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Nobody Doesn’t Like Sara Lee

As a kid growing up, I didn’t understand why everyone said “Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee” was incorrect English. I…

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Wendy’s Soviet Fashion Show: “Daywear… Eveningwear… Swimwear”

The Wendy’s Soviet Fashion Show ad was a wonderfully odd 1985 commercial from the same general era as Wendy’s famous…

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“Muncha buncha, muncha buncha, Fritos go with lunch!”

It was catchy, silly, and easy for kids to repeat, which is exactly what made old snack commercials work. A…

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When Tippee-Toes Tiptoed Into Trouble

Leave it to the early 1980s to give us a controversy over a baby doll’s bare bottom. Mattel’s Tippee-Toes was…

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There Was More For Your Life At Sears

Back in the early 1980s, Sears was still one of the big American shopping destinations, and their “There’s More For…

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Crazy Calls Answering Machine Tape…Did You Have One?

As answering machines became increasingly integrated into everyday life, some individuals sought to go beyond the standard outgoing message of…