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Bud Brewster · Last edited by Bud Brewster on Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:59 am; edited 1 time in total

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Coming Soon!

Here's a collection of commercials from the sponsors of the shows we loved in the 1950s! The list below are the ones I've thought of so far.

I hope you guys will come up with more beloved products I can find YouTube videos for. Very Happy

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Ovaltine (on Captain Midnight)

Kix Corn Cereal (also on Captain Midnight)

Wheat Chex, Rice Chex, and Corn Chex (on Space Patrol)

Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops (on Wild Bill Hickock)

Bosco Chocolate Milk

Nestle's Quick

Armor Hot Dogs
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I don't know about you guys, but this jingle brings back happy memories for me! Very Happy

_____ Bosco Chocolate Syrup Commercial (1950s)

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Powerslave214 · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:00 pm Post subject:

This is not SF related at all, but here's an earworm from my toddler days:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47atfA58kc

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:39 am Post subject:

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This Ovaltine commercial is completely consistent with the inspirational attitude the Captain Midnight series itself is famous for!

Captain Midnight tells his young audience that someday they'll be doing important jobs, and all the scenes depicting these jobs show kids — not adults — doing them!

Just like the series itself, the kids watching the show are made to feel important and confident because they're treated like adults. I love it! Cool

______________ 1955 OVALTINE COMMERCIAL

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The commercial below promotes both the chocolate drink and the free membership in the Secret Squadron.

Membership includes both a card and the decoder badge, allowing the kids to feel like they're truly part of Captain Midnight's worldwide support team, like the kids we see in the episodes who have the "pocket communicators", on which they can get messages from SQ-1 — Captain Midnight himself.

____ Captain Midnight Secret Squadron ommercial

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 3:54 pm Post subject:

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I hope I'm not the only one who has fond memories of these commercials! They promoted the series, they inspired the kids to help Captain Midnight, and they allowed their young audience to believe they were involved with their hero.

No other series succeeded in doing this.

And the star of the show frequently addressed the audience and told them how to be a part of his mission against "evil men everywhere!"

This series is amazing! Cool

_ KIX CEREAL COMMERCIAL 1956 CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT

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_____________ KIX CEREAL 1955 COMMERCIAL

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:55 am Post subject:

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During the late 1980s when my two children (ages 6 and 9) were watching Captain Midnight episodes on VHS tape from Blockbuster Video, we drank lots of Ovaltine and had Kix Corn Cereal for breakfast several times a week!

We were loyal Secret Squadron Members! Cool

_ Ovaltine's Captain Midnight Secret Squadron Decoder

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______ OVALTINE COMMERCIAL - CRAZYLEGS HIRSCH

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 4:00 pm Post subject:

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The commercials below are prime examples of why I fell in love the Captain Midnight series, because they not only promoted the product which sponsored the show, Captain Midnight also encouraged all us loyal kids to get our free badges so we could decode the clues he gave us about our "next exciting mission".

_ Captain Midnight with Ovaltine Promotion (1955)

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__________________ Captain Midnight promo

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 9:54 am Post subject:

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The decoder badges (free with a proof-of-purchase mail in label) were a wonderful aspect of the this series. However, They didn't do as much with them as they could.

In addition to the code at the end of each episode which the badge allowed the kids to decode to learn about "next week's mission", some of the stories could have included a scene in which Captain Midnight sent a specific young Secret Squadron member a message in code had him or her decode it so they would assist Captain Midnight in his mission.

Even though the series couldn't sell "pocket communicators" to the kids so that could get messages from their hero, the decoder badges would make the kids in audience feel like they were "specially equipped", just like kids in the show.

Ah, well. Just a thought.

________ CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT DECORDER BADGE

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 1:29 pm Post subject:

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Space Patrol also had great commercials performed by the cast of the show, like the ones below.

SPACE PATROL kellogs PEP WHOLE WHEAT CEREAL

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SPACE PATROL RICE CHEX & WHEAT CHEX CEREAL

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 8:31 am Post subject:

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I remember watching Wild Bill Hickok in the 1950s, along with Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy. Back in those days, cowboys were cool! Very Happy

KELLOGG'S SUGAR CORN POPS COMMERCIAL 1950

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____ KELLOGG'S SUGAR CORN POPS COMMERCIAL

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)