His first ad, for Chiclets gum in 1947, featured a string of Chiclets boxes made into a little train.
By the time he retired in the mid-1980s, Mr. Zander estimated he had made more than 5,000 commercials. These included a popular series for Piels Beer in the 1950s, voiced by the radio comedians Bob and Ray. His other accounts included Gulf Oil, Camel cigarettes, the Dime Savings Bank, Alka-Seltzer, Green Giant vegetables, Crest toothpaste and a bevy of breakfast cereals.
Before his commercial career, Mr. Zander...was best known as the original animator of Jerry in the “Tom and Jerry” cartoon series, begun in 1940.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/arts/20zander.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
(For a look at the Piels Brothers: http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_pielsbrothers.htm )
By the time he retired in the mid-1980s, Mr. Zander estimated he had made more than 5,000 commercials. These included a popular series for Piels Beer in the 1950s, voiced by the radio comedians Bob and Ray. His other accounts included Gulf Oil, Camel cigarettes, the Dime Savings Bank, Alka-Seltzer, Green Giant vegetables, Crest toothpaste and a bevy of breakfast cereals.
Before his commercial career, Mr. Zander...was best known as the original animator of Jerry in the “Tom and Jerry” cartoon series, begun in 1940.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/arts/20zander.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
(For a look at the Piels Brothers: http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_pielsbrothers.htm )