Post: Grape-Nuts Flakes Cereal, 1950s
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Narrator | How would you like your own | 0:01 |
real, live Shetland pony? | 0:02 | |
Well, you can win a pony in Post Cereal's | 0:03 | |
Name The Pony contest. | 0:06 | |
First prize is 25 real, live ponies. | 0:07 | |
- | So give me a winning name and win a pony. | 0:10 |
- | And a genuine Roy Rogers saddle and bridle. | 0:13 |
- | And just take a look at some of these other prizes. | 0:16 |
Dale | Second prizes, | 0:19 |
100 Doughboy family swimming pools worth $100 each. | 0:20 | |
A 12-foot private pool by Doughboy | 0:25 | |
right in your own backyard. | 0:27 | |
Roy | Third prizes, | 0:29 |
500 of my Roy Rogers Bunkhouses. | 0:30 | |
They're lots of fun! | 0:33 | |
Dale | Fourth prizes, | 0:34 |
5,000 pairs of Union Roller Skates, ball-bearing. | 0:35 | |
Narrator | Here's how to win your pony. | 0:39 |
On a plain piece of paper, | 0:41 | |
write your name and address | 0:43 | |
and the name you'd give your pony, like Brownie, | 0:44 | |
but be original. | 0:47 | |
Then, take the top from a box of today's new, crispier, | 0:48 | |
Post Grape-Nuts Flakes, | 0:52 | |
or any other Post cereal. | 0:53 | |
Now mail to | 0:55 | |
Pony Contest, | 0:56 | |
Box 5333, | 0:57 | |
Chicago 77, Illinois. | 0:59 | |
Enter often. | 1:02 | |
Send one box top with each entry. | 1:02 | |
Contest closes midnight, May 31st. | 1:04 | |
Get complete contest rules at your grocers. | 1:07 |
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