Follies of the Madmen #525

Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 02, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Sports, Advertising, Junk Food, Dogs, Asia

Sheep-Face Pizza

Worst pizza ever?

It was on the menu of an Icelandic pizzeria in honor of "farmer's day" (Jan 21). More info: grapevine.is

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 27, 2022 - Comments (2)
Category: Food, Junk Food

Oreo Wine

A limited release from Barefoot Wine. And already sold out.

Chocolate-infused wine, which is essentially what this is, is nothing new. An odd combination, nevertheless.

Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 22, 2021 - Comments (2)
Category: Chocolate, Junk Food, Alcohol

Fishy Pringles

Get your maritime-flavored Pringles here.

The whole site is full of oddball Japanese stuff.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 06, 2021 - Comments (3)
Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Junk Food, Asia, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust

Boiled Fish Paste Crust Pizza

In 2014, the Korean patent office granted a patent for "a manufacturing method of boiled fish paste crust pizza."

Doesn't sound appetizing to me, but perhaps boiled fish paste is popular in Korea.

Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 06, 2021 - Comments (1)
Category: Inventions, Patents, Junk Food

Myrtle Young, the Potato Chip Lady

Myrtle Young worked as a potato chip inspector at the Seyfert Potato Chip plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. During the course of her job, she would occasionally notice potato chips that resembled something, such as an animal or a celebrity. She began to take these chips home to show her granddaughter, and soon she had amassed quite a collection.

When the media became aware of her collection it led to numerous appearances on talk shows, including a 1987 appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. TV Guide named this as the funniest moment ever on television.

I don't know if it's the funniest ever, but it's definitely amusing. The noteworthy part occurs about a minute in.



The scene was later parodied in a 1993 episode of the Simpson's, 'Selma's Choice,' in which Great Aunt Gladys bequeathes to Marge, via video will, her collection of potato chips that look like celebrities. As the video will is playing, Homer is seen eating the chips. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a clip of this scene.

Update: Paul managed to get some screenshots of Homer and the potato chips!

Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 02, 2021 - Comments (0)
Category: Humor, Television, Junk Food, Collectors, 1980s

Round Hot Dogs

Hot dogs shaped like hamburgers. So you don't have to buy separate hot dog and hamburger buns. Available from Rastelli's.

The inventors of these think they're unique enough to be patentable. But their patent application is still pending.

More info: philly grub blog

Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 24, 2021 - Comments (7)
Category: Patents, Junk Food

The Sundae of Tomorrow

The centerpiece of the 1939 New York World's Fair was a pair of structures known as the Trylon and Perisphere. Even today, they look very futuristic.



It occurred to some that the structures looked a bit like a scoop of ice cream and an upside-down cone. This inspired ice-cream parlors throughout America to offer what they called the "World's Fair Sundae" or the "Sundae of Tomorrow".

Hagerstown Daily Mail - July 21, 1939

It's a nice looking sundae. I'd get one if they were offered today. Though now the reference would be lost on most people.

Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 19, 2021 - Comments (3)
Category: Food, Junk Food, 1930s

The Frito Twist

NOTE: the text below calls it a 78, but it looks pretty much like a 45 to me.

This 78 rpm record was made by the PAMS (Production, Advertising, Merchandising Service) production company in February 1962 for the Frito-Lay company to promote its Fritos snack food with a dedicated jingle, the “Frito-Twist.” The disc’s white paper label bears the Fritos and PAMS logos on both sides. Side A plays “The Frito Twist,” and Side B contains the instructional “How to Twist.” (In earlier versions of this promotional record, side A featured “Dallas: My Home Town” with “The Frito Twist” on side B.) The music for the “Frito Twist” was written by Euel Box, a Dallas-based composer and arranger best known for his work on the “Benji” movies of the 1970s and 80s, and a music director for the PAMS company. The sound engineer on the recording was Dick McGrew (as noted in the fine print along the edge of the record).The Dallas-based PAMS production company was founded in 1951 by William B. Meeks, Jr., often credited as the creator of the musical station break. In the 1950s-1970s, advertisers looked to music and dedicated jingles to help promote their products. They aimed branded dance fads in particular at teenagers and young adults.

More info here.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 20, 2021 - Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Music, Junk Food, 1960s, Dance

The Singing Wastebaskets

Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 07, 2020 - Comments (0)
Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Surrealism, Junk Food, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults