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The first TV commercial was a person shouting “BUY THIS!” at the camera. Marketing has evolved… slightly.

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The first TV commercial in the US aired in 1941, a Bulova watch ad before a baseball game. It was a short spot with a voice-over, and not a person shouting BUY THIS.

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