What I'm Watching: Refreshment Through the Years (1939)

1938 Coke ad

A short Technicolor history of carbonated waters and the Coca-Cola Company, produced for showing in the Coca-Cola pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair.  Do you remember when bottle caps were lined with cork?

 

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Pool Boy

New ad from Coca-Cola:

America Is Beautiful

Yesterday, Coca-Cola aired this ad for the Super Bowl (what is that, anyway - some kind of game show?). Pretty cool ad, it features a gay couple and their kids, among many other representatives of our great American salad bowl.



Coke also made a short behind-the-scenes film about the ad:



I say, three cheers for Coke! I never thought I would live to see a soft-drink company, especially this one headquartered in Atlanta, come out for gay rights. Wow.

Unexpected Blessing

I don't dare say a blessed thing about this one, I'll leave the comments to you guys.




Honk to my truckbuddy Jack at Doorman-Priest, who found this first.