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Follies of the Madmen #491
"Our gum will alter your irises!"
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 16, 2020 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Junk Food, 1910s, Eyes and Vision
Burger King’s Secret Ingredient
It's people!!!
Tallahassee Democrat Sun - Feb 28, 1999
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 30, 2020 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Advertising, Junk Food, 1990s
The Music of Colonel Sanders
Colonel Sanders was apparently a music fan. During the late 1960s, while he still owned Kentucky Fried Chicken, he released a number of albums which were sold at his restaurants.His first record, released in 1966, was "Favorite Old Church Hymns recorded by The Colonel's Mandolin Band for the glorification of Christ."
The story goes, as reported by the Danville Advocate-Messenger (Nov 6, 1967), that "a group of sixth-graders originally became interested in mandolins after their teacher brought an instrument to the school. When the children, who lived near Colonel Sanders, had formed a band and played many times, they performed for him and he forthwith bought them all new mandolins and assisted them in making a record." In fact, he decided to print 30,000 copies of the record, almost none of which sold.
Vice.com reports that thousands of copies of the record are still in a storage warehouse in Kentucky, and you can buy one if you visit the original KFC location in Corbin, Kentucky.
The other albums he released were more generic music compilations. The best title among the lot is Colonel Sanders' Tijuana Picnic, which sounds vaguely obscene, but was just a collection of Tijuana Brass knockoffs. You can listen to the whole album on YouTube (clip below).
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 18, 2020 -
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Category: Music, Junk Food, 1960s
Sugar Doping
1924: Despite being fed sweet hot tea and peppermint creams in an experimental attempt to increase their energy, the Yale soccer team lost to the visiting team by 5 to 1.
Bridgeport Telegram - Nov 11, 1924
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 10, 2020 -
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Category: Sports, Experiments, Junk Food, Nutrition, 1920s
Halloween Donut Party
Throughout the 1950s, the donut industry tried hard to make Donut Parties a Halloween tradition. Their PR men also claimed that donuts could help make Halloween "more nutritious."
San Bernardino County Sun - Oct 30, 1957
San Bernardino County Sun - Oct 30, 1957
Oct 23, 1955 - “Dos & Don’ts for Halloween Donut Party”
The Salem News - Oct 17, 1955
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 31, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Junk Food, Nutrition, Halloween
Cheetos Pareidolia
I promise this will be my last Cheetos-themed post for a while. But for some reason, I've been coming across a lot of weird stuff about Cheetos recently.The latest is Cheetos pareidolia, which is the phenomenon of Cheetos that look like things. Often these unique Cheetos end up on eBay, where they command high prices. For instance, right now, for only $650, you can buy a Cheeto shaped like a shrimp.
In 2017, a man found a Cheeto shaped like the Virgin Mary, and he promptly put it up for sale.
Also in 2017, a Cheeto shaped like the gorilla Harambe almost sold for $100,000.
And some, such as photographer Andy Huot, find inspiration in the many shapes of Cheetos. Huot has an Instagram page dedicated to what he calls 'cheese curl art'. Below is his version of the March of Progress, rendered in Cheetos.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 10, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Junk Food, Pareidolia
Cheetos Fashion
I didn’t realize this when I posted yesterday about Cheetos lip balm, but it turns out that this past week Cheetos announced it would be hosting the brands first-ever runway show, as part of New York Fashion Week. From the press release:Cheetos will unveil the Cheetos Flamin' Haute look in New York at the brand's first-ever runway show and style bar and is asking fans to show off their #CheetosFlaminHaute look for a chance to gain entry... the brand will debut high-fashion-yet-playful looks with clothes, hair, makeup and nail styling that takes 'looking like a snack' to a whole new level.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 08, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Junk Food
Cheetos Lip Balm
A number of sites (such as USA Today) list Cheetos Lip Balm as one of the greatest product flops of all time. I don't agree. It was definitely weird, but I can't find any evidence it flopped.Some context: it came on the market in 2005, created by Lotta Luv, a New York cosmetics company that specialized in licensing flavors from well-known brands. Some of the other odd lip-balm flavors they offered included Hostess Ding Dongs, Cracker Jack, Junior Mints, fourteen flavors of Snapple, and Lay’s Sour Cream and Onion. Their target market was girls 8 to 14. Apparently, young girls loved these weird lip balms.
As far as I can tell, the Cheetos lip balm remained available until 2011, which doesn’t seem like a flop.
Arizona Daily Star - Mar 18, 2004
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 07, 2019 -
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Category: Products, Junk Food
One-Hand Chips
From Japan, comes a solution to the problem of getting your fingers greasy when you eat potato chips. Snack-maker Koike-ya has designed chips that you can 'drink' directly from the bag. From the Wall Street Journal:[Koike-ya’s] One Hand brand features a line of splintered potato chips and other snacks that can be consumed like a bottled drink. It’s marketed with a jumbo-size premise—“a new snack style humankind has been waiting for.” The idea originated with the observation that customers like the mix of potato chip crumbs and flavored powder left at the bottom of the bag. Some eaters tip the chip bag into their mouths to dump the delectable detritus. “What we said is, ‘Why don’t we make it easier for them to do that?’ ” said Kohei Shimosaka, who led a five-member team of chip designers to find the optimum configuration... The research and development finally cooked up a hand-held package with an angled opening.
It looks like a bag of french fries to me. And couldn't you do this on your own with regular chips if you smashed them up while in the bag, and then cut an angled opening to pour them right into your mouth?
More details: potatopro.com
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Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 05, 2019 -
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Category: Junk Food
Pizza Pocket Hoodie
A hoodie with a pouch to keep a slice of pizza warm. Because, why not?It's already almost met its funding goal on Kickstarter, with 26 days still to go. You can have one of your own for a mere $55.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 01, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Junk Food
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