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Mike Harrison M&M
Joined: 03 Nov 2007 Posts: 2029 Location: Equidistant from New York City and Philadelphia, along the NJ Shore
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Thank you all for great feedback. I've removed dairy from my life.
Now, as to why so many of us drink milk: a big part of the reason is marketing, some of which came in the form of very creative radio commercials produced by Dick Orkin and Bert Berdis during the 1970s. Two of them are here:
California Milk Advisory Board #1
California Milk Advisory Board #2 _________________ Mike
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I have taken leave of my sensors.
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Lee Gordon A Zillion
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 6848 Location: West Hartford, CT
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Those of us of a certain age, who were raised in New England, were indoctrinated by Big Brother Bob Emery. Every day, we would raise our glasses of milk in a toast to the president. On the wall of Big Brother's set was a portrait of President Eisenhower.
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Bruce Boardmeister
Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 7941 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:58 am Post subject: |
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OMG. Durn tootin' he was big. His image takes up at least four wide monitor's worth of space on my computer.
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Lee Gordon A Zillion
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 6848 Location: West Hartford, CT
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:00 am Post subject: |
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That's 'cause milk helps you grow strong bones.
BIG Brother's picture has now been replaced with a smaller version.
And it doesn't matter if they're promoting rat poison as a dessert topping, I could listen to Dick & Bert all day. (You can tell those commercials are old; they're :60s.) _________________ Lee Gordon, O.A.V.
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Rick Riley Flight Attendant
Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 807 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Growing up in Southern California, we had Engineer Bill. Every evening he would play Red Light Green Light. You’d drink your milk on Green Light and stop on Red Light. They’d try to trick you by saying ‘Green Sky’ or ‘Red something’. The goal of the game was to finish the glass of milk without drinking on the red light.
He also made sure you ate your vegetables so you would be a Sammy Strongarm and not a Freddy Phooey. And then you had the little engine that would push your bad habits up and over the hill. Hey, who needed parents when you had Engineer Bill!
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vkuehn DC
Joined: 24 Apr 2013 Posts: 688 Location: Vernon now calls Wisconsin home
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:31 am Post subject: |
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And then there are those of us who grew up on the farm. There came the day when it was made clear to me I would arise early enough to do my share of the milking before breakfast and before catching the school bus.
And in this case, "milking" was a digital/manual process.... no fancy little machines in our milk-for-the-cheese-factory economy. And we were somewhere in the Ozarks beyond the reach of TV in the early 50s so I have no stories about propaganda on the kids video.
But I do have some colorful tales about class field trips in the mandatory Agriculture Class at our high school. We were trained to be pretty proficient at removing some appendages from farm animals. I bet Engineer Bill did not have a red light and green light for THAT topic. |
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ccpetersen With a Side of Awesome
Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 3708 Location: In Coherent
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:53 am Post subject: |
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No, but it might get you a job in Hollywood or on Wall Street, negotiating leveraged buyouts. _________________ Charter Member: Threadjackers Local 420 |
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