We pause now for a commercial…two of them, in fact. Both are for Kellogg's Corn Flakes and feature Cornelius, the rooster who for many years has been intermittently seen on boxes of the cereal. Kellogg's tried a couple of times to use Corny as a commercial spokescritter but he never quite caught on as a real character. For this series of spots, his voice was done by the legendary western actor, Andy Devine. For a time before that, Mr. Devine was associated with Kellogg's Corn Pops, doing their commercials and appearing on the box.
I don't know who the little kid is in these commercials, though he looks a little like Brandon Cruz, who starred with Bill Bixby in the seventies sitcom, The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Whoever he is, his voice in these spots has been dubbed by Dick Beals, whom we mention often in this weblog as we speak of old commercials and cartoons. In the second of the two ads, we have Paul Frees voicing a supporting character. I think Hanna-Barbera did the animation in both. Here they are…
