Looking back on when things went better with Coke

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One thing the advertising industry can be thankful for this holiday season is Coca-Cola’s decision to air its first television commercial 55 years ago on a Thanksgiving special featuring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, helping turn marketers on to the power of television. At a time when TV viewers were few and far between, Coke struggled to come up with an approach to the new medium under its longtime agency, The D’Arcy Agency in St.

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