Category: toothpaste

Boy Meets Dog (1938)

A commercial short made for the Bristol-Myers Co. (plugging their toothpaste) features the characters from the “Reg’lar Fellers” syndicated newspaper comic strip by Gene Byrnes. The plot concerns a boy who has an old grouch for a dad, runs off, meets a dog, and joins a gang of children. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature…


$10 Toothpaste? US Household Goods Makers Face Blowback on Price Hikes

Get ready for the $10 tube of toothpaste. Colgate-Palmolive Co CEO Noel Wallace said last week at an industry conference that the household goods maker sees its new Optic White Pro Series toothpaste as the type of premium product “vital” to its ability to raise prices, which will help drive profit growth this year. His…