Hostess liquidation: A part of TV history dies
Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread, is going out of business. (Nov. 15, 2012) Credit: Getty Images
Hostess this morning sought permission from a bankruptcy court in White Plains to sell off it assets, effectively ending the life of a company that has a had a prominent commercial role on TV for well over half a century.
Wonder Bread and Twinkies were prominent early sponsors of an early medium; boomers, in particular, grew up with a barrage of Wonder Bread and Twinkies commercials, and here — in memoriam — are just a few.
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