Saturday, November 4, 2017

Toonfomercial: Remember Gaines Multi-Meal? (1962)

Here's a long lost commercial for Gaines Multi-Meal, which was a polite way of saying that the product was the canine equivalent of the multi-pack cereals that were popular back in the day.

Chuck Jones directed this ad, with voices performed by Paul Frees.



The Gaines brand isn't around anymore, as it was retired a number of years ago. General Foods, long since absorbed by Kraft, which has since merged with Heinz, was a major sponsor for many years, and many of their brands are still active today, even if they're not part of Kraft-Heinz.

2 comments:

Chris Sobieniak said...

General Foods, long since absorbed by Kraft, which has since merged with Heinz, was a major sponsor for many years, and many of their brands are still active today, even if they're not part of Kraft-Heinz.

Except for Post cereals as it is it's own thing nowadays.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Holdings

Hmmm, didn't know they brought out the company that makes Weetabix, these companies sure do love to get big!

hobbyfan said...

Post is on its own, true, but if you go by the advertising, you'd think all they made was Honey Bunches of Oats and Pebbles these days....