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SUGARY CEREALS OF YORE: KING VITAMAN???

As a kid growing up in the nutritionally-challenged 1970s I ate every crap cereal there was: Captain Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Apple Jacks, Frosted Flakes, Quisp, Quake, Fruit Loops, Lucky Chamrs–you name it, I scarfed it. But…King Vitaman? Seriously? Never heard of it! While on a cereal-nostalgia binge I came across

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‘SHASTA’–THE FORGOTTEN COLA

Above are two marvelously elaborate one-minute TV spots for Shasta Colas. Both are period pieces that reference silent comedy filmmaking –and both are elaborately conceived (especially the first) and beautifully executed. Which is quite the opposite of the product they’re shilling for. Shasta was (and still is) a quite dreadful

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GO ON, BE A ‘PEPPER’ (NOT ‘PEEPER’)

Over the past couple of days we’ve discussed the iconic Burger King jingle ‘Hold The Pickle Hold The Lettuce’. Having beaten that dead horse to death again, let’s move onto another iconic advertising jingle for a crappy product. Above is the ‘Wouldn’t You Like To Be A Pepper Too’ ear

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KOVACS KORNER

It’s Friday so guess who you get to have a visit with!.Click above and have a fab weekend. And think of me on Sunday as I celebrate my 60th trip around the sun. I’d do the same for you, you know…

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K-TEL PRESENTS: ?

What better way to kiss the week off then with a few vintage K-TEL commercials? (Actually there are many better ways but I can’t think of them at the moment). Below, behold ads for the idiotic ‘Super Slider Sno-skates’, the moronic ‘Mood Shirt’ and the actually very cool ‘Super Bad’

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