Food
Mystery Illustration 74
This young lass is delighted to be offering an armful of potatoes to someone. Who and why? PS: They are not the product of her personal horticultural skills.
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 17, 2018 -
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Category: Food, 1920s
Vegetable Orchestra
They've got a great beet!Their website
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 16, 2018 -
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Category: Food, Vegetables, Music
Death by Snails
November 1979: World-champion snail eater Marc Quinquandon died soon after eating 72 snails in three minutes and four seconds.More info: Death of a snails man (Washington Post - Nov 29, 1979)
San Bernardino County Sun - Nov 27, 1979
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 10, 2018 -
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Category: Death, Food, World Records, 1970s
The CGI of 1985
1985 Clio Award winning Television commercial done for Canned Foods Information Council by San Francisco ad agency of Ketchum Communications. [This] spot, "Brilliance," won in Computer Animation category and featured a voice-over by motion picture star, Kathleen Turner.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 06, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Business, Advertising, Food, Robots, Computers, Special Effects, 1980s
Happy July 4th 2018!
May all WU-vies have a fun and safe holiday!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 04, 2018 -
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Category: Destruction, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Explosives, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Family, Fireworks and Pyrotechnics, Food, Holidays
S’mores Story
S'mores Story from Monster Truck Ninja on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 21, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Babies, Cannibalism, Death, Food
Promoting God via Margarine
Had to be one of the least enthusiastic product endorsements ever.The Rev. Mr. Stephens said he took the job only on condition he could write his own script. He starts by saying he is not really a margarine man because it reminds him of his years in the army. Then he adds: "However, we ate it. Our system probably needed it. The body needs fat like the soul needs God."
The commercial was filmed in his study.
Rev. Ronald Stephens
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer - Nov 12, 1970
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 28, 2018 -
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Category: Food, Religion, Advertising, 1970s
Vegetable Jell-O
Responding to the popularity of jello salads, General Foods introduced four vegetable flavors of jello in 1964: celery, seasoned tomato, mixed vegetable, and Italian salad.But for some reason, although people liked jello salads, they didn't like vegetable-flavored jellos, and the flavors were soon discontinued.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal - July 9, 1964
source: midcenturymenu.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 19, 2018 -
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Category: Food, Jello, 1960s
Tommy James, “I Am a Tangerine”
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 19, 2018 -
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Category: Food, Music, Psychedelic, 1970s
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