Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy, is an advertising icon and mascot of The Pillsbury Company, appearing in many of their commercials. He is a small anthropoid character apparently made out of dough. When poked in the stomach, he makes a short giggling noise, lightly grabs his stomach, and smiles. Doughboy is a now-outdated slang term for an American infantryman, best known from its use in World War I, although it potentially dates back to the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Look up icon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Pillsbury is a brand name used by The J. M. Smucker Company and Minneapolis-based General Mills. ... Dough Dough is a paste made out of any cereals (grains) or leguminous crops by grinding with small amount of water. ...

Fresh was thought up by the Leo Burnett advertising agency's copywriter, Rudy Perz, as he was sitting in his kitchen in 1965, under pressure to create an advertising campaign. Perz imagined a living dough boy popping out of a Pillsbury Crescent Rolls can. To distinguish the dough boy from the rolls he gave it a scarf, a chef's hat, two big blue eyes, a blush when girls kissed him, and a soft, warm chuckle when poked in the stomach. Leo Burnett (October 21, 1891 - June 7, 1971) was an advertising executive famous for creating such icons as the Jolly Green Giant, the Marlboro Man, the Pillsbury Doughboy and Tony the Tiger. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...

Perz originally conceived Fresh as an animated figure, but changed his mind after seeing a stop-action titling technique used in the opening credits for The Dinah Shore Show. A three-dimensional Doughboy doll of clay was then created at a cost of $16. Paul Frees (the voice of Rocky and Bullwinkle's Boris Badenov) was chosen to be Fresh's voice. Since then, Pillsbury has used Poppin' Fresh in more than 600 commercials for more than fifty of its products. After Paul Frees' death in 1986, Dalton Benson Jr., (who also did the voice-over for Charlie the Tuna), took over. Today, the high-pitched giggles are done by JoBe Cerny, the on-camera star of Burnett's Cheer detergent advertising campaign. Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American singer and actress. ... Paul Frees (June 22, 1920 - November 2, 1986) was a voice actor born in Chicago. ... Pillsbury is a brand name used by Minneapolis-based General Mills and the The J. M. Smucker Company. ... Charlie Tuna Charlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot tuna for StarKist Tuna, was created by Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett Agency after StarKist hired Leo Burnett in 1961. ... JoBe Cerny, sometimes credited as Jo Be Cerny, is a voice-over personality and character actor, best known as the voice of The Pillsbury Doughboy and as Procter & Gambles silent spokesman, The Cheer Man. ...

Pillsbury family

In the 1970s, a Pillsbury Doughboy family was created and were sold as toys in Sears stores. [1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sears, Roebuck and Company is an American mid-range chain of international department stores, founded by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck in the late 19th century. ...

Included in the family are:

• Poppie Fresh (a.k.a Mrs. Poppin' Fresh, Pillsbury Doughgirl) (wife) [2]
• Popper (son)
• Bun Bun (baby daughter)
• GrandPopper and GranMommer (grandparents) [3] [4]
• Shortcake (cat)
• Flapjack (dog)
• Rollie (uncle)

Poppie also appeared in some commercials along with Poppin' Fresh [5].

The name of the artist who actually first drew Poppin' Fresh (the Pillsbury Dough Boy) was Martin Nodell. Martin Nodell (born 15 November 1915) is a cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the comic book superhero Green Lantern. ...

External links

• Pillsbury's Doughboy site
• Audio file (MP3 format) of the Doughboy giggling
• Pillsbury Family