The True Story of P.T. Barnum and Jenny Lind
The hidden history behind Nipper, one of the most famous dogs in the world
Continue readingDid the Swedish Nightingale sing like the Swedish Chef? We’ll never know.
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Ward Off Evil
A little bit Wonder Woman with a little bit 1980’s hard rock band. Nice.
This is why we can’t have nice things. Oh, wait…
I’m assuming this company wasn’t named after Dutch Reformed clergyman Albertus van Raalte, but maybe?
Nope. It’s was Emanuel van Raalte. Oh well.
I tried, but can’t quite make out the artist’s signature. Probably not Walt Disney.
Continue readingBefore there was Netflix and Chill, there was Bartlett’s and Boink.
“Do… or do not. There is no try.” — Winston Churchill
John Bartlett’s “Familiar Quotations” was first printed in 1855. It’s still in print (many versions later), but it has also made the leap into the app world.
Continue readingFee-fi-fo-fum bear meat’s always yummy-yum!
Dandy, Handy and Candy were later replaced by Sugar Bear.
Sugar Crisp is now known as Golden Crisp, because that’s much healthier.
Continue readingNothing sucks like Electrolux.
Seen at an auction, an Electrolux Users Manual, the front and back cover seen here.
just slightly ahead of our time
Panasonic used to have a most excellent tagline.
Salt Petre
This stuff is mentioned in quite a few old stories, mostly for making gunpowder and causing impotence.
Gunpowder & Impotence would be a good name for a country album.
You can really taste the mole asses.
Three ingredients: roasted wheat bran, wheat and molasses.
Postum was developed by C. W. Post, the Grape-Nuts guy.
Continue readingPlease don’t slug the excavator.
How Wheaties Became the ‘Breakfast of Champions’
Art by Irwin Caplan (“Cap”), illustrator/painter/designer/cartoonist. Wanna see his house?
Johnny Mize was a left-handed Hall of Famer. At last check, some of Johnny Mize’s baseball cards go for over $7,700 on eBay.
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