Spot On

Jell-O's cringe-worthy Chinese-baby spot was a big hit back in 1957

Posted on Fri Oct 2 2009

Mediaweek's Alan Frutkin is back with the latest installment of MediaFreak's Spot On video series, in which he looks back at classic commercials of yore. Here, he revisits a Jell-O campaign that would never air today. Alan's commentary is above; the full Jell-O commercial is below.

Spot On

Pet Milk spot from 1955 shows counter-programmed ads are nothing new

Posted on Thu Aug 13 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 the unusally long, soothing—and perhaps counter-programed—ad from 1955 for Pet Milk. Alan's commentary on the groundbreaking ad is above; the full Pet Milk commercial is below.

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.

Spot On

Alan Frutkin mines the archive of classic commercials for MediaFreak

Posted on Mon Jul 13 2009

In an exclusive new MediaFreak video series called "Spot On," Mediaweek's Alan Frutkin digs through the vaults of classic advertising and talks about what made some old commercials so great—and so memorable, even many years later. In this first installment, Alan looks back at an animated spot from 1954 for Heinz Worcestershire Sauce. Alan's commentary is above; the full commercial is below.


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  • Katy Bachman
  • Marc Berman
  • Michael Burgi
  • James Cooper (co-editor)
  • Anthony Crupi
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  • Will Levith
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  • Craig Russell
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