Chef Boyardee spaghetti and sauce

Submitted by adminSQ on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 14:33
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Chef Boyardee Commercial (video)
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Chef Boyardee magazine ad
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All American children love spaghetti and tomato sauce
Narration
What would you like to talk about.

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Chef Boyardee magazine ad
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Spaghetti was NOT an all-American food
Spaghetti and sauce was a novelty
15 cents a serving
Boiardi vs Boyardee
Authentic ethnic food
Mass media and marketing
Assimilation
Is the girl in this ad Italian-American?
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"Tell the story about Wednesday, Prince spaghetti day."
"Tell us a story about ethnic food."
"Tell us about West Side Story."

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Chef Boyardee Commercial (video)

In this commercial, Chef Ettore Boiardi (aka Boyardee) makes a direct appeal to the American consumer to try his spaghetti and sauce, a healthy, inexpensive and exciting "new" product.  If they couldn't find it on the shelves (and it WAS hard to find in the 1950's) he suggests that they "ask their grocer."  He was an innovative and successful entrepreneur

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play West Side Story

West Side Story was an acclaimed and popular Broadway musical in 1959 and then Hollywood film in 1961.  Based on the story of Romeo and Juliette, it is the story of an ill-fated and impossible love between Tony and Maria whose families and communities are at war with each other.