{"id":7536,"date":"2012-04-23T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=7536"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:02:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:02:37","slug":"long-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/04\/23\/long-live\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ll Never Ask For Anything Ever Again As Long As I Live!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>There were tons of ads in comics aimed squarely at boys, but none sent them into paroxysms of mad delirium as much as an ad for a MINI-BIKE!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Owning and riding a mini-bike was the subject of many a school yard reverie. Kids would practically drool imagining how BOSS<\/strong> it would be buzzing around on a sweet, sweet miniature motorcycle.<\/em><\/p>\n

But $59?!<\/strong><\/em> Cleaning out the piggy bank and combining Christmas and birthday money wasn’t going to cover it. It may as well be a million dollars!<\/em><\/p>\n

Time to work on Mom and Dad!<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

For the better part of a half-hour, you work on Mom. Begging, pleading, cajoling, conniving, bargaining…<\/p>\n

I know it’s expensive, but you could combine two birthdays and a Christmas!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More begging, arguing, bartering, reasoning. You show her the ad.<\/p>\n

Sure, I’m old enough. Look right here!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Next month, I’ll be 10-and-a-half!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mom mulls it over and renders her decision:<\/p>\n

Go ask your father.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That sinks it. It was all over. Case closed. There would be no appeal. You already know what Dad’s judgment would be:<\/p>\n

You’ll break your neck on the damned thing!<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mini-bike denied!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The jerky, jerk-face kid in the ad stares back haughtily mocking your lack of a mini-bike and cool parents who would buy one for you.<\/p>\n

The ad appeared in Two-Gun Kid<\/strong><\/em> No. 91 published by Marvel Comics in 1967.<\/p>\n

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