Oh, one item I remember getting is "How To Throw Your Voice," the ventriloquism book along with the free bird whistle.
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Jay Leno related once on the TONIGHT SHOW that he got a live monkey from the back of a Comic Book. It was hilarious. I wonder if that clip is on YouTube?
Can't find the $1 Mini Spy Camera ad though ...
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“It may have already taken your picture without you knowing it” now that’s funny.
I bought one of these. Actually worked! (Ok, not great tho.)
What do you mean “you people”?
Yep, I fell for Frankenstein too. Was pretty disappointed with the white plastic trash bag monster. He did come with glow in the dark eyes though.Yeah. Frankenstein was just printed on trash bag plastic, like a poster.For truth in advertising, it WAS six feet tall, when unrolled and tacked to the wall.
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Yeah, I was not thrilled about the "xray glasses" that had feathers for "lenses" lol! What a rip off! No playing superman for me. Or worse!
And sea monkeys disappointed. I really expected to see one sitting on an underwater throne after they hatched!
Yeah, I should have been held back several years in skool...
And sea monkeys disappointed. I really expected to see one sitting on an underwater throne after they hatched!
Yeah, I should have been held back several years in skool...
Was it 16mm?
Early in my advertising career I worked with a guy who used to write comic book ads. I asked him how he could make all those preposterous claims. His answer? "Simple. We lied."
I reckon Aliexpress is the adult, modern equivalent of comic book ads.
"Bullet proof vest, armour resistant, .50 Cal. $14.99, free shipping."
"Bullet proof vest, armour resistant, .50 Cal. $14.99, free shipping."
This is one of the bestest threads.
The company that sold these believes that all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.
I never got one of those, but my Dad had one.
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My friend Jimmy Sheedy really wanted the X-ray glasses, almost to the point of obsession. And there was no doubt why he wanted them... I remember an older kid, Brian Collins (who would later be killed in Vietnam) trying to reason with Sheedy. He said "Listen, Jim... if those X-ray glasses really worked, so that you could see what was under a girl's clothes, every guy in the country would be wearing them."
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I drew the pirate and sent it off. I received a letter back after about 2 months. They turned me down.
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