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Some ads were so popular that they ran for years. And like the comics, they constantly changed. Here are some of the more popular "series ads". From the Dubble Bubble Kids to Rocky and Bullwinkle, these series feature recurring characters.
Ball Band #1 -
See Red Walker battle pirates in this popular shoe ad.
Ball Band #2 - This
time Red battles a rival in what looks like an episode of American Gladiator.
Ball Band #3 - Red
saves a kid from drowning. How nice.
Captain
Tootsie Battles Monster Man - Looks more like a caveman to me.
Captain
Tootsie Cheers Orphans - Want to boost your PR? Help orphans!
Captain Tootsie
and the Hand Grenade - This strip shows why hand grenades are not
good gifts for kids.
Captain
Tootsie and the Jewel Robbery - Every hero needs to stop a jewelry
store robbery.
Captain
Tootsie and the Log Jam Rescue - Lumberjacks and dynamite are a both
mix.
Captain
Tootsie Captures Red the Terror - Maybe it is just me, but Red the
Terror sounds like a dog's name.
Captain Tootsie
Saves Sally - Superman gets to save the world and Captain Tootsie
gets to save Sally.
Captain
Tootsie Saves School Party - Another big assignment for Captain
Tootsie.
Captain Tootsie in
Wolf Hunt - I was upset when I found there were no wolves in this
strip. Boo! Hiss!
Carnation Milk #1 -
Why is it that tigers are always getting loose in these ads?
Carnation Milk #2 -
Rocky Lane versus Dog Face Mooney? Why would anyone want to be named Dog
Face?
Carnation Milk #3 -
See the politically incorrect Rocky Lane as he plays cowboy.
Carnation Milk #4 -
This time Rocky goes after gold bandits.
Dubble Bubble Kids #01 -
What is more amazing, the ancient arts of the Indian Rope Trick or Dubble Bubble
Gum?
Dubble Bubble Kids #02 -
The gang watches a circus parade.
Dubble Bubble Kids #03 -
The gum helps score a touchdown!
Dubble Bubble Kids #04 -
The gang becomes explorers.
Dubble Bubble Kids #05 -
Bubble gum and a two headed calf? Only in these cartoons.
Dubble Bubble Kids #06 -
See the consequences of not including the girls.
Dubble Bubble Kids #07 -
Like there are so many Indians in the suburbs. Dumb kids.
Dubble Bubble Kids #08 -
Only these kids could use gum to scare a leopard.
Dubble Bubble Kids #09 -
Keep your pyramids, we have bubble gum!
Dubble Bubble Kids #10 -
Exactly why is this girl named Tommy?
Dubble Bubble Kids #11 -
If you cannot tell a basketball from a bubble, you need an eye exam.
Dubble Bubble Kids #12 -
Gotta love nicknames like Pud and Specs.
Dubble Bubble Kids #13
- There is not enough gum on Earth to get Pud to fly.
Dubble Bubble Kids #14 -
You know a series has gone too long when you rip yourself off. Same
cartoon as #3.
Dubble Bubble Kids #15 -
The gum that improves your ice skating? Give some to Tonya Harding.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #1
- Bullwinkle goes skydiving. I always feared flying moose.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #2
- You would think a moose wouldn't want to cut down the trees in his
forest.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #3
- Bullwinkle and the whale. And it looks like every whale you see in a
cartoon.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #4
- Bullwinkle the basketball player? Sorta reminds me of Bill Walton.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #5
- Bullwinkle the one man band.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #6
- Eating cereal while riding a bike sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Sam Spade #1 - Only
Sam could stop crime with Wildroot Cream and from a helicopter.
Sam Spade #2 - A
typical spooky house and a kidnapped man.
Thom McAn
Captures Fire Bug - Thom and his bazooka shoes stop a firebug.
Thom McAn Foils the
Flood - Where was he when Noah needed him?
Thom McAn
Prevents Cave Disaster - Is there nothing the bazooka shoes cannot
prevent?
Thom McAn Stops
Bus Smash-Up - Many kids and peanut butter sandwiches were saved!
Thom McAn Traps
Mad Elephant - Animals getting loose seems to be consistent in these
series ads.
Thom McAn The
Wrong Way Touchdown - Don't see this in the NFL. Maybe
the USFL, but not the NFL.