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Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

Apostrophe Podcast Network

Advertising, Marketing, Pop Culture, Business, Terry O'reilly, Cbc, Society & Culture, Under The Influence

4.8 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, we take a look at marketing firsts.

Specifically, the very first commercials ever produced for famous products and companies.

From the debut of the Jolly Green Giant, to the first AIDS PSAs, to the very first pharmaceutical ad, all the way to the first iPhone commercial, we say hello to these products and issues for the very first time.

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0:45.9	Start the car!
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0:55.8	What love doesn't conquer.
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1:09.8	You're under the influence with Terry O'Reilly.
1:26.0	On the last day of the year, in 1955, Loonie tunes released a new cartoon titled One Froggy Evening.
1:33.4	It was inspired by a 1944 Carrie Grant movie titled Once Upon a Time, which involved a dancing caterpillar in a small box.
1:36.8	The Looney Tunes cartoon featured a singing frog in a small box.
1:41.9	In this short, a construction worker is demolishing a building.
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