Dating to 1972, this longform ad promotes Mattel’s Hi Dottie doll. It appears to feature Carol Channing, reprising her role in “Hello Dolly!” from the 1964 musical, or someone who looks and sounds a lot like her! Based on its length, the ad was likely not intended for TV, but used to promote the launch of the doll to toy buyers. The Hi Dottie doll owed its creation to the success of Chatty Cathy. “Hi Dottie” appeared in 1969 with her very own telephone. The doll features both a pull string and a small lever in her back. When the string is pulled and the lever pushed, she waves her arms and turns her head from side to side.

We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 — President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.”

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com