Longest running TV commercial (2024)

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The world's longest running TV commercial is the Discount Tire Company's Thank you commercial, produced by Swartwout Productions (Arizona, USA) and first aired in 1975. The same commercial has been aired continuously every year in parts of the USA.

1941: First legal

The WNBT (now WNBC channel four) broadcasted an advert for the watchmaker Bulova, before a baseball game. A watch with a face inside a black & white map of the United States, with the title “Bulova Watch Time,” could be seen in the 10-second commercial.

Commercials. Tootsie Pops are known for the catch phrase "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?". The phrase was first introduced in an animated commercial which debuted on US television in August 1969.

It first aired in 1990 (and remains the longest-running beer ad) That's right. This tradition has been kicking for three decades now. Many of us have literally only known a world where 'O Tannenpalm' airs every December.

The film, promoting Old Spice's Durascent technology, was aired for 14 hours on the Woohoo channel, becoming longest continuous campaign in television history. The record granted the client and the agency into the Guinness Book.

However, the record-holder for the shortest-ever ad is Seattle-based seafood restaurant chain Ivar's, which aired a half-second regional ad in the 2009 Super Bowl. Consumers can watch the ad at all different speeds, and uncover the DoorDash discount code for themselves, at www.HeinzEnjoyedSlow.com.

Bumper Ads

Bumper ads are short and succinct TV spots that last only a few seconds, typically 5 to 10 seconds in duration. They are often used to deliver quick brand messages, reminders, or taglines.

In 1948 Jax Beer created a Commercial called “Whistle up a party”, the first non-racist African American Commercial. This made an impact on how Black People would become viewed in Ads for the future.

What is the most expensive TV commercial of all time? ›

Released in 2004, Chanel No. 5 The Film was a promotional commercial for a new line of perfume from the iconic French luxury fashion house. Directed by none other than the celebrated Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, the advert cost a baffling $33million to put together.

In 1882, London socialite and West End stage actress Lillie Langtry became the poster-girl for Pears Soap, making her the first celebrity to endorse a commercial product.

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Although it ended with the wistful assertion that “the world may never know,” science has finally provided an answer: about 1,000.

The Hershey Company HSY owns many favorite brands, like Reese's, Heath, KitKat, and, of course, the Hershey's chocolate bars. There's Mars Inc., which has Snickers, M&Ms, and Twix in its brand portfolio. Mondelez MDLZ owns Sour Patch Kids, while Tootsie Roll Industries TR has Tootsie Rolls, Blow Pop, and Junior Mints.

The 1996 M&Ms campaign 'Christmas Faint' plays on this idea in a creative and amusing fashion. The red M&M character is shocked to discover that Santa Claus exists, while Santa is equally stunned at the existence of red and green M&Ms. The short ad concludes with each character fainting in surprise.

It debuted in December 1989 and is shown in the United States and Canada each holiday season; as such, it is the longest-running television commercial for the Hershey brand. In 2012, the ad was redone with a new recording of the audio and the graphics being redone entirely in CGI animation.

The first TV ad was aired in July 1941 during a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. The ad was for Bulova watches, and it lasted for just over a minute. This was the first time that people were able to see a commercial on their television sets.

On April 30, 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy advertised on television. The campaign was also the first to be aimed directly at children; before this, commercials were only targeted at adults, including toy advertisem*nts. The commercial revolutionized marketing, and caused an industrial boom.

Merck published the first print DTC ad for a pneumonia vaccine targeting those aged 65 years and older, and Boots Pharmaceuticals aired the first DTC television commercial in 1983 for the prescription ibuprofen Rufen.

What is the oldest ad in the world? ›

The first-ever written ad was found in the ruins of Thebes in Egypt. It was a Papyrus created in 3000 BC by a slaveholder trying to find a runaway slave while also promoting their weaving shop.

1) Singapore (SIN) to New York (JFK)

It operates using the Airbus A350-900ULR (Ultra Long Range) aircraft. It's usually more than 18 hours long, which makes it the longest commercial flight in the world.

He is known in Little Rock, Arkansas as a weatherman for over 26 years and founder of the full service ad agency and production studio, Ron Sherman Advertising (RSA). Sherman currently holds the record for the Most TV commercials produced with a documented 3,503 commercials.