

Hey Roy, Where's Bill Cosby?

And now, for desert, how about some Jell-O Instant Pudding? Here are Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and their offspring enjoying some Jell-O Instant Pudding----and singing a song----in this 1950s television commercial.

Here's An Idea For Lunch

How 'bout some Sloppy Joes? Here is what looks like a mid-1960s commercial for Libby's Sloppy Joe filling. In a can.



Just heat and eat. And keep your mouths shut!

Just kidding.

Where Are Those Wild Hickory Nuts?

From circa 1964, here are Andy Griffith and Don Knotts in a commercial which originally aired at the end of a telecast of The Andy Griffith Show. Back in the day, the stars of a given television show would appear for the sponsor's product at the end of that week's show. This is commercial for Post Grape Nuts, from General Foods, which sponsored Andy and the gang from Mayberry, Monday nights on CBS.

Time For Soft Lights and Sweet Music

In this clip from a 1958 telecast of Lawrence Welk's ABC Saturday Dodge Dancing Party, here are the Champagne Music Makers performing "Soft Lights and Sweet Music." It'a a blast.

See Your Nash Or Hudson Dealer Today!

Here's a commercial for the 1957 Rambler Cross-Country hardtop station wagon. They were available at Nash and Hudson dealers as well as those dealers that were now starting to sell Ramblers exclusively. Nash and Hudson, both divisions of American Motors, were reduced to the V-8 Ambassadors and Hornets respectively by then and would be phased out shortly before the start of the 1958 model year as AMC concentrated on Ramblers and the British-built subcompact Metropolitans.

How Would You Like To Ride On A Station Wagon With So Many Four-Legged Friends!

Here is a commercial for American Motors from 1967 with Noah and all his animal friends.