Showing posts with label Operation Loudmouth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Operation Loudmouth. Show all posts

Monday, October 23, 2017

Jay Ward and the Art of Self-Promotion, part 6

This week, part of the barrage of publicity materials put out by Jay Ward's "Operation Loudmouth," trading cards!




Those are Allan Burns' drawings on the reverse of the card.  Yes, the same Allan Burns who went on to create the format of The Munsters (with partner Chris Hayward), My Mother the Car (again with Hayward) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (with James Brooks).

Next, Jay Ward's Traveling World's Fair:






 Special thanks to former Ward staffer Art Diamond, who seemed to keep virtually everything produced for "Operation Loudmouth."

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Jay Ward and the art of self-promotion, part 3

Once they began "Operation Loudmouth," Jay Ward and his publicist, Howard Brandy, managed to get Bullwinkle mentioned in places one wouldn't even think of, including a teen magazine.  Here is a recently surfaced item from a 1962 issue of Teen Screen magazine announcing a "Name Bullwinkle Contest."  Writing likely by George Atkins, art by Allan Burns and lettering by Sam Clayberger:



 No record on who won or how their visit to "Bullwinkle Court" went.  Did anyone out there win any of the consolation prizes, like an Official Bullwinkle Doll, an Official Bullwinkle Medal or Bullwinkle's autographed color picture?