Shane, thanks for uploading the 1961 commercial. I've seen that one before, but never ever tire of it. It so captures the innocence of those days. Hmm, Dick Groat for Eddie Matthews.
Did you notice for the commercial Post gave the Dick Groat a nice border all around, yet in 1961 all the cards had at least one shared border---or in reality no border whatsoever. The only exception I can think of is with individual serving boxes, whose backside treated the youngster to one card. Whether or not Post offered the individual boxes in 1961 is unknown to me. Perhaps our resident Post Cereal expert, Dan Mabey, will come to our rescue on this arcane question. I'm rather certain Post did not issue their entire 200-card set on just those little boxes. The main appeal was their fleet of standard boxes offering 5-7 "free" prizes.
Be that as it may, the commercial is perfect, period.
Love those Post Cereal cards!!!!!!!!!
--Brian Powell
Last edited by brian1961; 03-31-2015 at 10:50 AM.
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