Saturday, September 12, 2015

Today's Vintage Ad


8 comments:

Todd Mason said...

Brenda Marshall? I wonder if RC is still the third-best-selling. Probably.

Todd Mason said...

C&C Cola was the fourth most visible in New Hampshire when I was picking up such in the late '70s. They're still at it. http://cccola.com/products/novelty-flavors/

Of course, RC these days is a Dr. Pepper product. And therefore elevated, no?

Unknown said...

I don't think C&C made it into this area. RC is still around but not easy to find. Even as a DP product it has low visibility.

Todd Mason said...

Oh..of course, Ardis Ankerson. (That amounts ton an in-joke. She hated the imposed stage-name.) The C&C vs. Pepsi tv ad (archived on the site) was almost clever, and rings a faint 1979 bell.

Todd Mason said...

C&C was owned by RC at one point, apparently. Brands are hearty, corporations not so much.

Todd Mason said...

C&C has Dr. Charlie.

Todd Mason said...

OK, I'll leave this alone, after this, which explains a thing or two: "In America the company saw a chance to challenge soft-drink giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola with its own C&C Cola. An elaborate marketing scheme was launched in 1955, in connection with the television revival of 740 motion pictures produced by RKO Radio Pictures. C&C Television Corporation reprinted the entire RKO library for nationwide syndication in the United States. All of the features now began with a "C&C Movietime" title card, and TV stations showing the films would interrupt the telecasts for commercial mentions of C&C Cola. Although the broadcast rights to the RKO library now belong to Turner Entertainment, licenses to the C&C prints were granted in perpetuity, and stations that bought 16mm prints of the C&C films in the 1950s continue to show them today."

Unknown said...

Very interesting. I had no idea about this.