The following commercial began airing on Boomerang a couple of months back, and I assume it's so Cartoon Network Studios, which would inherit any outstanding licenses from Hanna-Barbera on Josie & the Pussycats, can renew the copyrights that go with those licenses. Here, Josie, Melody, & Valerie are doing an ad for "Lovely Lady" pantyhose, which actually doesn't exist. It's more along the lines of Nickelodeon's infamous Twip back in the day.
Yeah, I know, you might've expected someone like Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo to be the one modeling the hose, but maybe the folks at Da Boom figured that was too obvious, and the 'Cats were always drawn bare-legged (we think) in the comics and the old cartoons. I should note that the "Lovely Lady" ad has only aired in late night to my knowledge. Kelzkeli210 uploaded it to YouTube:
I think Boomerang's waiting to see if enough people like the ad before deciding whether or not someone like Daphne would be next.......
2 comments:
Actually, I believe that they hit the nail on the head making a pantyhose commercial with Josie And The Pussycats.
As to whether they were barelegged or wearing pantyhose in the original cartoon, remember that it originally aired on CBS, the same network that allowed Daisy Duke to wear her short shorts ONLY if she wore pantyhose with them.
Besides, the series was made in the early 70s. Back then, all girls wore pantyhose with their short dresses.
Toon babes, such as the Pussycats, or even Betty & Veronica on the Archie cartoons, were often drawn bare-legged, or wearing super-sheer nylons where you can't really tell. Daphne was the exception to the rule with the pink hose.
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