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W. H. Auden DDB decided to broadcast the ad on Labor Day, when Johnson was supposed to begin his formal fall campaign. "Daisy" aired as a commercial only once, during a September 7, 1964, telecast of the film David and Bathsheba on The NBC Monday Movie. As the film is based on a biblical story, it is considered a family film and believed to be appropriate for the advertisement, as its audience ...
Apr 13, 2016 · On September 7, 1964, a 60-second TV ad changed American politics forever. A 3-year-old girl in a simple dress counted as she plucked daisy petals in a sun-dappled field. Her words were...
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1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1964th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 964th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1960s decade.
For 1964 was the year that the negative political ad was born, initiating the clever use of image and sound to paint an opponent in negative or scary terms. No less than a presidential election was at stake.
Dec 28, 2011 · The advertisement, featuring a little girl plucking a daisy followed by images of nuclear destruction, became known as The Daisy Girl Ad, and is often cited as one of the most important...
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The 1964 “Daisy ad,” perhaps the single most-talked-about political spot in television history, featured a little girl counting while pulling petals off a daisy. Her image was frozen as a monotone missile launch countdown began. When the count reached zero, a nuclear mushroom cloud appeared (a reference…. Read More.
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