Cincy Guy
09-23-2010, 05:00 PM
In the 1950's & 1960's, it seems situation comedies used the cast members in commercials for the sponors quite often. One of those I remember well had Walter Brennan as "Grandpa" for Sylvania yellow bulbs. Sylvania was the sponsor for the program for several years.
The commercial begins by showing a porch light with various bugs flying around it. It then shows "Grandpa" sitting on a chair on the porch complaining about the insects:
"Moths, June Bugs......next thing you know we'll
have flying saucers (pronounced by Grandpa as
fly'in sah-cees) around here".
He sees an insect land on the table next to him, issues a warning to it and attempts to swat it only to knock over his glass of lemonade. Luke and Kate, who are inside the house, hear the breaking glass and come out to the porch. They find the trouble is with the porch light drawing the bugs and inform Grandpa that he should start using Sylvania yellow bulbs which don't draw the flyiing pests.
This is just an example of a commercial done by cast members, but it's one of my favorites.
The commercial begins by showing a porch light with various bugs flying around it. It then shows "Grandpa" sitting on a chair on the porch complaining about the insects:
"Moths, June Bugs......next thing you know we'll
have flying saucers (pronounced by Grandpa as
fly'in sah-cees) around here".
He sees an insect land on the table next to him, issues a warning to it and attempts to swat it only to knock over his glass of lemonade. Luke and Kate, who are inside the house, hear the breaking glass and come out to the porch. They find the trouble is with the porch light drawing the bugs and inform Grandpa that he should start using Sylvania yellow bulbs which don't draw the flyiing pests.
This is just an example of a commercial done by cast members, but it's one of my favorites.