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07/28/2009

Spot On

What popped in 1955 still has kernels of value today

Posted on Tue Jul 28 2009

In this installment of MediaFreak's Spot On video series, which looks at what made some classic commercials so great and so memorable, Mediaweek's Alan Frutkin looks back at an abstract and jazz-infused animated spot from 1955 for EZ Pop popcorn. Alan's commentary on the groundbreaking ad is above; the full EZ Pop commercial is below.

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  • Katy Bachman
  • Marc Berman
  • Michael Burgi
  • James Cooper (co-editor)
  • Anthony Crupi
  • Alan Frutkin
  • Will Levith
  • Lucia Moses
  • Tim Nudd (co-editor)
  • Craig Russell
  • Mike Shields

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