Have You Forgotten Your Manners?

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Richard H. Cutting (1912-72) was the actor who played the miniature “Manners the Butler” in the Kleenex Napkins commercials, created in 1957 in Chicago for Kimberly-Clark Corporation. The use of trick photography made Manners appear only inches tall, but full of spunk. Here are a couple of the dozens of spots — a forgotten classic from 1958. “GRACIOUS ME” and “TV DINNER.”

"Honey, how can I enjoy TV dinner with slippery napkins?"

“Honey, how can I enjoy TV dinner with slippery napkins?”

Manners promises these napkins don't fall off the lap.

Manners promises these napkins don’t fall off the lap.

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