From The "Are You Kiddin' ?" Department

If you've got the hot cigarette habit, why not switch to Kool?


This is an ad from the 1950s.

After Roughly Half-A-Century, Trix Are STILL For Kids!

Silly Rabbit.





Mort Marshall, who lated did the voice of frustrated zookeeper Stanley Livingston on the old Tennesse Tuxedo television show (sponsored by General Mills, which made and still makes Trix cereal), voiced the rabbit on this commercial from around 1960. That old slogan is STILL used today in Trix commercials.

Time For Bucky

Here, in an ancient commercial for Ipana Toothpaste, is Bucky Beaver, doing battle in outer space against his archenemy, Decay Germ.






Brusha! Brusha! Brusha!

Hey, What's Goin' On There?

Let's go back to the December 31, 1956 telecast of Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent (ABC) and give a listen to Bob Lido as he wonders what's going on behind "The Green Door."

R. I. P. Taco Bell Chihuahua

Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua who delighted millions of television viewers, while at the same time, helped to make fast food tacos adorable, passed away Tuesday night from a stroke at age 15.

And That's the Way It Was

Veteran newsman Walter Cronkite, the long-time (1962-81) anchorman of the CBS Evening News, as well as chief anchorman for CBS News coverage of many major news events, passed away on Friday at age 92.

Oregon Caves Centennial Celebration

This past Saturday, my sister and myself traveled to the Oregon Caves National Mounument.

She took some interesting and fascinating photographs.