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Diehard cereal fans may recall that in 1975, Lucky went on hiatus and was replaced by Waldo the Wizard. We’re hiring! Lucky the Leprechaun made his commercial debut in 1964 with the help of creatives at ad agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample (now better known as Saatchi & Saatchi). Your email address will not be published. Press J to jump to the feed. If you don’t remember Waldo’s appearance during that time, don’t worry. Waldo was retired within the year and Lucky was put back in the spotlight and in the cereal aisle. Lucky the Leprechaun was 11-years-old in 1975 when the decision was made to let him go in some regions in favor of a new face, Waldo the Wizard. Snedeker’s Waldo was initially dreamed up in 1970 for Amazin’ Raisins, a cereal that never hit grocery store shelves. We could mourn Waldo’s short-lived legacy, but it’s best to celebrate it because his time at Lucky Charms almost didn’t happen. It turned out to be the purple horseshoe but I can't recall any of the story. Sprinkle a little pixie dust on this character a few years later and he became a brief, but memorable, cereal icon! Can anyone here? Watch the commercial, share it with friends, then discover more great Lucky Charms TV commercials on iSpot.tv Lucky Charms Commercials Compilation Leprechaun Ads - YouTube Great pay, benefits, and culture. If he couldn’t find his Lucky Charms, Waldo conjured up a bit of magic to make the cereal appear on breakfast tables for the kids. Lucky might have exclaimed that Lucky Charms were “magically delicious,” but Waldo called them “Ibbledebibbledelicious!” He was never very good at remembering where he left his cereal and often lost it in the commercial spots.
Come, ye consumers of cereal. Alan Snedeker at Dancer Fitzgerald Sample created Waldo, a friendly but forgetful sorcerer. You can connect with Lucky Charms on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Measure, optimize, and plan your TV against business outcomes. Did you bother to google at all? Lucky was now a little more keen on sharing his cereal with the children instead of running away from them. Lucky Charms is an American brand of cereal produced by the General Mills food company since 1964. I swear I did for a long time, now I did only looked for video results so that my be my issue. I LITERALLY just google searched this for you. Tony Jaffe, the agency’s Creative Director, helped supervise, write, and produce presentations for the Lucky Charms account. I'll check again and report back. General Mills only tested the character in New England markets. The rewrites worked. Please be aware that our site is best experienced with Ad Blockers turned off.
Snedeker also worked on Lucky’s campaigns and made the mascot a bit nicer during this time.
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Waldo might have tested high with New England audiences, but he was still up against Lucky, whose ads were still running in other U.S. regions. Be in the know of how your TV Ad is performing. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
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