tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post5222630826600730416..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Today's Vintage Admybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-5239755319460761842015-09-13T08:27:55.354-05:002015-09-13T08:27:55.354-05:00Very interesting. I had no idea about this.Very interesting. I had no idea about this.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-62069076942737725232015-09-13T08:02:18.812-05:002015-09-13T08:02:18.812-05:00OK, I'll leave this alone, after this, which e...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."Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-16470199711155717032015-09-13T07:50:01.328-05:002015-09-13T07:50:01.328-05:00C&C has Dr. Charlie.C&C has Dr. Charlie.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-31079814165355999972015-09-13T07:46:32.664-05:002015-09-13T07:46:32.664-05:00C&C was owned by RC at one point, apparently. ...C&C was owned by RC at one point, apparently. Brands are hearty, corporations not so much.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-34889576060808393042015-09-13T07:43:53.868-05:002015-09-13T07:43:53.868-05:00Oh..of course, Ardis Ankerson. (That amounts ton a...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 Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-42393553196138077272015-09-13T07:18:43.733-05:002015-09-13T07:18:43.733-05:00I don't think C&C made it into this area. ...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.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-72594979205739124702015-09-13T05:35:54.326-05:002015-09-13T05:35:54.326-05:00C&C Cola was the fourth most visible in New Ha...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/<br /><br />Of course, RC these days is a Dr. Pepper product. And therefore elevated, no?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-14902355099391443812015-09-13T05:19:09.571-05:002015-09-13T05:19:09.571-05:00Brenda Marshall? I wonder if RC is still the third...Brenda Marshall? I wonder if RC is still the third-best-selling. Probably.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com