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Dogs in Advertisements Famous from 1960 to 1979

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Sensation; famous dog in Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

Nipper; famous dog in ads, The Gramophone Company

Tige; famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown

Farfel; famous dog in ads, Nestlé's Quik

Baskerville the Hound; famous dog in ads, The Muppet Show

Rowlf the Dog; famous dog in movie, TV, ads, The Muppet Show

Axelrod; famous dog in ads, Flying A Service Station

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The number of Dogs in Advertisements Famous from 1960 to 1979 is 10

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famous dog in Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

NAME: Sensation

Representative dog image for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. A dog named Don which had won bench championships in England in 1875 and 1876, became the symbolic image for the Kennel Club because of the 1935 steel engraving of “Sensation” by artist J. Wellstood. From 1980-1982, a head study of the dog gained popularity. (More about Sensation.)

BREED: Pointer

YEARS: Dog: 1870s.

In Kennel catalog: 1936- now.

famous dog in ads, The Gramophone Company

NAME: Nipper

In advertisements for The Gramophone Company, then RCA. (More about Nipper.)

BREED: Terrier

mix

YEARS: Dog: 1884-1895.

Ads: early 1900-1977.

famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown

NAME: Tige

In advertising and in the comic strip Buster Brown; about a mischievous young boy and his dog; created by Richard Felton Outcault and on radio and in the TV series. Adopted as mascot by Brown Shoe Company.

BREED: Pit Bull Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 1901-1921.

Ads: 1904-now.

Radio: 1943-1954.

TV series: 1951-1953.

NAME: Bingo

In advertisements for Cracker Jacks, a U.S. brand of snack consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1918- 2021.

NAME: Farfel

Ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson's dog and in advertisements for Nestlé's Quik .

BREED: Generic

puppet with long ears

YEARS: Ads: 1953-1965.

NAME: Baskerville the Hound (See also Rowlf)

In the puppet TV series The Muppet Show; a puppet dog created by Jim Henson for advertisements for Purina Dog Chow. (More about Baskerville.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1962.

The Muppet Show: 2015.

NAME: Bullseye

In advertisements for the retailer Target. (More about Bullseye.)

BREED: Bull Terrier minature

YEARS: Ads: 1962-1968.

famous dog in movie, TV, ads, The Muppet Show

NAME: Rowlf the Dog (See also Muppy and Baskerville)

In several animated movies and the puppet TV series The Muppet Show; a puppet dog originally created by Jim Henson for advertisements for Purina Dog Chow. Also on The Jimmy Dean Show and Sesame Street. (More about Rowlf. Also in the show was Miss Piggy's dog Foo-Foo.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Ads: 1962.

Movies: 1979, 2011.

The Jimmy Dean Show: 1963-1966.

TV series: 1976-1981, 2015.

famous dog in ads, Flying A Service Station

NAME: Axelrod

In advertisments for Flying A Service Station; owned by Tidewater Oil Company.

BREED: Basset Hound

YEARS: Ads: 1965-1966.

NAME: Jason

In advertisements for Hush Puppies, a brand of casual shoes by Wolverine Worldwide.

BREED: Basset Hound

YEARS: Ads: since 1985- now.

Dog: 1979-1990.

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