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Say What?: Commercials That Made Us Scratch Our Heads
Tom Holmberg replied to Lola16's topic in Commercials
I suspect they get people hitting the button just to talk to somebody. I'd guess they are trained to deal with that (or at least I hope so). -
I know a lot of people don't like mayo, but one of my favorite things is elotes (which a lot of people think might not be good, but it is).
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I don't think mac & cheese from a box (the kind we had) in any way qualifies as a casserole.
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Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage
Tom Holmberg replied to Maverick's topic in Commercials
They're probably going for a Mason Reese "Borgasmord" thing. -
I don't really think of either of those as casseroles, but I guess technically it is (though it lacks creamed soup and potato chips).
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You are right. They kind of disgust me. I either specifically ask for no tomato butts or don't look too closely. If it wasn't olive drab in color then it wasn't canned.
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Retro TV Channels: ”The Good Old Days of Television”
Tom Holmberg replied to Actionmage's topic in Network Talk
As a kid, I also missed Frawley on "My Three Sons", he reminded me of my own grandfather. Uncle Charlie seemed too gruff. -
...and with potato chips on top.
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I think she's cute, esp. her excitement over wearing costumes. But apparently a lot of people find her annoying.
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Retro TV Channels: ”The Good Old Days of Television”
Tom Holmberg replied to Actionmage's topic in Network Talk
Shows of the 1960s, Ranked https://www.ranker.com/list/best-60s-tv-shows/ranker-tv Your results may vary -
No, we weren't food deprived. More like my mother wasn't that great of a cook (her Mom died when she was 12 and she had to take care of her Dad, so she didn't learn from her mother). When I say mayo, I really mean Miracle Whip (tho sometimes we'd have Hellman's). I'd eat graham crackers in milk (I called it "graham cracker soup"). We had a lot of casseroles (the most horrifying word in the English language is "casserole"), the worst being sunkofleky (Bohemian egg fu young, as I called it). Also we had SOS alot.
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As a kid I liked mayo sandwiches (bread and mayo, that's it). Also sugar sandwiches (butter with sugar on top). But I put sugar on lettuce too.
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We always had canned asparagus which looks, smells and tastes like something from the sewer. I would have preferred over-cooked broccoli, ours was rock hard, except for the tops, which was all I'd eat. But potato salad was good, German and American! To this day, I hate "tomato butts" which I always seem to get when I go to the sandwich places. I've taken to saying, "No tomato butts, please!"
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Retro TV Channels: ”The Good Old Days of Television”
Tom Holmberg replied to Actionmage's topic in Network Talk
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Only on "special" holidays, when we had company over, did we have the lime green jello, cottage cheese, pineapple ring (with a bowl of mayo in the center) on lettuce. This was considered high-class eating (I thought it was white-trash cooking).
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Retro TV Channels: ”The Good Old Days of Television”
Tom Holmberg replied to Actionmage's topic in Network Talk
That's my pet peeve of the retro channels. They start out good and end up running either crap or the same shows as every other retro channel (I'm looking at you "Gunsmoke"). -
Retro TV Channels: ”The Good Old Days of Television”
Tom Holmberg replied to Actionmage's topic in Network Talk
In fact, when members of the wardrobe department initially sought to outfit the unkempt Oscar, they looked no further than Klugman himself. "They paid me $360 for everything in my closet, and I still made a profit on the deal," he told Sports Illustrated in 2005. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/la-me-jack-klugman-obit-20121225-story.html -
Retro TV Channels: ”The Good Old Days of Television”
Tom Holmberg replied to Actionmage's topic in Network Talk
I could see Tony Randall wearing a Nehru jacket. -
Retro TV Channels: ”The Good Old Days of Television”
Tom Holmberg replied to Actionmage's topic in Network Talk
I have AT&T cable and they, for whatever reason, don't carry most of the retro channels like Comcast did. So no MOVIES, no BUZZR, no Decades, no Antenna, no... no ...no. -
Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage
Tom Holmberg replied to Maverick's topic in Commercials
And they were lousy conversationalists. -
I guess we'll all be in the next Progressive "Don't be like your parents" commercial with Dr. Rick tossing our flip phones in the trash can.
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Say What?: Commercials That Made Us Scratch Our Heads
Tom Holmberg replied to Lola16's topic in Commercials
If you walk around like that you very well might get more nosebleeds. -
It seemed to me that "M*A*S*H" modified Hawkeye's behavior (somewhat) as the series progressed. Early on the show was (by today's standards) quite sexist.
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I only started watching them to see the various Chicago locations used, but the soap opera aspects turned me off.