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Butternut Coffee -- Upside Down

Basic Information

Inventory ID 612117
Production Type SHORT^SPECIALS^COMMERCIALS
Release Year 1970
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Donor Code 2853 - Packard Humanities Institute: Sabucat Collection
Collection Sabucat

Format & Technical

Format Size 16
Format Type SAFETY
Element Info PRINT
Film Base
Color Format COL.
Sound Format OPT^^^^
Item Holdings 1
Total Reels 1

Condition

Deterioration 0

Notes

Pallet 43: �30 secs.^^Series of spots where husband and wife quarrel over coffee -- coffee tastes rotten; a) always wife's fault and b) making it is always wife's responsibility. Butternut guy shows up to save day, solve marital difficulties, by introducing Butternut coffee as the answer. Why is he upside down? Because instead of blending and roasting their coffee beans, ButterNut turns the process upside down, roasting then blending their beans. (shown with chart). ^^Scenario for this spot: Husband leaving for work. Hands wife coffee cup on way out. Wife says "Bad coffee?" He says "Bad coffee..." Upside down ^man appears in door as husband is leaving.^^Note: only the husband works -- wife in housecoat. [A commercial depicting pre-women in the workplace, pre-Women's Lib]^^Tag: Most flavor from every cup.^^Note: A Coca Cola product.�^^Faded. -- MPP 03/02/2016

Inventory Items (1)

Reel # Barcode Can Size Reel Size Location Notes
1 SV0001234525 400ft S209-36C-02