Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings
Fran the Formfit Gal
The premise of corporate mascot Fran is that she traveled the world, wowing people everywhere with her Formfit underwear.
Photoplay - Oct 1955
Look - Sep 20, 1955
Photoplay - Dec 1955
Coronet - May 1955
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 24, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Underwear, 1950s
Mr Civil Defense
Read the full 16-page comic here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 15, 2024 -
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Category: PSA’s, War, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1950s
Mr. Coffee Nerves
On a mission to wreck marriages and destroy romance by promoting the consumption of coffee.Personally, I need my morning coffee before I'm at all sociable.
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Spokesman Review - Jan 16, 1949
Boston Globe - Sep 11, 1949
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 02, 2024 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Coffee and other Legal Stimulants, 1940s
Miss Fluffy Rice
She was an animated corporate mascot, but her name also alluded to all the "miss" titles popular at the time. Thankfully the ad men didn't put her in a bikini. Though she is topless, which is a bit risqué.
Ladies' Home Journal - Feb 1962
Oakdale Journal - Sep 10, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 04, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1960s
Hubert the Goober
In the early 1950s, McColl's Fine Foods adopted 'Hubert the Goober' as the mascot for its peanut butter. But by the late 1950s, it had dropped him.Thanks to Hubert, I just learned that a 'goober' originally meant a peanut before it came to mean a foolish person. Apparently it's a Southern term. Maybe that's the reason Hubert didn't last long as a corporate mascot. McColl's was a Canadian company, and how many people in Canada would have known that a goober was a peanut?
More info: A Legume With Many Names: The Story Of 'Goober'; Historical Information Service
Vancouver Sun - Apr 21, 1951
image source: eBay Canada
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 01, 2024 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1950s
Rancher Glen, the Christmas Seal Cowboy
I'm a little late with this seasonal entry, but I still hope all WU-vies can follow Rancher Glen's advice for a healthy 2024.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 07, 2024 -
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Category: Health, PSA’s, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Children, Wild West and US Frontier, Twentieth Century
Phil A. O’Fish
In the 1970s, McDonalds introduced many of its well-known corporate mascots such as the Hamburgerlar, Mayor McCheese, and Ronald McDonald. It also debuted Phil A. O'Fish who, for some reason, disappeared less than a year after being introduced.I wonder what Phil did wrong to get dropped so quickly.
More info: Smithsonian Magazine
Washington Court House Record-Herald - Mar 18, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 05, 2023 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1970s
Meet Mr. Frib
Mr. Frib, the friendly corporate mascot for asbestos insulation.
Personnel Management and Methods - Mar 1958
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 13, 2023 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1950s
Krylon Man
I wonder if Krylon Man is supposed to be sentient. He has a nozzle instead of a head, but he's guided by some kind of instinct to press his nozzle and release his contents.I also wonder if they tried putting a head on him but decided that he looked better with just a nozzle.
You can buy a screen print of Krylon Man for $25 and hang him on your wall.
Life - Sep 23, 1975
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 30, 2022 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1950s
Bad Frog Beer
Can you guess why Bad Frog Beer was banned in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina? The answer is below in extended.
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 15, 2021 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1990s, Alcohol
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