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Izod: "Adventure"
I suppose my penchant for thrift store t-shirts with odd logos puts me out of the Izod target market. Maybe that's why I got all the way through this commercial having no idea what it was advertising. I actually thought it was going to be a Nike ad, what with the golfer, and the Tiger-esque red.
It was a pretty slick ad with some gorgeous photography, but suffers from only working for people already familiar with the brand. Some kind of a tag line at the end. "Izod, sportswear for men" or some such, would have gone a long way. You can't expect everyone watching to go google your company to find out what it is you do.
Crusader Rabbit, the first TV cartoon - VIDEO
Many consider Jay Ward's Crusader Rabbit to be the first cartoon produced for television. It was originally presented to Paul Terry of Terrytoons (Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Deputy Dawg). Terry rejected, and the cartoon was then produced by Jay Ward, who would later make a name for himself in animation history as the man behind such great cartoons as Rocky and Bullwinkle and George of the Jungle.
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