Southern Bread

Several eight-second commercials featuring the Southern Colonel were produced in the 1960s for Southern Bread. The commercials are thought to be the first examples of the Muppets filming on location and are just a series of eight-second, one-gag spots.

Each of the commercials featured a dapper Southern Colonel Muppet who would say “I’d do anything for Southern Bread…” and would then proceed to do something extreme like jumping out a window, driving to the north or going to Yankee Stadium. Most spots also included a twist at the end. Such as the Colonel deciding he likes Yankee Stadium (because all the fans are yelling at the “Yankees”) or the Colonel jumping out a window only to magically float back up (“because Southern Bread won’t let you down”).