Gerber Baby
Taed Nelson
At lunch today, the identity of the Gerber Baby came up. Both Brooke
Shields and Humphrey Bogart were mentioned.
Does anyone know the "true" identity, if there is one?
Does anyone know exactly how long that drawing has been around?
Doug Krause
#
#At lunch today, the identity of the Gerber Baby came up. Both Brooke
# Shields and Humphrey Bogart were mentioned.
Brooke was in a bandage (Band Aid, Curad, something) commercial when
she was about four. I've also heard that the Coppertone buns belong
to Jodie Foster.
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Lynn Gold
>In article <1991Jun20....@berlioz.nsc.com> nel...@desktop.nsc.com writes:
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>#At lunch today, the identity of the Gerber Baby came up. Both Brooke
># Shields and Humphrey Bogart were mentioned.
As I understand it, there were multiple Gerber babies. A high school
classmate of mine claimed to be Gerber Baby #3.
>Brooke was in a bandage (Band Aid, Curad, something) commercial when
>she was about four. I've also heard that the Coppertone buns belong
>to Jodie Foster.
Impossible. The Coppertone buns were around long before Jodie Foster
was.
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job was an ad for some baby product when she was only months old. IF
you are referring to the baby pictured on the gerber labels no I don't
think that's her.
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Cyndi Cuppernell
Brooke
># Shields and Humphrey Bogart were mentioned.
There's no way Brook Shields is the Gerber baby. I remember back
in the 60's when someone tried to sue Gerber for using his/her
baby-face on all of Gerber's products. Gerber denied it and in the
process, some woman down in Florida (who could easily be Shields'
mother) was identified as the real, one and only Gerber baby.
Whether or not she really was, if Shields or anyone else that age
were the true Gerber baby, this woman in Florida would have been
way too old, with the result that such claim would never have been
considered. Actually, I have also heard that the Gerber baby is
like Betty Crocker (i.e., nonexistant), the work of an artist who
tries to portray that perfect baby face that will make Gerber very
rich and will run the other baby food companies into the dirt.
Cyndi Cuppernell
Sue Klefstad
>Impossible. The Coppertone buns were around long before Jodie Foster
>was.
Nope, Jodie was the Coppertone girl in commercials when she was
a wee tyke. At least _one_ set of Coppertone buns belongs to her.
-- Sue
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Peter van der Linden
> Actually, I have also heard that the Gerber baby is
> like Betty Crocker (i.e., nonexistant), the work of an artist who
Uh! Wazzat??! Betty Crocker doesn't exist?!?
Then whom, pray tell, is that smiling fair-haired cherubic
Fifties-looking housewife depicted on the cookbook in my kitchen?
Surely not a product of Madison Avenue? Gasp!
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lin...@adapt.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden) writes...
>Uh! Wazzat??! Betty Crocker doesn't exist?!?
>Then whom, pray tell, is that smiling fair-haired cherubic
>Fifties-looking housewife depicted on the cookbook in my kitchen?
Have you ever seen Betty Crocker and Aunt Jemimah in the same picture? No?
Well, that's because they're same person. At least, they were until Frances
O'Malley (her real name) got involved with this snuff movie ad campaign . . .
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Stephanie da Silva
I can give the answer to this since my father works for Gerber, but he's
out of town. (sigh)
So if no one posts it before Sunday (when he's supposed to get back), then
I will, then.
The illustration is very old. It dates back to the 1920s or 1930s, so it's
not Brooke Shields.
Brooke Shields however, was the baby on the Ivory Snow boxes. The woman
holding her was Marilyn Chambers and when Marilyn started doing X-rated
movies, the Ivory Snow people changed the picture on the box.
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Stephanie da Silva
> In article <2862033...@orion.oac.uci.edu> dkr...@miami.acs.uci.edu (Doug Krause) writes:
>
> >I've also heard that the Coppertone buns belong
> >to Jodie Foster.
>
> Impossible. The Coppertone buns were around long before Jodie Foster
> was.
>
I think even tho Jodie Foster did the famous Coppertone buns ads, she was
not the original buns.
(this I'm not sure about, so yell at me)
Wendy Foran Howard
According to "The Complete Unabridged Super Trivia Encyclpedia" by
Fred Worth:
Gerber Baby, The
Said, in error, to be a portrait of Humphrey Bogart when he was a baby
(Gerber Baby Foods). He actually was the Mellins Baby Food baby. The
portrait was painted by his mother, Maude Humphrey Bogart "The Original
Maude Humphrey Baby." The real Gerber Baby is Ann Turner Cook whose
picture Gerber began using in 1928. Dorothy Hope Smith did the draw-
ing. (Mitzi Gaynor's real name is Francesca Mitzi Gerber.)
(end quote)
I didn't see an entry for Coppertone. But Jodie Foster was a child
actress, and she did have buns.
the dark girl
> Jodie Foster also did toothpaste ads. Brooke Shields first modeling
>job was an ad for some baby product when she was only months old. IF
>you are referring to the baby pictured on the gerber labels no I don't
>think that's her.
i believe i read that brooke shields was the Ivory Snow
baby.
i also seem to recall hearing that despite persistent
rumors, humphrey bogart was NOT the gerber baby.
perhaps someone should write to gerber and ask them.
i'll get on it tomorrow, unless i forget. i've been
looking for an excuse to try out my fifth antique
typewriter.
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Rob Fauteux
>Uh! Wazzat??! Betty Crocker doesn't exist?!?
>Then whom, pray tell, is that smiling fair-haired cherubic
>Fifties-looking housewife depicted on the cookbook in my kitchen?
Recalling some knowledge from when I was young, (innocent??!!),
and living in Stamford, Connecticut, the original "Betty Crocker"
lived across the street and two houses down. Her name was Betty Gray.
At the time I knew her, she was in her 70's to 80's (I don't remember
exactly - it's been over ten years) and used to tell us stories about
the whole "Betty Crocker" happy homemaker image and campaign. Judging
from the fact that she and her husband had a house both in Stamford
and one in Florida, travelled alot, and didn't seem too stretched for
cash, I would say that she was well-taken care of by the company.
I recall hearing that her husband passed away a few years back.
I don't know about her. Maybe I'll look into it ...
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> In article Peter van der Linden writes:
> >Uh! Wazzat??! Betty Crocker doesn't exist?!? (...)
>
> Recalling some knowledge from when I was young, (innocent??!!),
> and living in Stamford, Connecticut, the original "Betty Crocker"
> lived across the street and two houses down. Her name was Betty Gray.
"The Evolution of Betty Crocker". The original might have been modeled
after Ms. Gray, but I'm inclined to believe that the current
Ms. Crocker doesn't retain much of a resemblance to her...
MGIIJ
(what the heck, PvdL is peeved at all the quotes anyway)
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charles bridgeland
>> Recalling some knowledge from when I was young, (innocent??!!),
>> and living in Stamford, Connecticut, the original "Betty Crocker"
>> lived across the street and two houses down. Her name was Betty Gray.
>
>An advertising textbook I read last year had an illustration featuring
>"The Evolution of Betty Crocker". The original might have been modeled
>after Ms. Gray, but I'm inclined to believe that the current
>Ms. Crocker doesn't retain much of a resemblance to her...
kind of like the progressive juvinilization of Mickey Mouse?
Reminds me--speaking of cultural icons--what ever happened to
Marilyn Chambers, the Ivory Snow girl?
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Paul Carter
>In article <1991Jun21.1...@colorado.edu> fie...@spot.Colorado.EDU (Fielden J.A.) writes:
>> Jodie Foster also did toothpaste ads. Brooke Shields first modeling
>>job was an ad for some baby product when she was only months old. IF
>>you are referring to the baby pictured on the gerber labels no I don't
>>think that's her.
>i believe i read that brooke shields was the Ivory Snow
>baby.
>i also seem to recall hearing that despite persistent
>rumors, humphrey bogart was NOT the gerber baby.
Rosanne Barr is the original DRANO baby.
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Doug Krause
#Rosanne Barr is the original DRANO baby.
Roseanne Arnold.
Jim Jones
In article <1991Jun24.0...@alembic.acs.com> gy...@alembic.acs.com (the dark girl) writes:
>
>i also seem to recall hearing that despite persistent
>rumors, humphrey bogart was NOT the gerber baby.
No, but he was indeed a child model. I recall seeing a photo of him as a mere
tot with long wavy hair. I think that he even wore a sailor suit.
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Terry Chan
Linden) writes:
+Uh! Wazzat??! Betty Crocker doesn't exist?!?
+Then whom, pray tell, is that smiling fair-haired cherubic
+Fifties-looking housewife depicted on the cookbook in my kitchen?
+
+Surely not a product of Madison Avenue? Gasp!
So Peter, what do you think of her recent makeover?
Terry
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