Post by adashofseaglass on Sept 21, 2022 18:55:46 GMT
Little update on where we're at with this one; a couple of hunters felt that we might have to brute force searching for this ad in commercial compilations the way we did with the Demon Lady ad, and that's exactly what we've been doing. Here's a YouTube playlist of all of the compilations we've scoured so far that don't have this Got Milk ad: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtzku5doW_wR53YTYKAXUbZ1tAOnHkCT&jct=N2YeWFif2scg-u1WIlFkUk4uQdaQbA
It's worth noting that as we've browsed we can absolutely see a concentration of Got Milk? adverts on Nickelodeon commercials concentrated roughly between January and September 2001, with a higher amount between Jan and April. We keep seeing recurring commercials, but most of them are live action: specifically an Avengers-themed one, and a couple with a guy dressed as a milk carton. This totally lines up with the February 24th 2001 air date for You Wish/Shanghaied, although we haven't been able to find much in the way of promotion for that event either...My gut feeling is that this promo, if it exists, may have only aired on the dates of the special, or just before/occasionally in between each airing.
I've tried searching through Got Milk? commercial compilations too, to no avail. There were apparently over 350 commercials for the Got Milk? campaign, and the creator, Jeff Manning, says in his book that they were licensing to dozens of properties in an indiscriminate way. I'm wondering if seeking out individuals who worked on the Got Milk? campaign might be another avenue. Right now, we're considering reaching out to people with large Nick tape collections from this period - Fry Letterman and Vintage Kid. From the comps I've personally looked at, I feel that we may get lucky if we focus our efforts on finding Nickelodeon tapes specifically within this timeframe.
The final thing I'd like to note when searching is that, assuming the screenshot we have isn't faked, it may bear little resemblance to the print ad - especially because Spongebob and Patrick are in a different part of the house. There's another photograph up in the Discord that just looks to be a flopped picture of the print ad, rather than a genuine VHS pic.
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Never thought about contacting people from the campaign either or even reaching out to other communities. There was that mention earlier in the thread that the screenshot came from the Nickstory Discord server which is one that I'm in. I could ask around there and see if anyone is familiar either with the commercial or the origins of the screenshot too.
Wonderful! I'll hop on over to the Nickstory server once I find a valid invite. Someone out there has to know something, and the breadth we've covered so far just isn't wide enough...