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Don’t Buy Cookies from an Aardvark, part 2
My last post shared a cute little booklet, “Don’t Buy Cookies from an Aardvark.” I didn’t know any backstory about the booklet until reader Arielle Masters contacted me. She said there had been a TV commercial with this theme, but that she couldn’t find a clip online. There’s a challenge I can’t resist! After some searching,…
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My last post shared a cute little booklet, “Don’t Buy Cookies from an Aardvark.”
I didn’t know any backstory about the booklet until reader Arielle Masters contacted me. She said there had been a TV commercial with this theme, but that she couldn’t find a clip online.
There’s a challenge I can’t resist!
After some searching, I found that Arielle was correct. Here’s the full commercial from 1976:
In fact, this is one commercial in a series that has animals pushing sub-standard cookies, including a rooster,
an alligator:
and a panda.
There are many vintage cookie commercials online, why not share them with your troop?
Thanks, Arielle!
©2017 Ann Robertson
5 responses to “Don’t Buy Cookies from an Aardvark, part 2”
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Hi Ann,
Thanks for posting these. Do you know when they were originally made?
Ann in California
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I believe in 1976.
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Thank you for tracking these down, Ann! So cute 🙂
Here’s the tiger/camel one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRlvby5W3Ks
This isn’t one with animals, but I like the way it starts (“What’s cooking? Democracy, self-reliance, good citizenship.”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbHGjgQFcpg
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Do you happen to know who the narrator of the animal ads was? His voice sounds very familiar.
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Nope, sorry. I found a small notice about the ads in the Nov/Dec 1975 Leader magazine, but no name.
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