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There's probably a list somewhere. Aunt Jemima? Uncle Ben? Colonel Sanders? Betty Crocker? The Quaker oats guy?
by interestica 5y ago
There's probably a list somewhere. Aunt Jemima? Uncle Ben? Colonel Sanders? Betty Crocker? The Quaker oats guy?
- Jtsummers 5y agoA couple lists from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Female_characters_in_advertising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Female_characters_in_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Male_characters_in_advertising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Male_characters_in_ad... Unfortunately they mix the obviously fictional in with the less obviously fictional (like cartoon characters with more plausible characters).
- ZeroGravitas 5y agoWendy Thomas is real though.
- Jtsummers 5y agoI didn't make the list, just found it. Fortunately, it's Wikipedia so you can edit it if you want.
- asperous 5y agoIt says female/male characters in advertising; not necessarily fictional.
- lupire 5y agoThe name is real (and maybe the portrait is close enough) but the character in commercials isn't.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoHe was in the commercials.
- TigeriusKirk 5y agoThe one I was most surprised to learn was a real person was Chef Boyardee.
- slavik81 5y agoFrom Wikipedia: > After leaving his position as head chef at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, Boiardi opened a restaurant called Il Giardino d'Italia in 1924 at East 9th Street and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The idea for Chef Boyardee came about when restaurant customers began asking Boiardi for his spaghetti sauce, which he began to distribute in milk bottles. Four years later, in 1928, Boiardi opened a factory and moved production to Milton, Pennsylvania, where he could grow his own tomatoes and mushrooms. He decided to name his product "Boy-Ar-Dee" to help Americans pronounce his name correctly. The first product to be sold was a "ready-to-heat spaghetti kit" in 1928. The kit included uncooked pasta, tomato sauce, and a container of pre-grated cheese. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_Boyardee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_Boyardee
- saalweachter 5y agoThere was an Oscar, as in, winning an.
- madcaptenor 5y agoAnd there was a Tony, but there wasn't an Emmy or a Grammy.
- deutschew 5y agodamn i thought those were the founders
- lmkg 5y agoColonel Sanders was the real founder, although not a real Colonel.
- selimthegrim 5y agoOh boy wait until you hear about the Cream of Wheat guy
- namdnay 5y agoMr Kipling
- sbuttgereit 5y agoColonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders
- dehrmann 5y agoDave Thomas of Wendy's was also a Kentucky Colonel.
- rob74 5y agoPeter Norton?
- userbinator 5y agoHe's real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norton
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- seanmcdirmid 5y agoAnd then there is John McAfee who passed recently in a Spanish jail cell.
- fuzzer37 5y agoWas assassinated.
- IncRnd 5y agoI learned to roll up my sleeves from seeing Peter Norton's photos.