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Re: Gag Criticism, Variation, and Packaging
« Reply #2520 on: January 24, 2021, 04:46:33 PM »
Don’t think I ever looked this one up to see what the real product name is, or what it looks like.  Very cool that there’s a real kid to spoof, much like Slayskool.

Imagine being the kid who was on the advertising that got spoofed?  I know the woman who was the Sunbeam Bread girl, and she got a kick out of the Wacky.

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« Reply #2521 on: January 26, 2021, 05:30:51 AM »
Krummies compared to Kimbies diapers...



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« Reply #2522 on: January 26, 2021, 09:02:43 PM »
Never heard of the Kimbies brand.  Weird looking kid, hair makes him/her look like a 3-year old.  Probably better suited to appear on Ditch Boy paint.

I like how the side panel shows boxes of other diaper sizes or whatever distinguishes them.  Nice attention to detail there.

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« Reply #2523 on: January 27, 2021, 07:19:02 AM »
Never heard of the Kimbies brand.  Weird looking kid, hair makes him/her look like a 3-year old.  Probably better suited to appear on Ditch Boy paint.

I like how the side panel shows boxes of other diaper sizes or whatever distinguishes them.  Nice attention to detail there.

I agree! Couldn't find the orange-red exact matching box online. The pink one was the best quality image.

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« Reply #2524 on: January 27, 2021, 09:21:56 AM »
Krummies compared to Kimbies diapers...


I take it this was not a Norm creation?
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« Reply #2525 on: January 27, 2021, 10:40:31 AM »
another title I had never knew what the real product was, thanks for sharing this!

This, and we got "Flip 'ems" this year, new Wackys, mini figurines, too, not too shabby!

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« Reply #2526 on: January 27, 2021, 11:19:16 AM »
Same! I'm not even sure I realized I didn't know.

another title I had never knew what the real product was, thanks for sharing this!

This, and we got "Flip 'ems" this year, new Wackys, mini figurines, too, not too shabby!

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« Reply #2527 on: January 27, 2021, 11:22:04 AM »
Nice find. I'm beginning to realize how many I didn't know. And also how little it mattered to my appreciation.

Don’t think I ever looked this one up to see what the real product name is, or what it looks like.  Very cool that there’s a real kid to spoof, much like Slayskool.

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« Reply #2528 on: January 28, 2021, 06:03:56 AM »
Glad this thread is solving mysteries. It's fun tracking these images down. The 16th series had many obscure products spoofed.

Next up is Sucker Twin compared to Sugar Twin...



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« Reply #2529 on: January 28, 2021, 10:11:37 AM »
After seeing the real deal, I have far more appreciation for it.
Love how the table setting is all the same items: cereal, iced tea with lemon, coffee, all on white china

Simple and effective wacky. Possibly just a change to the top line, Looks like sugar, but it’s not.
Maybe that’s obvious by the reaction though.

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« Reply #2530 on: January 28, 2021, 05:44:16 PM »
‘Simple and effective’, well said.  Love the beverage mayhem, seems to be an often-used Saunders device.

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« Reply #2531 on: January 29, 2021, 07:11:23 AM »
‘Simple and effective’, well said.  Love the beverage mayhem, seems to be an often-used Saunders device.

Yeah...makes you wonder what was put in the packets instead of sugar! Kind of reminds me of the scene in Breaking Bad where Walter poisons Lydia.

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« Reply #2532 on: January 29, 2021, 08:17:10 AM »
M1 is a submachine gun, aka Tommy Gun.

Don't think I'm a gun nut or anything, but M1 refers to the M1 Garand Rifle, which was the main battle rifle used by the U.S. during World War II and Korea. It used stripper clips, but only fired a single shot for each trigger pull. Although a few Tommys were briefly identified as M1s, the vast majority of the 1.75 million produced were designated M1921, M1928A1, or M1A1. Ask any veteran from that time period what an M1 was, and they would say "The Garand rifle", not the Tommy Gun. 'Nuff Said.

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« Reply #2533 on: January 29, 2021, 08:55:52 AM »
Horsey Feed Bags and Hefty Food Bags...



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« Reply #2534 on: January 30, 2021, 10:11:22 AM »
Interesting how the artwork is very minimalist, no extra tag lines, side panel details, etc. Kind of has the feel of All-Brain or some of the other 2nd Series titles that transferred from the Ads. 

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« Reply #2535 on: January 30, 2021, 11:42:26 AM »
found this image on eBay, for the non-tie version, and without the clutter of the 7¢ coupon.

As Mold Rush mentions, this is a late series entry that is so minimalist, it feels like it's from the Dies or Ads. (Even leaving out the Mobil logo)
The upcoming Arise always felt the same way to me.


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« Reply #2536 on: January 31, 2021, 09:43:30 AM »
Floral compared to Doral cigarettes...



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« Reply #2537 on: January 31, 2021, 09:57:04 AM »
Floral compared to Doral cigarettes...


When I was a kid, I remember seeing the TV commercials for this product with the Doral cigarette box dancing and singing "Taste me, taste me! C'mon on, taste me! Taste me!" This was the only such tobacco product commercial I remember, along with Edie Adams' "Hey, Big Spender" ad for Muriel Cigars and the Marlboro song (a.k.a. the theme from The Magnificent Seven in a heavily shortened version). I don't remember any of the others, but I've got a few of them on a CD called Tee Vee Toons: The Commercials (1989).

Good thing I never got into smoking. It's been said that if they can get you hooked while you're young, they've got you hooked for life. Of course, what also helped was the classic PSA "Like Father, Like Son" for the American Heart Association, which also came out when I was a kid (btw, this one is also on Tee Vee Toons: The Commercials, right after the tobacco product commercials).
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« Reply #2538 on: January 31, 2021, 02:06:03 PM »
Factoids that make you feel older: Cigarette advertising has now been banned from television for 50 years. I remember the Winston jingle ("Winston tastes good like a cigarette should"), but the only Doral ads I remember were the cartoon panels in magazines with the parrot and the sea captain.

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« Reply #2539 on: January 31, 2021, 03:42:49 PM »
Factoids that make you feel older: Cigarette advertising has now been banned from television for 50 years. I remember the Winston jingle ("Winston tastes good like a cigarette should"), but the only Doral ads I remember were the cartoon panels in magazines with the parrot and the sea captain.
I think I know what you mean; they had the same "Taste me, taste me!" ads in magazines, too, but they were drawn as cartoons with different characters in every ad (in fact, every one of them was a full-page ad). Two of the characters that have just sprung to mind are Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson (of course).
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« Reply #2540 on: January 31, 2021, 05:00:13 PM »
Floral would have been a great parody in the original die-cut series during the "flower-power" psychedelic movement.

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« Reply #2541 on: February 02, 2021, 05:29:29 AM »
Yichs Sign-X compared to Vicks Sinex...



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« Reply #2542 on: February 02, 2021, 04:51:08 PM »
Floral - really like the flower tips on the cigs, nicely detailed.  The character is an odd one though - very weird hair, and bald spot looks more like a cartoon bump on the head, like you would see in a Bugs Bunny cartoon when someone takes a shot to the noggin.  And what’s with the bow tie and armband?  Is he a bartender in an Old West saloon?  A casino dealer?  A guy who counts the money in a back room?  Maybe this is what a florist shop owner looked like back in the day, who knows.

Yick’s Sign-X - simple, decent Wacky, but not a standout.  Can’t think of much else to say about it.  I am glad they put a decent sprinkling of 16th titles into Reissue 3 and 4, otherwise I wouldn’t have seen any of them until years later.

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« Reply #2543 on: February 03, 2021, 05:01:24 AM »
Floral - really like the flower tips on the cigs, nicely detailed.  The character is an odd one though - very weird hair, and bald spot looks more like a cartoon bump on the head, like you would see in a Bugs Bunny cartoon when someone takes a shot to the noggin.  And what’s with the bow tie and armband?  Is he a bartender in an Old West saloon?  A casino dealer?  A guy who counts the money in a back room?  Maybe this is what a florist shop owner looked like back in the day, who knows.

Yick’s Sign-X - simple, decent Wacky, but not a standout.  Can’t think of much else to say about it.  I am glad they put a decent sprinkling of 16th titles into Reissue 3 and 4, otherwise I wouldn’t have seen any of them until years later.

Yeah, that guy on Floral is a bit odd. Maybe they were insinuating flower shop guys were nerdy and bad dressers.
Yichs Sign-X would have been boring without the added character.
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« Reply #2544 on: February 03, 2021, 01:10:20 PM »
Funny because I don't see him as being much odder than most of the original Wacky characters. Even on this thread, the Sucker Twin guy looks equally bizarre to me!


Yeah, that guy on Floral is a bit odd. Maybe they were insinuating flower shop guys were nerdy and bad dressers.
Yichs Sign-X would have been boring without the added character.

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« Reply #2545 on: February 04, 2021, 05:12:33 AM »
Clubbed Canadian (along with Canadian Clod from 8th series) compared to Canadian Club.


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« Reply #2546 on: February 04, 2021, 05:17:46 AM »
Clubbed Canadian (along with Canadian Clod from 8th series) compared to Canadian Club.



Clubbed Canadian doesn't do much for me, especially following Canadian Clod.  It seems to be missing why you're likely to get hit over the head with it.
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« Reply #2547 on: February 04, 2021, 05:27:23 AM »
Clubbed Canadian doesn't do much for me, especially following Canadian Clod.  It seems to be missing why you're likely to get hit over the head with it.

Yeah, I thought the 8th series gag was better. Looked like the 16th series title was rushed. I found a brighter, sharper real product image.
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« Reply #2548 on: February 05, 2021, 01:41:33 PM »
(insert crickets chirping sound here)

Regal Clown and Regal Crown...



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« Reply #2549 on: February 05, 2021, 06:19:01 PM »
This is actually one of my favorites from 16. (Yes, in each of us, there is still a demented 12-year-old who loves explosives.)

Others have mentioned that these are still sold at Cracker Barrel. I posted a picture of Regal and Bleed's from my local CB a while back:

https://postimg.cc/6478sm2M

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« Reply #2550 on: February 05, 2021, 07:29:31 PM »
Sometimes its the little things that make a Wacky a fave. I love the dramatic tension that is setup by the Regal Clown's nose being a balloon that is on the verge of exploding. 
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« Reply #2551 on: February 06, 2021, 01:21:23 AM »
(insert crickets chirping sound here)

Regal Clown and Regal Crown...



This is a wonderful Wacky that I wish I had seen back in the 70s.  Great clown with a bomb, and it's doubly explosive since it's a lit stick of dynamite.  That does seem a little strange when you think about it  :-\

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« Reply #2552 on: February 06, 2021, 05:59:25 AM »
A continual shout-out to Jason Liebig! If it wasn't for his awesome packaging collection, we wouldn't have as many perfect real product matches here.

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« Reply #2553 on: February 06, 2021, 08:02:05 AM »
Clubbed Canadian - at a quick glance I agree it looks a bit rushed and cartoonish next to Canadian Clod, but upon further inspection, it’s not all that bad.  The main difference is pulling the characters out of the bottle and putting them on the label.  My only criticism is the bottle glass itself.  I guess it was an attempt at matching the brown glass of the real product, but there’s no translucence and it ends up a bit too reddish.  But no big issue, it’s just not one of the dazzlers among the glass jar/bottle standouts.

Regal Clown - cute clown character, too bad clowns weren’t used more often during the OS era, as the creepy factor of clowns could have been used to great effect, though the one we see here is super cute.  Also like the cherries, reminds me a bit of personal favorite Smith Sisters.

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« Reply #2554 on: February 06, 2021, 04:08:38 PM »
(insert crickets chirping sound here)

Regal Clown and Regal Crown...



THIS is my all time fave wacky! Was lucky to have got one off of ebay years ago when the price of 16th series wasn’t so high. 100% my most prized wacky. And i was beyond stoked when the actual candy came back made by iconic candies years ago. I bought so many - Five Below has them for $1 a roll by me. Sooo good!

 

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