Southern Bread

thumb|right|300px|Southern Bread commercial at Yankee Stadium.
Sixteen commercials featuring the Southern Colonel were produced between 1965 and 1966 for Southern Bread. The commercials are thought to be the first examples of the Muppets filming on location and are a series of eight-second, one-gag spots. Filming for the initial eight ads took place in September 1965, with further commercials being shot the following summer.Jim Henson's Red Book: 9/27/1965 “Shoot 8 spots for Southern Bread – 35mm color”
In each commercial, the Southern Colonel would say "I’d do anything for Southern Bread..." and would then proceed to perform an extreme act, such as jumping out of a window, breaking the sound barrier, or going to Yankee Stadium.
==List of titles==
(acquired from a visit to the Henson Archives by Muppet Wiki)
Picture	Title 	Description
 	Elephants 	Not even a herd of elephants could stop the Colonel's love of Southern Bread (so he says).
 	Football 	The Colonel punts a loaf through a field goal.
 	Jet Plane 	The Colonel tries to break the sound barrier, causing his aircraft to explode.
 	Locomotive 	The Colonel tries to stop a speeding train with his bare hands.
 	Mountain 	The Colonel climbs the highest mountain, only to fall off.
 	Never Lets You Down	The Colonel makes a jump from the Empire State Building, but Southern Bread doesn't let him down.
 	North Pole 	The Colonel would even drive North for Southern Bread, but goes too far North.
 	Paid to Loaf 	The Colonel loves working in a bread factory because he and the crew are paid to loaf.
 	Rocket Ship 	The Colonel tries to go to the Moon for Southern Bread.
 	Shot from Cannon 	The Colonel is fired from a cannon and moans, "Why do I do these things for Southern Bread?"
 	William Tell 	The Colonel, having an apple shot from his head by arrow, hopes William Tell isn't a Northerner.
 	Yankee Stadium 	The Colonel finds the crowd very receptive at Yankee Stadium.
Additional titles include "Desert," "Gorilla," "Swim It," and "Terrible Thing."
==See also==
*Claussen's Bakery
*Kern's Bakery
*Merita Bread
==Sources==
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Category:TV Commercials