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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 and the Bumbershoot - A
classic ad done by CC Beck of Captain Marvel fame.
Captain Tootsie and the Giant Cannon -
These were better than some comics.
Captain Tootsie and the Runaway Horse - Can
Captain Tootsie stop the runaway horse? What do you think.
Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon -
Another great tootsie roll ad from CC Beck.
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 in Emergency Landing - Yes, he can even avert plane crashes.
What a dude!
Captain
Tootsie in the North Woods - It is a law that if a series goes long
enough, they have to have a story with a bear or a lion. I think it is
called the Wizard of Oz rule.
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 in Radar Rescue - It even
has an offer to get a free ballpoint pen! Wowsers!
Captain
Tootsie Captures Red the Terror - Maybe it is just me, but Red the
Terror sounds like a dog's name.
Captain Tootsie and the Return of Dr. Nasty
- You know you are bad when your name is Dr. Nasty. I am guessing he
couldn't make it as a gynecologist, so he went into a life of crime.
Captain
Tootsie Saves the Sailplane - Not the best scan, but it gets me
closer to having all the Captain Tootsie.
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 Traps Killer Bear - And he
does it with invisible light! What a man!
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.
Dubble Bubble Kids #16
- You know a gum is good if it is more interesting than being
double jointed.
Dubble Bubble Kids #17
- Even the Dubble Bubble kids love a good hoe down.
Dubble Bubble Kids #18
- Watching a game through a knot hole, those days are long gone.
Dubble Bubble Kids #19
- Can you blow a bubble underwater?
Dubble Bubble Kids #20
- Paying a ransom with Dubble Bubble, what can't this gum buy?
Dubble Bubble Kids #21
- Pud is a moron. He should ask for the gum as well as the
wrapper.
Dubble Bubble Kids #22
- Some would consider this animal cruelty.
Dubble Bubble Kids #23
- You know they had to have a spooky house strip.
Dungeons & Dragons #1
- The first of four ads that tell a story of a group of adventurers.
Dungeons & Dragons #2
- The second of four ads that tell a story of a group of adventurers.
Dungeons & Dragons #3
- The third of four ads that tell a story of a group of adventurers.
Dungeons & Dragons #4
- The fourth of four ads that tell a story of a group of adventurers.
Lucky Charms #1 -
Yeah, the leprechaun that always gets caught in comic form.
Lucky Charms #2 -
Hide in a well, no wonder you keep getting caught.
Lucky Charms #3 -
Who is chasing him? The Lost Boys from Peter Pan?
PF Canvas Shoes #1
- Watch how the shoes help win a baseball game. Sorta like steroids for
your feet.
PF Canvas Shoes #2
- More baseball action with the super shoe.
PF Canvas Shoes #3
- This time they are stopping a dam from busting.
PF Canvas Shoes #4
- Wear these shoes and you too can be a hero.
PF Canvas Shoes #5
- Now they are stopping spies. This is getting a little ridiculous.
PF Canvas Shoes #6
- What? Can these shoes travel through time?
PF Canvas Shoes #7
- Another western story. I thought cowboys wore boots.
PF Canvas Shoes #8
- Trouble at Ghost Town? These shoes are too dangerous for me.
Rice Krispies #1
- Yeah, Snap, Krackle and Pop go into the series bit.
Rice Krispies #2
- The cereal that can help stop a train.
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.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #7
- Gotta love those Cheerio muscles. Sorta like Popeye and his spinach.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #8
- A moose on skis cannot be a good thing.
Rocky & Bullwinkle #9
- I always envisioned Bullwinkle as a clown in a circus.
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.
Sam Spade #3 -
Because you cannot do a series without a train in one episode.
Sam Spade #4 - When
I read the title, the Web-Footed burglar, I was expecting Donald Duck.
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.
US Royal
Outwits the Kidnappers - Beware the of the dude with the jet powered
bike.
US Royal Racing to
the Rescue - The bike beats cars in a race. Dude!
US Royal Saves the
Crops - He can do morse code with his bike exhaust. Right.
US Royal Trapping a
Bandit - Imagine going to prison and telling them you were caught by
a dude on a bike.