“Calderwood hatched a scheme to finagle a TV commercial out of a rigged Polaroid camera with a pre-developed picture in the back. He took the idea to Today show host Dave Garroway. 'Garroway hit the ceiling and said under no conditions could we do this - the television camera was all important, it could detect a lie in a minute. He said, "We will go live, do it right and if something goes wrong I'll see that we bail out. |
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Polaroid advertising strategies... Polaroid live, on TV... Stan Calderwod... Dave Garroway, Steve Allen, Lawrence Wel, Perry Como, Don Amici... copywriter David Herzbron's recollections... Bill Casey...branding vs. logo... the Polaroid camera as ad branding... Bill Casey's changes to the campaign... |
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