those inscrutable americans. what are they up to now?

[bossymarmalade]

On my winamp, there is apparently an option to watch internet television. I am now blissfully luxuriating in a steady stream of commercials from the 50's, for Cracker Jack and Maypo and Butter-Nut coffee. But the best one so far has been the Jell-o commercial about a "little Chinese baby" who was served Jell-o, but then couldn't eat it because he couldn't pick it up with his chopsticks -- until his mother gave him "great Western invention", a spoon. All narrated in a "Chinese" accent, which meant a lot of talking about raspbelly and chelly and glape and olange. Oh yes indeed.

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[evilprettykitty.livejournal.com]

Dude, that commercial was on FAAAAAAAAAAR into the 80's. It was for calgon, which always confused me because I didn't realize at the time that they made more than bubble bath.