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— Preston Northwest, Gravity Falls
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Sage Advice
Don’t forget to add “F-inna-circle double-you double-you double-you dot space” before your website address so people know you’re on the computer.
The perfect word.
Behold, the out-of-print poster you never knew you wanted.
An angry thunderbolt of terror explodes out of the ocean’s depths!
♬ Daa–dumb. Daa–dumb. Da–dumb da–dumb da–dumb da–dumb.
Jaws it ain’t.
“A lousier movie may get made one of these days or years, but it will have to wrest the trophy from the dead and icy grasp of Orca.” — LA Times
“If it were medically possible to overdose on claptrap, Orca, which opened yesterday at the Criterion and other theaters, would be compelled to carry a warning from the Surgeon General.” — The New York Times
Well, now I’m probably going to have to find and watch it.
Spoiler alert: Bo Derek (in her movie debut) supposedly gets her leg chomped off in this masterpiece.
Coca-Cola 1906 – Victorians sure talked purdy.
Fun fact: Just three years before this 1906 ad from Massengale Advertising ran, cocaine was removed from the Coca-Cola formula.
Ah-h-h, man… there’s real flavor!
I was excited to discover that a 1948 issue of Dakota Farmer that I won at auction had a full page ad for Grain Belt beer. Even better, 70 or so years ago, some kid colored in the teeth of the feller in the ad, which as we all know, increases its value in the collectibles market by at least 50x.
Continue readingBehold.
Back in 2000 or so, DDB Chicago changed Leo Burnett’s “Behold, the power of cheese.” for America’s Dairy Farmers to “Ahh, the power of cheese.” after winning the account.
20 years later, I am no longer mad, but I am still disappointed.
Is that an unlimited data plan in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
It’s almost as if Cricket Wireless is encouraging the Internet to add penises to their characters.
Dangling the opportunity right in front of us, so to speak.
Bros before hoes.
