Category: 1970s

Thou Never Brought Home a Butterball

Turkey meat, commonly referred to as just turkey, is the meat from turkeys, typically domesticated turkeys. It is a popular poultry dish, especially in North America, where it is traditionally consumed as part of culturally significant events such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as in standard cuisine.

The name Butterball was originally registered as trademark #378,438 on June 11, 1940, by Ada Walker of Wyoming, Ohio. Leo Peters purchased the trademark in February 1951. Leo Peters licensed the name to Swift and Co. for 10 years before selling it in the 1960s. Peters sold the name “Butterball” to Swift, which was acquired by ConAgra in 1990. Animal welfare activists such as Mercy for Animals, the Humane Society of the United States, and PETA have accused Butterball of animal cruelty.

JBS USA‘s operations can be traced back to 1855, when 16-year-old Gustavus Franklin Swift founded a butchering operation in Eastham, Massachusetts.

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States, and around the same part of the year in other places.

The Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers were the English settlers who established the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. hey established Plymouth Colony in 1620, which became the second successful English settlement in America, following the founding of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. The Pilgrims’ story became a central theme in the history and culture of the United States.

James Harder (November 19, 1931 – January 9, 2009) was an American actor. He also appeared in commercials.

Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938) is an American actress and comedian. She has been a main cast member on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants since its debut, providing the voice of Mrs. Puff.

The Burger King Christmas Doll

The exchanging of gifts is one of the core aspects of the modern Christmas celebration, making it the most profitable time of year for retailers and businesses throughout the world.

A doll is a model of a human being, often used as a toy for girls.

Not all gift cards are redeemed. The card may be lost; there may be time decay (expiration and fees) or complex rules of redemption; the recipient may not be interested in the store that accepts the card or be under the false assumption that not using it will save money for the giver. In 2012, over $100 billion in gift cards will be purchased in the United States, where over 20% of those gift cards will go unredeemed or unused.

Since its foundation in 1954, Burger King has employed varied advertising programs, both successful and unsuccessful.

Why Not Get the Most out of Your Life With Mr. Ray’s Hair Weave?

A hair weave is human or artificial hair utilized for the integration with one’s natural hair. Weaves can alter one’s appearance for long or short periods of time by adding further hair to one’s natural hair or by covering the natural hair all together with human or synthetic hairpieces.

Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body.

Baltimore native and filmmaker John Waters has parodied the Hon culture, as well as Baltimore itself, extensively in his movies. For a somewhat accurate representation of Baltimorese, one can look to Waters’ narration in his 1972 movie Pink Flamingos. Waters himself used a local commercial for Mr Ray’s Hair Weaves as his main inspiration. The commercial was famous around town for Mr. Ray’s thick East Baltimore accent: “Cawl todaey, for your free hayome showink…” (“Call today, for your free home showing”) was the most memorable line from that commercial.

When E. F. Hutton Talks, People Listen on a Plane

EF Hutton is an American stock brokerage firm founded in 1904 by Edward Francis Hutton and his brother, Franklyn Laws Hutton. Later, it was led by well known Wall Street trader Gerald M. Loeb. Under their leadership, EF Hutton became one of the most respected financial firms in the United States and for several decades was the second largest brokerage firm in the country.

Benton & Bowles (B&B) was a New York-based advertising agency founded by William Benton and Chester Bowles in 1929. B&B created some of the most memorable commercials on television, including “Look, Ma, No Cavities” for Crest toothpaste and “When E.F. Hutton Talks, People Listen” for the New York brokerage house.

A brokerage firm, or simply brokerage, is a financial institution that facilitates the buying and selling of financial securities between a buyer and a seller.

Business class is a travel class available on many commercial airlines and rail lines, known by brand names which vary, by airline or rail company.

The Fresh Food Place, Taco Bell

Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell, who first opened a hot dog stand called Bell’s Drive-In in San Bernardino, California in 1948 when he was 25 years old.

Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. Originally created and developed in 1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad’s Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola on August 28, 1898, and then as Pepsi in 1961.

In August 2016, The Atlantic reported that in the United States, the once popular jingle was now being replaced by advertisers with a mixture of older and recent pop music to make their commercials memorable. In 1998, there were 153 jingles in a sample of 1,279 national commercials; by 2011, the number of jingles had dropped to eight jingles out of 306 commercials.

Parker Brothers’ New Gnip Gnop is Very Easy to Play

Gnip Gnop was designed by Marvin Glass and Associates for Parker Brothers. It was originally released in 1971. The name is the backward spelling of “Ping-Pong”, the common name for table tennis.

Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using a small bat.

Marvin Glass and Associates (MGA) was a toy design and engineering firm based in Chicago. Marvin Glass (1914–1974) and his employees created some of the most successful toys and games of the twentieth century such as Mr. Machine, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, Lite Brite, Ants in the Pants, Mouse Trap, Operation, Simon, Body Language, and the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle.

Parker Brothers was an American toy and game manufacturer which later became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883.