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i loved this guy as a kid....a man in a boat in a toilet....what were the ad people smoking?

Date: 2015-10-03 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] progbear.livejournal.com
I liked the Carol Burnett parody where she flushes the man down the toilet.

Date: 2015-10-03 02:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] franklanguage.livejournal.com
Carol Burnett is a goddess.

Date: 2015-10-03 02:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] flummoxicated.livejournal.com
Surely "the man in the boat" meant the same thing back in the 70s that it does today...

Date: 2015-10-03 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] franklanguage.livejournal.com
Of course; that's the whole point of the advertising pitch; the bored housewife sitting at home…you get the picture.

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