Tony the Tiger debut

[barengeist.livejournal.com]

1952 print ad when Tony the Tiger sprung on to the cereal scene with new Frosted Flakes.

Comments

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I always liked the 50s Tony.

[barengeist.livejournal.com]

Same here. He bears quite a resemblance to the old Sambo's ads.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

BIG Kitty! And the cereal itself is not so bad either.

[michaeldoty.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the body of Katy the Kangaroo is buried under a certain parking lot in Battle Creek.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

I still wonder what the ad company was actually doing, in order to come up with this concept. A breakfast cereal which is sweet and flaky. What's the right image for that. WE KNOW, A TIGER. A tiger that eats sugary cereal instead of felled gazelles like other tigers. This is totally sensible and natural thinking.

I seriously would love to know about their process.

[kittymink.livejournal.com]

I think the process was "choose cartoon animal at random"

[hutchlover.livejournal.com]

Very appropriate since the voice of Tony passed away just recently.