Post: Raisin Bran Flakes, 1950s

Genre: Commercial

Year Published: 1950s

Creator: Post D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B)

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: (bright music playing) 0:01 ♪ My name is Maisie the Raisin ♪ 0:04 ♪ And my name is Jake the Flake ♪ 0:06 ♪ Oh what a sweet combination we make ♪ 0:08 ♪ Known to the world as Post Raisin Bran Flakes ♪ 0:11 ♪ We've got a story to tell you ♪ 0:14 ♪ It happened not too long ago ♪ 0:16 ♪ It's at the circus, the big tent is packed ♪ 0:20 ♪ There are funny old clowns ♪ 0:23 ♪ and an animal act ♪ 0:24 ♪ But now comes the act that the people all love ♪ 0:26 ♪ The flying trapeze, so high up above ♪ 0:28 ♪ The great Fandazzle, the star of the show ♪ 0:32 ♪ He's high on his swing ♪ 0:35 ♪ but he's sure feeling low ♪ 0:36 ♪ He's blue and depressed ♪ 0:38 ♪ Oh woe like a day ♪ 0:39 ♪ Everything 'round him looks dismal and gray ♪ 0:40 ♪ But we'll cheer him up, oh he'll be a new man ♪ 0:44 ♪ When he tastes a bowl of that Post Raisin Bran ♪ 0:46 ♪ The flakes and the raisins are really a team ♪ 0:49 ♪ They give you a flavor that's right on the beam ♪ 0:52 ♪ The raisins are making the flakes taste so swell ♪ 0:55 ♪ The flakes make the raisins delicious as well ♪ 0:58 ♪ One bowl of those flakes ♪ 1:01 ♪ And those raisins and he's ♪ 1:03 ♪ ready to swing on his flying trapeze ♪ 1:04 Ringmaster The Fandazzle flip-flop without any net. 1:07 Will he make it? 1:10 (whistle playing) 1:11 Maisie You bet. 1:12 ♪ He's back in the swing, he's a real happy man ♪ 1:13 ♪ He owes it all to Post Raisin Bran ♪ 1:16 ♪ I'm Maisie the Raisin ♪ 1:19 ♪ I'm Jake the Flake ♪ 1:21 ♪ Together we're Post Raisin Bran, that's us ♪ 1:22 Announcer You'll love this great fruit and cereal treat. 1:25 Ask mom next time she shops to get Post Raisin Bran. 1:27