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2 to 6 Inches Guaranteed

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Joe

I found this unlikely claim in issue #186 of The Incredible Hulk published by Marvel Comics in 1975. I’m wondering what the folks at Tall-Up provided for 35¢ and how they could possibly guarantee results. All ages? No gimmicks? Really? … Continue reading →

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Too Good to be True

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Even the grade school boys at which this ad was squarely aimed knew this was too good to be true.

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YECCH!!! Looks, Feels Real!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Joe_Williams

The Finger Factory? Was it a cottage industry or was there a brick and mortar building where workers punched a time clock to crank out life-like severed fingers?

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Just Like O.J?

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Joe_Williams

How’d that work out?

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$8.00 Adonis

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Who knew that perfection was available for less than ten American dollars?

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Mini-Paul McCartney Meets Richard Nixon

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Only it’s not really Paul McCartney. It is Richard Nixon, however.

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I’d Like to Sell the World Some Seeds

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Joe_Williams
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BJ – Like BJ Thomas, Right?

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Joe_Williams

As I wrote last week, we had cable television in Southern New Jersey in the late 1970s so we did not have to suffer the garbage that the broadcast networks were airing in lieu of genuine entertainment. We were probably … Continue reading →

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Invasion of the Clutter Monkeys

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Once again, whilst on a mission to de-clutter, I found myself completely diverted from my mission by a chunk of clutter. In a four drawer file cabinet that has a whole story of it’s own I uncovered a forgotten folder … Continue reading →

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Glows in the Dark!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Joe_Williams

It seems that everything old is new again.

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