Advertising Spokesmen Least Likely to be Viewed as Kid-Friendly

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Original ad here (on page 9).
     Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 17, 2015
     Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings | Comics | 1950s





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I remember these.. more candy than cough drop.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/17/15 at 09:35 AM
Why is this not kid-friendly?
Posted by RobK on 12/18/15 at 11:21 AM
Robk: It just seemed to me that two middle-aged Victorian gentlemen with long beards, usually depicted on their product as extremely somber, did not have the same level of kid-appeal as, oh, the Trix Rabbit!
Posted by Paul on 12/18/15 at 05:35 PM
My first thought after reading it was, There was once a young man from Peru... :lol:
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/19/15 at 10:46 AM
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