1929
Before & After
The Holidays
Advertising History
TV Comedies
100

This spinach-aficionado made his first appearance in the comic strip "Thimble Theater" in January 1929.

Popeye

100

The father of Motown. Mr. Hockey.

Berry Gordy/ie Howe

100

This country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.

Germany

100

Nestles once held the trademark for this 5 letter word for coffee that won't keep you up

Decaf

100

On a classic sitcom, Lenny & Squiggy were friends of these 2 BFF's.

Lavern & Shirley

200

Sam Foster began selling this item from his counter in Woolworths on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in 1929.

Sunglasses

200

Bridesmaids & SNL star who guided Santa's sleigh.

Maya Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

200

In Home Alone, what item does Kevin accidentally steal from the store?

A toothbrush
200

This Portland-based firm came up with Nike's famous tagline "Just do it".

Wieden+Kennedy

200

In The Office, what is Andy's nickname for Jim?

Big Tuna

300

On August 11, 1929, this professional baseball player became the first to hit 500 home runs.

Babe Ruth

300

I'll have a vodka & tomato juice drink with a Julie Andrews movie chaser

Bloody Mary Poppins

300

This US state grows the most Christmas trees.

Oregon

300

This brand's slogan was "Let your fingers do the walking."

Yellow Pages

300

This series follows the life of the dysfunctional family led by Frank Gallagher?

Shameless

400

This mood enhancing drug was added to 7-UP in 1929 and remained there until it was removed in 1950.

Lithium

400

American daisy with a dark center that was a leading US Suffragette

Black-Eyed Susan B Anthony

400

Name the first celebrity Adam Sandler mentions in the Hanukkah Song (first performed on SNL in 1994).

David Lee Roth (lights the menorah...)

400

On July 1, 1941, the first television commercial appeared on screens in the US, promoting this product.

Bulova Watch Co. https://youtu.be/lsjc2uDi1OI 

400

This late night comedy show premiered in 1982 with Bill Murray as its first guest?

David Letterman

500

On June 27, 1929, the first color TV demo was performed in NYC by this research facility.

Bell Laboratories

500

Mouselike boy in an E.B. White book/traveling through the heavens as Ursa Minor

Stuart Little Dipper

500

The name Kwanzaa comes from a phrase meaning "first fruits" in this African language.

Swahili

500

Apple's “1984" ad for the original Macintosh computer ran in its full 60-second length spot this many times on TV.

Once. During the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on Jan. 22, 1984.

500

This is the favorite show of the boys on South Park.

Terrance & Phillip