Showing posts with label commercial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commercial. Show all posts
Thursday, August 19, 2021

The Disposable Paper Dresses of The 1960s

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  There's an essence of a woman who buys her dresses with her buckets of KFC (nudge-wink). Perhaps one of the most questionable products...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Special Request: "The Ballad of A Gentle Laxative (The Doxidan Cowboy Commercial)" (1987)

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  From the mailbag.... Hmmm...Not really knowledgeable about diamel, Rd. But when you mentioned the Doxidan Cowboy, you hit solid gold. Ever...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Caravelle Candy Bars

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While many people today think the only products made by The Peter Paul Company (now a division of the Hershey company since 1988) are t...
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Sunday, April 03, 2016

Hamburger Helper

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If there's one product that American families on a budget know and love/hate the taste of all too well, it was Hamburger Helper. H...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Reveal See Thru Roasting Wrap

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Here's something you probably need this Thanksgiving that you'll also need a time machine to buy. Reveal See Thru Roasti...
Monday, November 02, 2015

Danka Toaster Pastries

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Danka was a tragically named breakfast pastry for toasters that existed in the late 1960s and early '70s. From the advert...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Rodney Allen Rippy

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In 1973, Jack In The Box ran a TV commercial for it's Jumbo Jack burger featuring a cute little kid named Rodney Allen Rippy, who ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

10-10 Dial-Around Numbers

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In the late 1990s, before cell phone service became affordable and nearly ubiquitous for nearly everyone, there were dozens of phone numb...
Monday, September 28, 2015

"Up With People" Up With People (1965)

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When I was a kid, I hated this record. Like smash this record to atoms, melt it into an unrecognizable blob, jump on it, toss it in...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

"Where's The Beef?"

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It all started with a fairly run of the mill TV commercial for national fast food chain Wendy's.... ....that turned three words in...