This Day in History: The Pillsbury Company's famous mascot, the Pillsbury Doughboy (officially known as "Poppin' Fresh"), made his debut, appearing for the first time on this day in 1965 in a television commercial for dough for crescent rolls. Created by advertising executive Rudolph Perz, the TV ads used stop-motion animation that required 720 separate photographs for a 30-second film.
According to Business Insider, the top company mascots over the years were:
The Aflac Duck
Mr Peanut (Planters)
The Pillsbury Doughboy
Tony the Tiger (Kellogg's Frosted Flakes)
Juan Valdez (Coffee)
The GEICO Gecko
Colonel Sanders (KFC)
Kool-Aid Man
Orville Redenbacher
The Chick-fil-A cows
The Serta Counting Sheep
The GEICO Cavemen
The AOL Running Man
Budweiser Clydesdales
The Michelin Man etc
According to Ranker, the creepiest company mascots are:
The Spongmonkeys (Quiznos)
Ronald McDonald
Chuck E Cheese
The King (Burger King)
Jack (Jack in the Box), etc
