Commercial Break: President Of The Future – 1957-Style

By Andy Dawson

As the United States prepares for the beginning of a new era with a brand new President, here’s one of the former tenants of the White House presenting an ad in 1957.

In it, General Electric try to persuade millions of humble Americans that newfangled appliances are the way forward with their deeply-annoying ‘Live Better Electrically’ campaign and jingle.

If you can survive almost three minutes of the song, you’ll probably find that the final ad (@ 2m 56s) does jar slightly with the mood of Obamamania that is sweeping the States though…

Tags: barack obama, electrical goods, general electric, president, ronald reagan
Posted in Commercial Break January 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments

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3 Responses to “Commercial Break: President Of The Future – 1957-Style”

Posted by Juan Kerr | January 20th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

I agree, these electronic typwriter thingies will never take on, televisuals! pah, yah right.
Posted by Daniel Bertman | January 21st, 2009 at 3:00 am

Do people take lessons in ’speaking with a 1950s voice’?
Posted by Adam2050 | January 21st, 2009 at 10:54 am

Man, I didn’t learn anything, all I know is a want to be dependant on electricity.