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\nThe Untold Story Of The “John And Marsha” Commercials<\/p>\n
\nThe Untold Story Of The “John And Marsha” Commercials<\/p>\n
In the mid ’50s, this commercial campaign (video) was the equivalent of the 1984 “Where’s The Beef” campaign from Wendy’s. All of us old enough to have seen it still remember this Snowdrift Shortening commercial from our childhood, others may remember it from seeing it used in ‘Mad Men’, but I’ll bet NONE of us knew THIS!<\/p>\n
Play this video and you will be very surprised! Go ahead…do in now.<\/p>\n
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Surprised? Me too! I had no idea the the award winning commercial from 1956 was based on Stan Freberg’s 1951 novelty hit, but it was.<\/p>\n
The February 10, 1951 release, “John and Marsha” was a soap opera parody that consisted of the title characters (both played by Freberg) doing nothing but repeating each other’s names with intonations to match the moods. It never was a big hit, but did get a lot radio airplay and obviously left a lasting impression.<\/p>\n
Producer\/Director John Hubley and Animator\/Artist Art Babbitt were given the New York Art Directors Award for Best Animated Short for the spot in June of 1956. I still remember all of the words…you too? Enjoy and share! – Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n
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