Cynthia Meyers
@cynthiameyers.bsky.social
Media & advertising historian, #brandedcontent past & present; author of "A Word from Our Sponsor: Admen, Advertising, and the Golden Age of Radio," working on "Sell-e-vision: Madison Avenue & 1950s-60s TV"
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"Irradiated Carnation Milk from Contented Cows" (1942)
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Irradiated Carnation Milk from Contented Cows" (1942)
New podcast interview just dropped: I talk about 1980s TV comemrcials, including "Where's the Beef?" Apple's 1984 ad, and Michael Jackson changing his lyrics for Pepsi
open.spotify.com/episode/6A3r...
open.spotify.com/episode/6A3r...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New podcast interview just dropped: I talk about 1980s TV comemrcials, including "Where's the Beef?" Apple's 1984 ad, and Michael Jackson changing his lyrics for Pepsi
open.spotify.com/episode/6A3r...
open.spotify.com/episode/6A3r...
"The automobile has grown from a rich man's luxury and a mechanic's toy to the finest and most dependable personal transportation ever known to mankind." (1941)
September 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The automobile has grown from a rich man's luxury and a mechanic's toy to the finest and most dependable personal transportation ever known to mankind." (1941)
"See these latest furniture groups, in captivating color harmony, just as they will look in your home. All the many styles, which include modern and authentic period designs, can be used together -in same room if you wish." (1941)
August 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"See these latest furniture groups, in captivating color harmony, just as they will look in your home. All the many styles, which include modern and authentic period designs, can be used together -in same room if you wish." (1941)
"Here's a truly gentle, truly feminine soap that leaves you alluringly scented... and daily use stops all body odor! Try it and see..." (1943)
August 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Here's a truly gentle, truly feminine soap that leaves you alluringly scented... and daily use stops all body odor! Try it and see..." (1943)
"And because it is our aim to make your postwar home-no matter how modest a home it may be— a marvel of comfort and convenience through the use of electricity." (1944)
August 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"And because it is our aim to make your postwar home-no matter how modest a home it may be— a marvel of comfort and convenience through the use of electricity." (1944)
"Stockings of glamour" (1941)
August 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Stockings of glamour" (1941)
"She INSISTS on playing all love scenes with him — since he started using MENNEN SKIN BRACER!" (1941)
August 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"She INSISTS on playing all love scenes with him — since he started using MENNEN SKIN BRACER!" (1941)
"It's designed for action, shaped to the body in the knitting." (1944)
August 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"It's designed for action, shaped to the body in the knitting." (1944)
"All the world likes the man with the clean chin." (1944)
August 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"All the world likes the man with the clean chin." (1944)
"Next to wives, sweethearts and letters from home, among things our soldiers mention most is Coca-Cola." (1943)
August 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"Next to wives, sweethearts and letters from home, among things our soldiers mention most is Coca-Cola." (1943)
"HOLLYWOOD Maxwell BRASSIERES Used Exclusively in Paramount Pictures" (1941)
August 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
"HOLLYWOOD Maxwell BRASSIERES Used Exclusively in Paramount Pictures" (1941)
"Then let this gift of gifts be one of true beautility--lovely to look at, and rich in promise of pleasant service through the years--perhaps one of these sets by Toastmaster." (1941)
August 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Then let this gift of gifts be one of true beautility--lovely to look at, and rich in promise of pleasant service through the years--perhaps one of these sets by Toastmaster." (1941)
Reposted by Cynthia Meyers
I didn't intend this post to be so ironically timely, but it's about the power couple that stamped audio (and arguably TV) writing with advertising's "reason why" ethos, and anonymity too. continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/long-befor...
Long Before 'Serial,' a Serial Machine
The ad couple who invented the format everyone loved to hate: the soap opera.
continuous-wave.beehiiv.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I didn't intend this post to be so ironically timely, but it's about the power couple that stamped audio (and arguably TV) writing with advertising's "reason why" ethos, and anonymity too. continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/long-befor...
"THE minute Grandma Snider smells spring in the air, she starts hustlin' and bustlin' us Snider Folks out into the garden to start plantin'." (1944)
June 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"THE minute Grandma Snider smells spring in the air, she starts hustlin' and bustlin' us Snider Folks out into the garden to start plantin'." (1944)
"Special Coaches for women traveling alone or accompanied by children." (1941 Union Pacific railroad ad)
May 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Special Coaches for women traveling alone or accompanied by children." (1941 Union Pacific railroad ad)
"They come back strong--when you eat your milk, too!" (1944)
May 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"They come back strong--when you eat your milk, too!" (1944)
"New kind of radio! GE self-charging portable!" (1941)
May 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"New kind of radio! GE self-charging portable!" (1941)
"Far richer than ever before, Chase & Sanborn's new tangy, pace-making, in love-with-life flavor warms you up physically, tunes you up mentally, clears away the cobwebs, disperses the glooms, sends you out of the house SMILING." (1941)
May 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"Far richer than ever before, Chase & Sanborn's new tangy, pace-making, in love-with-life flavor warms you up physically, tunes you up mentally, clears away the cobwebs, disperses the glooms, sends you out of the house SMILING." (1941)
"Fur-frivolous, but panty-practical." (1942)
May 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Fur-frivolous, but panty-practical." (1942)
"Because you like nice things" (1942)
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Because you like nice things" (1942)
"It's worth money to know: PERSPIRATION IS ACID ..IT ROTS STOCKINGS!" (1942)
May 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"It's worth money to know: PERSPIRATION IS ACID ..IT ROTS STOCKINGS!" (1942)