Kern's Bakery

Two Muppets, Tommy and Fred, appeared in ads for Kern's Bakery in the late-1960s. 24 ten-second ads were produced in 1965 and 1966, and they aired from 1966 to 1969. Structurally, these ads were very similar to the Wilkins Coffee ads, and some are direct remakes, as were many of the commercials produced by Muppets, Inc. for local markets during this period.
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==Title list==
Picture	Title 	Description
 	Astronaut 	To Fred's surprise, Tommy's loaf of Kern's Bread launches him into space.
 	Exploding Brand X 	Tommy explains the difference between Kern's Bread and Brand X: Kern's Bread doesn't blow up.
 	Foot Down 	Mr. Kerns puts his foot down (quite literally) on Fred after refusing to say how much he loves Kern's Bread.
center 	House Is Not a Home	A house isn't a home if you don't have Kern's Bread stacked in your house, in Tommy's logic.
 	Kneading 	Tommy throws bread dough on Fred's face after ridiculing him; The punchline? Everybody "kneads" Kern's Bread.
 	Knock Knock 	Tommy recites a "knock knock" joke to Fred. Who's there? Kern's Bread. Fred doesn't get the joke, or perhaps the bread.
 	On His Mind 	Tommy dances with a bag of Kern's Bread on his head because "Kern's Bread is always on my mind!", or is it "gone to his head"?
 	Positive 	Tommy shoots Fred after failing to give an answer as to if he likes Kern's Bread; you gotta be positive.
 	Psychiatrist 	After Fred recommends Tommy to see a psychiatrist, Tommy exclaims his psychiatrist was the one who told him about Kern's! And don't even get him started on his raincoat.
 	Symbolic 	The taste of Kern's Bread is like music to Tommy's ears, but Fred thinks otherwise; It really is a "symbolic" commercial.
 	Try It Again 	Tommy lists Fred a series of questions, but when he responds negative to him liking Kern's Bread, he is almost immediately whacked in the head with a club. Shall we try that again?
 	Vanish 	Fred doesn't believe that Kern's Bread will make your troubles vanish, but it seems as if Tommy's troubles have already vanished away!
 	Violent Commercial 	Fred denounces the violence in the ads, stating it's the reason why he doesn't eat Kern's Bread. Consequence? He gets clobbered by a gorilla.
 	Want a Bite 	After Fred responds "Sure" to Tommy's request of having a bite of his sandwich made with Kern's Bread, he's given, well, a literal bite.
 	Window 	Fred is hanging outside of a window, and falls when the window is slammed shut by Tommy, who suggests him to "drop down" to his grocery store to get Kern's.
Additional titles include "Everybody," "Good Boy," "I Forgot," "Lose All the Time," "Nitro Sandwich," "Persuasion," "Promise," "Steamroller," and "Whenever You Want."
Fred_kerns_momi.jpg|Fred puppet on display at The Jim Henson Exhibition, Museum of the Moving Image.
==See also==
*Claussen's Bakery
*Merita Bread
*Southern Bread
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Category:TV Commercials