Animated Titles for Live-Action TV Shows
What a fun thing it was. Once upon a time it was pretty common for live-action TV shows to have animated openings. Some of them were more like filmed still…
Category Archives: CLASSIC ANIMATED ADVERTISING
A Few Bugs in the System
Summer’s here, and that usually means insects. As much as folks hate ’em in real life, insects in cartoons can sometimes become beloved characters. Advertisers even use them as mascots,…
Those 70’s Spots
What can you say about the 70’s that hasn’t already been said? Inflation was up and employment was down. Cheezy bad taste was considered to be tops in entertainment. The…
More Spots Animated by Bill Littlejohn
Today we take another look at the work of the very wonderful Mister Bill Littlejohn. Always humorous, always expressive, the easy-going look of his animation often masked his enormous technical…
Pilsner Pranks: More Spots with Beer
We feature a lot of commercials about beer in our classic animated advertising posts. Why is that? It’s because in the golden age of television commercials there were a Hell…
More Public Service Announcements
We’re back with another assortment of spots that may actually help to improve life in your town, maybe even the world. (I’m sorry, but we are legally obliged to devote…
Seein’ Psychedelic Spots
The Beatles animated movie Yellow Submarine may not have been the first animation to employ “Pop-Art” in it’s design, but it was an early and successful example. Despite it’s profitability…
The Wind-up… The Pitch…
Remember when every normal, red-blooded American kid wanted to play baseball, and only the real weirdo’s wanted to draw pictures? Major league players like Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were…
Detroit Iron / Hollywood Hoopla
Longer. Lower. Wider. That was the mantra of the American automotive industry in the latter half of the 1950’s. Of course, for most of us human-being people, only the wider…
Red Riding Hucksters
Ever since the writers in the cartoon business discovered deadlines, fairy tales have been a surefire way to fill up screen time. That goes for commercials too. One of the…
