Archive for ‘February, 2011’

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Feb10

1977 Ads: JIF!

by Byron on February 10, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: 77 Ads


Are you a choosy mother? Another example of how an Ad agency purposely played on a known expletive phrase to sell their peanut butter.  The first time I remember hearing a reference to “mother” in the sense of “Mother F****r” was in the song “Shaft” by Issac Hayes.  Some AM stations even bleeped the “mother” [...]

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Feb09

1977 Rock Crossword 2

by Byron on February 9, 2011 at 9:49 am
Posted In: Crossword Puzzle

Rock n Roll Part 2 Click in any space to preview the clue below the puzzle. This interactive crossword puzzle requires JavaScript and a reasonably recent web browser, such as Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, Netscape 7, Mozilla, Firefox, or Safari. If you have disabled web page scripting, please re-enable it and refresh the page. [...]

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Feb08

Green Bay Lorraine

by Byron on February 8, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Ramblings

A bet’s a bet and unless you can welch on one without getting your legs broken, it’s best to pay up!  So I am.  Mr. Tom Racine of Tall Tale Radio seems to be a Cheesehead of sorts and when Green Bay went up against the Bears a couple weeks back, we made a friendly [...]

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Feb02

1977 Trivia Crossword

by Byron on February 2, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Crossword Puzzle

1977 Trivia Spaces are in some word combinations. Click on one of the word spaces to see the clue! This interactive crossword puzzle requires JavaScript and a reasonably recent web browser, such as Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, Netscape 7, Mozilla, Firefox, or Safari. If you have disabled web page scripting, please re-enable it and [...]

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Feb01

1977 Ads: America’s Burger!

by Byron on February 1, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: 77 Ads


That’s right, America’s Burger! Screw the rest of the world! USA! USA! BEEF! Man, I had forgotten about this ad campaign.  We had just been through the USA love fest known as the Bi-Centennial and we were still all about Baseball and Apple Pie (on TV at least).  Holy crap this is sickening.  You wonder [...]

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