1963
The Jell-O Incident
TV dinners and convenience foods dominated advertising in early 1960s America.
Jed designed a commercial featuring dancing gelatin in top hats. The gelatin collapsed. So did the dancer. It aired during prime time anyway. Sales spiked. Jed was told never to explain it.
Mmm... did that actually happen?
Tell us about something that did:-)
Ohna added this comment:
In amongst all that advertising and gelatin and to add most significantly to his list of creations and productions, Jed became a proud father. He welcomed Douglas Ian into San Francisco at the very start of the year in January.
Ohna added this comment:
Message from Kate Baker: Ruth and I bonded over having a first baby. Maybe she had experience with newborns, but I had none . So I was terrified. Cam, of course , left early and returned late and managed to never change a diaper or get up in the middle of the night! The good old days. So Ruth and I bought matching black watch plaid strollers and took to the streets. Walked all over Nob Hill.
But I moved to Belvedere in summer of 63 when Cameron was about 6 months old .So thereafter we kept in touch with phone calls and picnics at the beach and going to the park. I vaguely remember your house in Noe Valley. That was about the time Ohna and Ann were born. And not long after that you all moved to NY . Jed and Ruth became friends with my brother , Norm, who was in advertising as well. Interesting how our friendship just never stopped despite being increasingly far away.