{"id":9778,"date":"2012-09-17T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=9778"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:08:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:08:04","slug":"horribly-realistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/09\/17\/horribly-realistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Horribly Realistic!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>There was a long period in comics where you could always count on ads featuring either fake vomit or artificial dog droppings. I always wondered where this sort of stuff was made. Was it a factory that specialized in novelty bodily excretions or was it a small sideline for a bigger plastics plant?<\/p>\n

Lou, if you’re done with the novelty ice cube trays, do you think you can get to the fake throw-up this afternoon?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The Fake Throw-Up ad appeared in Marvel’s Greatest Comics<\/strong><\/em> No. 48 published in 1973. It featured a reprint of a Lee\/Kirby Fantastic Four<\/strong><\/em> comic from 1967.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was a long period in comics where you could always count on ads featuring either fake vomit or artificial dog droppings. I always wondered where this sort of stuff was made. 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