Funny, but those ladies don't even look skinny. I mean, they're not even close to the stick figures who are on the ads these days for those diet stuff.
"I tried to find out what happened to Ayds, but I failed. The closest I could come was this NYT article saying that Jeffrey Martin Inc had sold the candy to Dep Corporation, and that Dep was “seeking a new name for its product because publicity about the deadly disease AIDS is hurting sales.”
"The CEO of Jeffrey Martin Inc, a guy named Martin Himmel, went on to sell Gold Bond Powder (a product that is somehow linked to BC Powder, bumpkins, and hayseeds in my mind) to some other corporate entity in 1996 (link). Which was quite a feat, as Martin had been dead for five years (link).
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Aids was not so well known at the time. Thats why its so funny.
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It was the early eighties i believe.
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well I think the commercials aired into the eighties, but the candy was popular in the seventies.
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Funny, but those ladies don't even look skinny. I mean, they're not even close to the stick figures who are on the ads these days for those diet stuff.
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I cant believe Im the only one who thinks its funny when the announcer says "try great tasting ayds to supress your appetite" (Its been 22.3 jared.)
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sounds like it tastes yucky. but I missed that part.
what ever became of it?
Trixies:
"I tried to find out what happened to Ayds, but I failed. The closest I could come was this NYT article saying that Jeffrey Martin Inc had sold the candy to Dep Corporation, and that Dep was “seeking a new name for its product because publicity about the deadly disease AIDS is hurting sales.”
"The CEO of Jeffrey Martin Inc, a guy named Martin Himmel, went on to sell Gold Bond Powder (a product that is somehow linked to BC Powder, bumpkins, and hayseeds in my mind) to some other corporate entity in 1996 (link). Which was quite a feat, as Martin had been dead for five years (link).
I’m sure it all makes sense."
I got that from ectoblog.com
It's great to hear that everyone missed the joke. Wow, that makes me so happy.
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