Bugs Bunny for Kool-Aid, "Doin' the Kool"

[@dynagravitomagnetic]

Seeing this in the late sixties on its original broadcast was kind of nice, seeing it again almost fifty years later is remarkable. So much of the materiel from that era was done on celluloid with a very limited shelf life. Much of what was broadcast then is lost. The children are very well choreographed and placed through training to look this good. This was my generation.

[@1985OldSkool]

I remember watching this commercial a lot on TV during the fall and winter season of 1966 and '67, especially during the week of Super Bowl I.

[@GuitarPlaya2000]

Wow, I had no idea that Bugs could groove like that - you go Bugs!!

[@bobmalack481]

The girl at the table near end of video in blonde pigtails drinking koolaid, and looking at the camera is Cindy Ennen. We were in 6th grade in 1966 at Jane Adams elementary school in Long Beach Ca. when a talent scout stopped by and selected her for this commercial. Wonder what happened to her, that was long ago, and we are both now at about 67. Yes, the commercial was forward thinking at the time and was including younger kids into the mid/late sixties go-go music scene in a family friendly way in a soft drink commercial, as bazarre as this looks today. The girl on the elevated platform dancing really has the go-go style dancing nailed down quite well, nice foot work.

[@fromthesidelines]

This was produced in 1966, and seen during Saturday morning repeats of "THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW" on ABC; General Foods [Kool-Aid] was the original sponsor of the prime-time series (1960-'62), and they continued to sustain the Saturday repeats, with Bugs appearing in commercials for their various products {during the night-time run, he [and most of his "gang"] pitched Post cereals and Tang- by the mid-'60s, it was Kool-Aid}.

[@arthurcabral9561]

Thank you for posting fond memory. Even though television was a booming crucible of art at the time, this ad was sort of unique.

[@marter2006]

One of the best commercials I've ever seen

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

Doing the Kool-Aid Kool!!! It really & truly rules!!! I think.

[@citizenterryk]

hey.....anything that Bugs plugs is Kool!!!......

[@061342]

I remember my first go go rave with bugs. It was off the hook!

[@antmichael2493]

You see this is has been inspired by the Animaniacs episode, "Back in Style," where the Looney Tunes characters have been out of jobs when Warner Bros. had to close down their animation company forever meaning that the only gig they had left was to appear in a powered drink commercial, and Mr. Plotz had to use Yakko, Wakko and Dot for loanout deals into limited television animation studios until he had enough money to keep the studio afloat.

[@OpinionsAnimationStudios]

Bloody Heck -- I *remember* this advert from way back when...Mebbe cause'a th' catchy jingle with th' American bandstand/Shindig/Hullabaloo-style riffs, yes? And, yes, Tex Avery *did* direct bugs in these telly ads in the 60's...a kinda "reunion" of sorts..after Leon Sclesinger had shown Avery the door some time prior.. Thanx fer this'n, m8..

[@hebneh]

This commercial WAS originally done in color; I have a copy on VHS tape in color. This was inspired mainly by the music show "Hullabaloo". That show usually ended with a live music segment in a set that looked like this, with a blinking-light sign reading "Hullabaloo A Go-Go" flanked by two go-go cages. I believe, however, that this commercial came out a year or two after "Hullabaloo" had already gone off the air.

[@TheNightSpy]

I remember visiting the kool-aid museum in hastings ne and watching this ad as well as the kool-aid kids. Good times

[@YoshiAngemon]

You know, this is referenced in the Animaniacs episode, "Back in Style," when Warner Bros. had to shut down the animation department, and Thaddeus Plotz had to use Yakko, Wakko and Dot for loanout deals.

[@VeganPopTarts]

A lot of these comments are really informative. I've been trying hard to research these commercials, so thank you to everyone who has given historical details here.

[@WillCWilson]

That playlist is gone now, if you were wondering. Too many of the videos got taken down. I might make another one in the future someday

[@davidginyard502]

The 2000s and 2010s Stink and the Classic Era Is the Greatest

[@Negamare1]

2010 definitely but the 80s, 90s and 2000s were great imo.

[@bobmalack481]

Both wrong...80's, 70's, and 60's..you guys really missed out..90's?..yuck!.keep yer Madonna and computers..Robert at 67.

[@zombiebaitonvacation]

KOOL KOOL KOOL KOOL KOOL-AID KOOL

[@brightbite]

Willy Wonka stole that "scrumdiddly-umptious" line, I see.

[@tamagotchiiphoneadventures5008]

Oh my gotchi! That’s the way!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Good thing they never made carrot juice kool aid!😝

[@faeyh472]

🎵Doing the kool🎵

[@Khultan]

[jaw drops] I see it and I don't believe it....

[@YodaBannon]

LOL! NICE PUN!!! :-)

[@GamingPalooza]

that was... um, perhaps weird. (referring to the dancing)

[@bobmalack481]

Yes and no, more of the styles in the day even these were kids in a commercial, Robert at 66.

[@TheDrunkenwhale]

Funny thing is these kids are now in their 50's...

[@bobmalack481]

60's...MID 60's like me

[@RBkidd510]

Wow...you know a lot about Kool-Aid...

[@weenielongus]

Post your color copy!! I have another copy that may have been in color, but it's so washed-out (it's red-orange-ish), so I posted the black and white version I had...

[@realhomercat]

The Griddy Before The Griddy

[@maurogajardo620]

PRRRRRRRRRRT

[@potsdam28]

Sadly by this point Avery was done with theatrical animation and mostly did commercials. He'd been burned by three studios at this point: Warner Bros, MGM, and Universal

[@derbys-yx4es]

BUGS BUNNY SHOW MY FARIVOE SHOW

[@SuperJNG18]

Who says there wasn't any new Bugs Bunny content in the '60s?

[@looneywoman]

Tex Avery was back to directing Warner characters in the sixties?

[@RetroGamerDx2012]

I like when he eats the carrot 0:02

[@maurogajardo620]

The 60's rule...the 80's suck...the 90's are just sad...

[@Anywaythewindblows-gq2hd]

:/

[@matthewsoucy9073]

This aged very poorly

[@JadenVonBat]

...What happened to you, man? You were the Mouse's greatest threat, vying for the attention of so many children. Especially during his disappearance from the limelight through the Disney Renaissance....And *NOW* look at you. After Mel Blanc bought the farm and the Loonatics debacle, you're a shell of your former self! Here's to hoping the upcoming series brings you back to Zero...You need it.

[@kootunesscrewy]

Looney Tunes Cartoons is now a big success than The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. XD Yep. The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse has overshadowed from the 2013 shorts.

[@faeyh472]

And doing the kool.

[@bebopmom]

I had to be 2 or 3 years old. I remember this!

[@bobmalack481]

Doubt at 2, 3 yes..and barely.

[@Sage-God]

Bugs dances like Shaggy from Scooby Doo

[@omanimoves6312]

Warner Brothers Entertainment Incorporated owns Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo!

[@RBkidd510]

What? Isnt there pre-sweetend Kool Aid today?

[@questofthekirbiesiphoneadv9388]

Oh my fruit are you dance?

[@brightbite]

For whatever jerk thumbed that comment down, please be INTELLIGENT and look at what came first: THIS commercial was way before the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, where Willy Wonka makes "Scrumdiddly-umtious Bars."

[@WillCWilson]

It depends on if the original book that the movie was adapted from used the line. The original book was published a bit before this commercial.

[@raulahernandez5128]

Bailaban re feo el a go go, parece que estaban poseídos satanicamente 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nick6var]

@GamingPalooza It was the '60s, Heck even Batman was dancing on tv. UGH! I'm glad I was born in the '80s. We didn't have any tacky clothes, hair styles, or music... right?

[@KALEIDOSCOPEN]

rotor head

[@bobmalack481]

....and the boy with the loud plaid checkered pants, blond hair, and white 'tennie's appears a bit over amped up, probably downed too much 'aid between shooting retakes. Nowadays parents and kids hafta watch out for those awful and overpriced energy/bull drinks that can be dangerous and send kids to bed really over revved up, LOL!!

[@deen1207]

the NO ADDING SUGER ADDING THING was a total rip off...