History of Advertising - Early TV Commercials Vol. II (2-DVD Set)
History of Advertising - Early TV Commercials Vol. II (2-DVD Set) It is difficult to imagine life without a TV and even more difficult to have a TV program without a “commercial break.” Every program, every channel spices up viewing time with TV ads as never before. It is a `win-win” situation for the TV channel, for the company sponsoring the ad and the ad agency and often for the viewer as well.
When TV commercials were first introduced, there was a novel quality about them. They introduced you directly to the products and explained their use and functioning. The audience was captivated by the information provided, which was cleverly designed to whet one’s appetite, and those “hooked” went out to buy.
Presented in this 2-DVD set are 40 TV commercials, which make this a veritable bounty for the adman, student or professional dealing with advertising, for it takes one through the pages of advertising history. By knowing the past one builds a solid foundation for the future and I am convinced that anybody who owns and examines the rare clips on this DVD will be suitably rewarded.
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Today I’ve been officially blogging for six years. Ironically, yesterday marked Chris’ five-year blogiversary. It’s going around! Not much more to it than noting the date, except to bring up the imminent next blogger meetup. Which will be this month, on the 30th—next Wednesday. Shannon, Jen, BOR, and I are in talks to figure out where. (Stay tuned for further announcements.) So obviously the four of us at least are in. Who else is in?
Justice Heroes!
Continuing in my series of totally random toy posts… presenting the JUSTICE HEROES LEAGUE!!! Flea markets and foreign knock-offs of American pop culture are the best. (Via.)
Forecast for Saturday
Sunny. Highs 90 to 98. Light wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
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