The Good Humor® Man
In the early days, Good Humor® men were required to tip their hats to ladies and salute gentlemen.
Not much has changed since then...
In 1950 Jack Carson starred in the feature
motion picture, “The Good Humor Man”.
It takes three days of training and orientation to become a
Good Humor® Man.
Robert Gant became the new Good Humor® Man in 1996.
Good Humor® Trucks
Good Humor® bars have been sold out of everything from tricycles to push carts to trucks. Take a
look at how they’ve evolved over the years...
Eventually, Good Humor® trucks were equipped with "Stop"
swing arm signs to reduce pedestrian accidents.
Good Humor® sold its fleet of vehicles in 1976 to focus on selling in grocery stores. Some of the trucks were purchased by ice cream distributors and others were sold to individuals. The trucks sold for $1000 - $3000 each.
In 1920 Burt outfitted a fleet of twelve street vending trucks with freezers and bells to sell his creation out of. The first set of bells came from his son's bobsled.
A Good Humor plant opened in Chicago in 1929. The mob demanded $5,000 in protection money, which was refused, so they destroyed part of the Chicago fleet.
Good Humor® Ice Cream
The Good Humor® name came from the belief that a person’s "humor", or temperament, was related
to the humor of the palate (sense of taste). And we still believe in quality tasting products...
During the Great Depression, Good Humor® introduced
a bar for 5¢ – half the price of a normal bar.
After waiting 3 years for a patent, Burt took a trip to Washington D.C. in 1923 with a five-gallon pail of Good Humor® Bars for the patent officials to sample. It worked – his patent was granted.
By 1960 there were over 85 Good Humor® ice cream products.
"The Classics" – Candy Crunch, Chocolate Éclair, Strawberry Shortcake, Toasted Almond – were re-launched in 1992.