Sizzlean was available for about 10 years through the ’70s and ’80s as a failed attempt to sell healthier “bacon”. But it tasted like salty play-dough mixed with SPAM. You can’t beat bacon for tasty salty tasty goodness. It’s too tasty to be defined. It’s like saying, “I’m going to be cooler than Fonzie!” Here’s [...]
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Remembering Sizzlean
February 23rd, 2010 
rberry 
Posted in FOOD, Videos, Vintage Advertising and Commercials 
Tags: 90210, bacon, carol potter, commercials, sizzlean, sizzling 
2 Comments »Happy 125th Birthday, Dr Pepper!
January 26th, 2010 rberry It’s hard to believe that Dr Pepper is 125 years old today. Yep…it actually predates Coca-Cola. Hats off to Dr. Pepper for making super great tasting throwback editions that use real sugar instead of that horrible corn syrup crap. Here’s the classic retro Dr Pepper commercial featuring David Naughton. It’d be cool if they made [...]
Brilliant Stephen Colbert Piece on Domino’s Pizza
January 7th, 2010 rberry The Colbert Report
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Posted in FOOD, Vintage Advertising and Commercials Tags: domino's pizza, stephen colbert 2 Comments »Kim Kardashian’s Carl’s Jr. Commercial
December 23rd, 2009 rberry Jeepers! I haven’t been this turned on by a fast food commercial since McDonald’s took the Fry Guys off the air! CLICK HERE to watch it!
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Posted in FOOD, Videos, Vintage Advertising and Commercials Tags: commercial, Kim Kardashian No Comments »ORBITZ Soda
December 5th, 2009 rberry
Long before ORBITZ was a travel company with sporty pop up ads, it was a soda the likes of which the world has never seen, and likely will ever see again.
First appearing it the early 90s and made by the company Clearly Canadian, ORBITZ amazed shoppers with its bizarre gelatinous [...]
F.Lee Bailey Loves Smirnoff
December 2nd, 2009 rberry Ah, 1980 was a cool time. Gotta love this vintage Smirnoff ad featuring legendary lawyer F.Lee Baily getting sauced. I don’t know if the drunk lawyer image is necessarily the best one for clients, but he did help O.J Simpson off the hook, so maybe there’s some advantages to the booze approach.
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Delicious Chocolate Ding Dongs
November 20th, 2009 rberry Ok…if you’re 8 or just immature like me, this commercial will make you giggle every time!
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Mr. T Eats Undertaker Ice Cream
November 18th, 2009 rberry I was hungry, so I looked in my freezer and all I had was fish sticks and a World Wrestling Federation Ice Cream bar. No way in hell am I gonna eat fish sticks, so I guess the choice is easy. Why the hell are fish sticks in my freezer, anyway? I never have the [...]
Cartoons and Cornflakes- The Bubblegum Bandits
October 11th, 2009 rberry “We’ll be twelve next year,” he said.
“Yeah, so?”
“You wanna live forever?” he asked.
“Guess not.”
We hid behind the summer bushes as the ugly cars sped up and down the hills of Highland Road. The common wacky fun thing to do was to [...]
Cartoons and Cornflakes- Cereal Box Treasure
October 11th, 2009 rberry Here’s the thing, the key of why I love cereal: it’s that irresistible sort of junky-gambler high as you open the cereal box, reach in and dig through [...]
1942 “Body Building Dishes for Children”
October 7th, 2009 rberry Most of this cookbook is pretty decent, but I found a couple of recipes in here that seem absolutely revolting, and certainly too vile for any child to want to eat. See for yourself!
Soup made out of liver, fat, and cream! YUM YUM YUM!
This one is guaranteed to turn your kids into zombies!
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Sexy Vintage Banana Recipes
September 23rd, 2009 rberry Having a friend like retroRANDY is great, because when he comes by he leaves weird things behind. He’s always finding the craziest stuff at thrift stores. Anyway, one day he left me this great [...]
Krazy Kids Food
September 2nd, 2009 rberry There’s a beauty to the wrappers and boxes of the food and snacks from my childhood that just isn’t present in today’s grocery stores. I’ve long been a fan of Dan Goodsell’s superior website, The Imaginary World, and was thrilled to see that he’s released a book along with Steve [...]