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Green Cross Man

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Green Cross (Code) Man was the mascot of a long-running campaign created by the UK National Road Safety Committee in an attempt to raise awareness with children about how to be safe on the road.  The campaign included short films on television (starring David Prowse), and ads like this one, from TV Comic 1500 (September 19, 1980).

(Thanks to Ian for the scan…)

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The Milky Bar Kid

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The Milky Bar Kid used to promote Nestlé’s Milky Bar white chocolate in TV commercials in the UK, Australia and a few other countries. A comic with the “blond, spectacle-wearing young boy, usually dressed as a cowboy” (Wikipedia), featured on the back pages of UK comic magazine TV Comic (in this case, issue 716 from 1965).

(Thanks, Ian, for the scan)

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