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[[Image:SouthernBread.jpg|thumb|300px| The Southern Colonel at Yankee Stadium]]
 
[[Image:SouthernBread.jpg|thumb|300px| The Southern Colonel at Yankee Stadium]]
 
[[Image:SouthernBreadRailroad.jpg|thumb|300px| "I'd even stop a speeding locomotive with my bare hands!"]]
 
[[Image:SouthernBreadRailroad.jpg|thumb|300px| "I'd even stop a speeding locomotive with my bare hands!"]]
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[[File:Jim's Red Book "Southern Bread"-0|thumb|right|300px]]
   
Sixteen commercials featuring the [[Southern Colonel]] were produced between [[1965]] and [[1966]] for '''Southern Bread'''. The commercials are thought to be the first examples of the Muppets filming on [[:Category:Real World Locations|location]] and are a series of eight-second, one-gag spots.
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Sixteen commercials featuring the [[Southern Colonel]] were produced between [[1965]] and [[1966]] for '''Southern Bread'''. The commercials are thought to be the first examples of the Muppets filming on [[:Category:Real World Locations|location]] and are a series of eight-second, one-gag spots.
   
 
In each commercial, the Southern Colonel would say "I’d do anything for Southern Bread…" and would then proceed to perform an extreme act, such as jumping out of a window, driving north and meeting a polar bear, or going to [[Yankee Stadium]]. Most spots also included a twist at the end, such as the Colonel deciding he likes Yankee Stadium (because the fans are yelling "Let's murder the Yankees!") or the Colonel jumping out a window only to magically float back up ("because Southern Bread won’t let you down"). One spot included a professional archer shooting an apple off of the Colonel's head. Another had the Colonel explaining how he would even "go to [[the Moon|the moon]] for Southern Bread," only to have his rocket ship explode during blast-off ("oh, why do I do these things for Southern Bread?").
 
In each commercial, the Southern Colonel would say "I’d do anything for Southern Bread…" and would then proceed to perform an extreme act, such as jumping out of a window, driving north and meeting a polar bear, or going to [[Yankee Stadium]]. Most spots also included a twist at the end, such as the Colonel deciding he likes Yankee Stadium (because the fans are yelling "Let's murder the Yankees!") or the Colonel jumping out a window only to magically float back up ("because Southern Bread won’t let you down"). One spot included a professional archer shooting an apple off of the Colonel's head. Another had the Colonel explaining how he would even "go to [[the Moon|the moon]] for Southern Bread," only to have his rocket ship explode during blast-off ("oh, why do I do these things for Southern Bread?").

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SouthernBread

The Southern Colonel at Yankee Stadium

SouthernBreadRailroad

"I'd even stop a speeding locomotive with my bare hands!"

File:Jim's Red Book "Southern Bread"-0

Sixteen commercials featuring the Southern Colonel were produced between 1965 and 1966 for Southern Bread. The commercials are thought to be the first examples of the Muppets filming on location and are a series of eight-second, one-gag spots.

In each commercial, the Southern Colonel would say "I’d do anything for Southern Bread…" and would then proceed to perform an extreme act, such as jumping out of a window, driving north and meeting a polar bear, or going to Yankee Stadium. Most spots also included a twist at the end, such as the Colonel deciding he likes Yankee Stadium (because the fans are yelling "Let's murder the Yankees!") or the Colonel jumping out a window only to magically float back up ("because Southern Bread won’t let you down"). One spot included a professional archer shooting an apple off of the Colonel's head. Another had the Colonel explaining how he would even "go to the moon for Southern Bread," only to have his rocket ship explode during blast-off ("oh, why do I do these things for Southern Bread?").

List of titles

  • Desert
  • Elephants
  • Football
  • Gorilla
  • Jet Plane
  • Locomotive
  • Mountain
  • Never Lets You Down
  • North Pole
  • Paid to Loaf
  • Rocket Ship
  • Shot from Cannon
  • Swim It
  • Terrible Thing
  • William Tell
  • Yankee Stadium

See also