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Buster Brown's association with shoes began with John Bush, a sales executive with the Brown Shoe Company; he persuaded his company to purchase rights to the Buster Brown name, and the brand was introduced to the public at the 1904 World's Fair. Little people were hired by the Brown Shoe Co. to play Buster in tours around the United States ...
Smilin' Ed McConnell and his Buster Brown Gang was one of the first children's TV shows filmed in Hollywood. In the original shows, McConnell started the program by greeting the audience—"Hiya, kids"—after which the audience sang a song for the sponsor, Buster Brown shoes: "I got shoes, you got shoes, everybody's got to have shoes, but there's only one kind of shoe for me—good old Buster ...
Buster Brown and his dog Tige: Buster Brown shoes: 1904–present: live-action spots by Jerry Marin: The California Raisins: California Raisin Advisory Board: debuted 1987: singing, dancing California raisins Car Fox: Carfax: debuted 2008: helps people buy used cars Joe Camel: Camel cigarettes: 1987–1997 The Campbell's Soup kids: Campbell's ...
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Froggy with Smilin' Ed and the cast of Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang, 1947.. Froggy the Gremlin was a character created by Smilin' Ed McConnell and brought to radio in the 1940s and television in 1950s on the Smilin' Ed's Gang show, and later Andy's Gang TV show, hosted by actor Andy Devine after McConnell's death.
A drawing of Smilin' Ed and the cast of Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang, 1947.. Smilin' Ed McConnell (born James McConnell; 1882 – July 23, 1954) was a radio personality, best known as the host of the children's radio and television series, Smilin' Ed's Gang, closely identified with its sponsor, Buster Brown shoes, and also known as The Buster Brown Program. [1]
Many holiday commercials can get heavy with emotion, but others are simply fun. That is the case for Capital One's advertisement that features John Travolta dressed as Santa Claus. Travolta skips ...
It's rare for a popular show to shake up its supporting cast early on in its run. But Arthur stepped up and took that risk by saying goodbye to Arthur's pal, Buster, the Season 2 episode, "Arthur ...