But then there's the little fact that the commercial was based on the late scriptwriter's real experience missing his son, who at one time worked overseas with the Peace Corps. “I really connected with the writer, Doug Pippin,” recalled the commercial's director, Ray Dillman.

Alan's character, while nameless, was also inspired by one of the set producers' sons, who had joined the Peace Corps that year. He and Catherine Combs, the actress playing the sister from the commercial, didn't meet until the first day of filming on set in a house covered with fake snow in Santa Monica.

Anyway, that got me and my wife laughing and reminiscing about the first time we saw that commercial. Turns out, the girl from that ad is Catherine Combs, the daughter of Jeffrey Combs. Who'da thunkit? If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.

Folgers Coffee is a brand of ground, instant, and single-use pod coffee produced and sold in the United States, with additional distribution in Asia, Canada and Mexico. It forms part of the food and beverage division of The J.M. Smucker Company. Folgers roasts its coffee in New Orleans.

In the 1850s, company founder James Folger traveled from Massachusetts to California. He hoped to get rich from gold mining but instead partnered with a coffee roaster. By the end of the Civil War, Folger had taken over the company and renamed it J.A. Folger & Co.

Over the years it has been rearranged and performed by many famous musicians, such as Richie Havens, Randy Travis, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Stanley, Aretha Franklin, and Rockapella. From 1965 to 1986, Folgers was known for television ads involving "Mrs.

J.M. Smucker J.M. Smucker controls about 26% of the U.S. at-home coffee category. The company owns three of the eight biggest brands in coffee: Folgers, Café Bustelo and CPG packaged Dunkin'.

Background. In 1985, Folgers released a long-running commercial called "Peter Comes Home For Christmas". In that commercial, a man named "Peter" comes home and his greeted by his younger sister, who is a little girl (as opposed to a teenager).

Advertising. Folgers is promoted with the slogan "The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup!" It is well associated with a jingle featured in almost every advertisement since 1984, with lyrics by Susan Spiegel Solovay and Bill Vernick, and music by Leslie Pearl.

Folger m (strong, genitive Folgers, plural Folger, feminine Folgerin) agent noun of folgen; follower.

Instead of using a new spokesperson, we created the slogan, "The Best Part of Wakin' Up Is Folgers in Your Cup®". The jingle went on to become one of the most recognizable pieces of advertising in American culture.

songwriter Leslie Pearl The jingle represented a breakthrough for songwriter Leslie Pearl. (The lyrics came from two other writers.) Born in 1952, Pearl wrote hits for the likes of Johnny Mathis and Kenny Rogers before turning to jingles in the early 1980s.