Follies of the Mad Men #175

For one fraction of a second after he sniffs it, I was sure the human was going to chow down on this bowl of dog food. After all, if the dog can talk, why not?

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Jackie Gleason and Art Carney did a skit on The Honeymooners where Ralph found some dog food in the ~~frig~~ ice-box, ate it, and thought to make a million selling it as pate. Funny stuff.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/15/12 at 12:38 PM

A Dingo ate my Lassie!

Posted by KDP on 02/15/12 at 12:38 PM

Thanks Paul! I never knew Barry Crocker did a dog food Commercial
I only knew of him as the "Man who saved the Aussie film industry" :lol:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/15/12 at 12:57 PM

Actually dog food tends to have far more strictly controlled production methods than people food. Dog owners will sue more quickly over their pure bred getting sick on bad food than most parents will over thier kids getting food posioning. Then again, I guess it makes sense as the dog's breeding fees are much higher than the kid's. And comparing their test scores, I can see why.

Posted by Baughbe on 02/15/12 at 02:03 PM

How come the gravy is "Vitalised" (with a long "I") when the "vitalising" ingredients are "vitamins" (short "I")?

Posted by Frank H on 02/15/12 at 05:10 PM

'dog's breeding fees are much higher than the kid's'
Apparently you've never seen the hospital and doctor bills generated by having a baby Baughbe! :gulp:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/15/12 at 07:07 PM

I was in a pet store last month and saw a puppy that didn't seem to fit into an breed I recognized. When I asked it turned out to be a "Teddy Bear" which is a mixture of 3 different breeds and cost only $1,000.

Let me translate that for you: The pet shop was selling mutts for $1,000 a pop!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/15/12 at 09:01 PM

And I bet people are paying it too. There is a sucker born every minute, truer words were never spoken.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/15/12 at 09:51 PM

"Apparently you've never seen the hospital and doctor bills generated by having a baby Baughbe!" - I was talking about breeding fees, not vet bills :lol:

Posted by Baughbe on 02/16/12 at 07:37 AM

"Wining and Dining" ain't cheap these days Baughbe! Ya just can't take'em to a movie, run'em over to the burger joint, and head out to the submarine races like you used to do.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/16/12 at 09:07 AM

@Frank H - Regional pronounciation variation?

I understand "vitamins" is pronounced with a short "i" in the UK (and possibly AU, idk). In the US it is pronounced with the long "i".

AFAIK the term "vitalised" arose in the US ad agencies. It could be from "vitamins" but it could also be from "vital" or a mushed up combo of the two. Etomology is interesting, no?

Posted by Anoxos on 02/16/12 at 12:18 PM

What does the study of bugs have to do with a dog food commercial?
😛

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/16/12 at 01:34 PM

"Vitamins" started out as "vital amines" back in the day. They got letter names because chemists could isolate them and determine what they did in your diet, but did not know what they really were. Over time, they figured out the chemical structures and gave them chemical names like ascorbic acid and beta carotene. I always laugh when I hear the British pronounce "vitamin" with a short i sound, knowing they pronounce "vital" correctly.

Posted by Dave Hanford on 02/16/12 at 03:42 PM

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