Minnesota culture...
http://youtu.be/tboz-HYFc_8
Minnesota culture...
http://youtu.be/tboz-HYFc_8
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
From the YouTube video in the original posting:
Like most people who lived during the period, I remember the crying Indian from the early 70's anti-littering commercials. Unlike most government public service advertising, this campaign was wildly successful.
I always thought that the iconic guy surely must be a real, authentic, proud, full-blooded Native American. It was a big let-down to find out that his real name was Espera Oscar de Corti; an actor who was the son of Sicilian immigrants. I shed a tear myself when I learned that I had been deceived!
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Last edited by XE1/N5AL; 06-02-2014 at 10:41 PM.
Speaking of public service announcements, anybody remember all those old (and really lame) commercials for Free Government Publications, on any topic imaginable. This was pre-Internet, so you had to mail your request to some P.O. Box, in Pueblo, Colorado. I wonder how many people actually went to the trouble to make a request.
BTW, nowadays you can download them at: http://publications.usa.gov/
Last edited by XE1/N5AL; 06-02-2014 at 10:42 PM.
60609, Chicago Illinois.Originally Posted by wb5ydk
Ah yes, the Spiegel catalog company in Chicago, Illinois 60609. I wonder how many tractor-trailer loads, of television game show prizes, did they supply over the years. And how about all those luxurious furs from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills.
Proof positive that if you repeat something enough times ...
Very nice. Brings back a lot of old memories.BTW "Spud" was the first brand to market a menthol cigarette. Then along came KOOL and Newport, Alpine and BelAir. I know what they mean about too much menthol. When I vape I often use a menthol liquid or cartoid. Problem is most of them are all menthol and don't deliver any tobacco flavor. I might have to make my own liquid with a combo of menthol and tobacco flavour. Since I have been vaping I have really cut down on chewing tobacco. These days a tin or pouch of dip or chew lasts me for weeks. Most of the time I just reach for an e-cig.
P.S. If regular cigarettes weren't so unhealthy I would definitely smoke them I love cigarettes but I don't like the risks involved with them.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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