Why are bears used in toilet paper commercials?

When did bears get to be associated with bathroom hygiene? Over the last few decades. The preponderance of bears on toilet-paper packaging—along with angels, babies, and puppies—derives from the dominance of the major players in the bath-tissue industry.

What does the Brown Charmin Bear represent?

Our Brown Bears are standard & generally used, but we feature Red Bears to distinguish Charmin Ultra Strong, and Blue Bears to distinguish Charmin Ultra Soft. Sometimes it depends on the design too – a blue bear doesn’t stand out very well on a blue package!

Why are Charmin Bears?

In 2001, three cubs were added to the family, and by 2007 a blue bear was introduced for the “soft” brand and a red bear for the “strong” brand. The bear later became part of the packaging, replacing the baby in 2004. The “Charmin Bears” is a collective family of parents and children.

Did the Chinese invent toilet paper?

In the 2nd century BC Chinese invented wrapping and padding material known as paper. Historically the first modern toilet paper was made in 1391, when it was created for the needs of the Chinese Emperor family. Each sheet of toilet paper was even perfumed. That was toilet paper as we have come to think of it.

Why are the Charmin bears not red anymore?

The Charmin bear family changes color according to which quality of toilet paper they are advertising. In neutral advertisements, they are brown. You’re probably wondering if they have names, of course they have names they are a family. In the long run, the Charmin ALWAYS ends up brown.

Why do commercials cut out?

It may also be related to a national/local ad feed. A certain percentage of ad time, even on cable channels, goes to local advertisers, so if the main commercial feed contains a full slate of national ads, splicing in a local ad may be off by a small amount of time.

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