Beloved Buffalo Bob Smith delivering a commercial pitch for Hostess
Twinkies on an episode of HOWDY DOODY.

1956

Ajax cleaning products were introduced by Colgate-Palmolive in 1947.  It was one of the company’s first major brands. The name is derived from a character
of Greek mythology.

Actor Richard H. Cutting (1912-1972) derived fame
as “Manners the Butler” in the Kleenex Napkins
Commercials, created in 1957 by a Chicago ad
agency for the kimberly-Clark Corporation. The
use of trick photography made Cutting appear
to be only inches in height.

Consumer advocate and former film and TV actress Betty Furness displaying
a Westinghouse refrigerator during a commercial break in 1956

In 1948 Betty Furness was performing in the CBS television series Studio One which
was broadcast live. She was asked to fill in for a actor to promote Westinghouse products during commercial breaks and impressed the company so much with
her ease and professional delivery that she was offered a contract to promote
their products and subsequently became closely associated with them.

Elizabeth “Betty” Mary Furness

Furness preparing for a Westinghouse commercial in 1952

Doris Roberts Green has received five Emmy Awards during
her acting career, which began in 1952. She is best-known for
her role as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS
television from 1996 to 2005.