Classic Television Commercials (Part V) (1948)

★★★★★ · Arthur Godfrey · ksj · 2003-08-29

That "guy" is none other then Arthur Godfrey. Arthur Godfrey was one of the founding farther's of entertainment television. This film offers a wonderful glimpse of a true pioneer.

★★★★★ · Watch out for... · Tenor madman · 2008-03-22

I think there are two really cool commercials here. The first one being the Bud commercial. What's so cool about it? The music. The music is really well produced. You hear these fantastic flute solos (played really in tune and with a killer tone), the cool swinging jazz rhythm section, and the gorgeous 4 part jazz vocal group. Somebody get me a Bud! The second commercial that stands out to me is the one for Gallo wine. Again, the music is outstanding. You have a slammin' piano trio with a fantastic trumpet player. As we'd say in the music world, 'it's just burnin'! Something funny I noticed…

★★★★ · Enjoyable collection of tv ads · ERD · 2006-05-10

Enjoyable to watch these vintage tv adds. Perhaps people too young to remember Arthur Godfrey found him talkative and slow paced, but I think he did a great job for that era. That portion brings back a lot of nice memories.

★★★★ · Love Those Vintage TV Commercials! · Deb-The Pop Culture Fan · 2007-06-29

What a wonderful site you have! I could sit at the computer all day and night--watching commercials! I have enjoyed this very much. . thanks again. . .

★★★★ · A stage comedian? · 2old2tell · 2007-10-08

That 'stage comedian' referred to in the description of #35 (Lipton soup) is Arthur Godfrey, a TV and radio host of way back then. He was booted off his radio talk show and banned from the air waves for life after having said the wrong thing. HHmmm... sounds familiar. Nearly 50 years ago but I'm sure Imus must have heard about it. It's great to see these ads again after so many years. I think someone should document as many of the spokes-people as possible before we all turn to dust.

★★★★ · Commercials · The_Emperor_Of_Television · 2012-03-29

Being a classic TV fan, I appreciate Arthur Godfrey's historical importance, though otherwise I'm not a fan. The two beer commercials are first-rate and instantly memorable, more so considering the relative rarity of beer ads back then compared to Toothpaste, coffee, cars, and cigarettes. Skippy commercials back then always made a big deal of how it tasted like peanuts...