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AUNT BEE TAYLOR, (FROM MAYBERRY, N.C.) SUGGESTS FOR YOU TO KEEP YOUR COFFEE IN LIVING ROOM CLOSET.

I'M ADDICTED TO CAP'N CRUNCH'S PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH

THE DAY THAT BULLWINKLE BEAT UP BORIS BADENOV & MADE HIM PULL HIS SLEIGH ON ALL FOURS

THE DAY THAT TOM SELLECK WORKED WITH PENNY MARSHALL & TERI GARR, AND WAS GIVEN HIS ONE & ONLY SUIT

IN HONOR OF A FUN, NON-HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, UNREALISTIC, RIDICULOUS WWII TV SHOW - "THE RAT PATROL"

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF TONY THE TIGER - PUSHED OUT OF A PLANE WITHOUT A PARACHUTE

PRODUCTS THAT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE - POST CEREAL PRESENTING "COUNT OFF"

DAFFY DUCK QUOTE ON THE BENEFITS OF EATING POST SUGAR CRISP CEREAL

FAMOUS CELEBRITIES BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS - MAUREEN McCORMICK (MARCIA BRADY - BRADY BUNCH)

HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE SCOOBY DOO MYSTERY MACHINE LOOKS LIKE ON THE INSIDE?

MENAGE A TROIS - ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY AND QUISP & QUAKE - QUAKER OATS CEREAL ANIMATED CHARACTERS?

BACK IN 1967, CHEVROLET MADE A CAR THAT COULD SPLIT APART, AND THEN COME BACK TOGETHER - SEE FOR YOURSELF

ODD MAGAZINE ADS: GENE AUTRY FOR GOODRICH TIRES (FOR HIS HORSE?) & ZORRO FOR AC SPARK PLUGS

TV COMMERCIAL: EATING CHEERIOS TURNS A NON-BALLET DANCING MOOSE, INTO A BALLET DANCING MOOSE

A FLINTSTONE VITAMIN - SO BIG, IT WOULD CHOKE A HORSE

REMEMBER THE GOOD OLDE DAYS OF FUNNY FACE DRINKS - GOOFY GRAPE & (POLITICALLY INCORRECT) INJUN ORANGE?

FIRST BOX OF LIFE CEREAL IN MY LIFETIME & I WIN THEIR $50,000 PRIZE - 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (YEAH, RIGHT - I WISH)

I WAS PLANNING ON BUILDING A GLASS GARAGE TO SHOWCASE MY NEW CAR. 1960's TV COMMERCIAL SHOWED ME THAT I WAS DUMB.

GOP CANDIDATES = THE SIMPSONS CHARACTERS? MITT ROMNEY = NED FLANDERS? RON PAUL = GRANDPA SIMPSON? PLUS, MANY MORE.

EXCLUSIVE CELEBRITY FAMILY CHRISTMAS PHOTOGRAPHS - MISS PIGGY & KERMIT

MY FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER FINALLY IS ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME - RON SANTO IS IN!!!!!

WHICH CELEBRITY HAS THE BEST LOOKING LEGS IN THEIR NYLON ADVERTISEMENT?

WORLD'S BEST "WEENIE" SUPERHERO - NABISCO'S CHIPS AHOY COOKIEMAN

SUPER COOL JAMES BOND 007 TOY SET COMMERCIAL FROM THE EARLY 1960s

THE RICH STAY RICH (NOT COUNTING THE BUSH TAX CUTS) BECAUSE THEY NEVER SPEND ANYTHING - EVERYBODY GIVES THEM STUFF

THE TV VERSION OF THE BATMOBILE HAD SPEEDOMETER IN AN UNUSUAL PLACE.

I'M CHECKING OLD MAGAZINE ADS & TV COMMERCIALS FOR THE BEST DOG & CAT FOOD - THE GOP WANTS TO DRIVE THE U.S. INTO A DEPRESSION / RECESSION

A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT TIM CONWAY (WHILE HE IS STILL ALIVE)

APPARENTLY, DON KNOTTS HAS A NEW "LOVE INTEREST" - THELMA LOU MUST HAVE COME TO HER SENSES.

WHEN YOU ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY "DON'T" NEED TO GET IT THERE OVERNIGHT

GEORGE BURNS LOVED AND CHERISHED HIS WIFE (GRACIE ALLEN.) HE STILL NEEDED TO MUTE HER ON OCCASION

ADAM WEST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HOLD A SPOON - 3 YEAR OLD GIRL TEACHES HIM THE "CORRECT" WAY

A VERY ODD CELEBRITY ENDORSED COMMERCIAL THAT PUTS A HUGE GRIN ON MY FACE

THE ANSWER TO THE ETERNAL QUESTION - DID ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY HAVE HAIRY NOSTRILS?

I MISSED THE FUTURE-TO-BE DAY OF CONCEPTION OF CAPTAIN JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK

WEIGHT LOSS TIP - DRINK COCA COLA AND LOSE WEIGHT, ACCORDING TO THIS 1961 TV COMMERCIAL.

I'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND WITH A BOTTLE OF GREY POUPON & NOBODY HAS ASKED TO BORROW IT.

NEWS FLASH: INANIMATE VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY - JERRY MAHONEY SWITCHED CEREAL BRANDS FROM LIFE CEREAL TO KELLOGG'S FROSTED MINI WHEATS

HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE THE INSIDE OF THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES TRUCK? WELL, YOU CAN, THANKS TO ME. EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS CAN BE SENT TO ME IN A PLAIN ENVELOPE

1950's - 1980's FRISKIES DOG FOOD ADS WERE THE CUTEST TV & MAGAZINE ADS IN THE WORLD, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

I WENT TO A BETTY WHITE BOOK SIGNING. I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO TAKE A PICTURE - I DID TAKE A PHOTO & BETTY PULLED A GUN ON ME. JUST JOKING.

THE BEST SALESMEN FOR KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES - THE MONKEES

DID YOU KNOW THAT LUCILLE BALL & DICK VAN DYKE HAD A LINE OF CLOTHES - IT'S TRUE.

SHERIFF ANDY TAYLOR DOESN'T USE TRAFFIC TICKETS TO RAISE MONEY FOR MAYBERRY - HE USES CORPORATE SPONSORS

LOOK BACK IN ILL. HISTORY: HOW JERI RYAN (SEXY 7 of 9 - STAR TREK VOYAGER) INADVERTENLY HELPED TO GET BLAGO ELECTED

"MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY" CLIP - RUSTY LOOKING FOR A JOB IN THE WANT ADS - FUNNY & CUTE

DENNIS THE MENACE HAS DISCOVERED THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH - 1993 DENNIS LOOKS YOUNGER THAN 1960 DENNIS

A TRIP BACK INTO TIME - 1960's TV COMMERCIAL FOR AUNT JEMIMA PANCAKES, ALONG WITH A CUB SCOUT TROOP ON A CAMPOUT. VERY CUTE.

TRANSOGRAM USED TO MAKE THE COOLEST TOYS

HISTORY CHANNEL'S - ANTIQUE ARCHEAOLOGY BUILDING FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE

22 YEARS AGO, I REALIZED THAT SOLOFLEX MAGAZINE ADS WERE USING MY BODY WITH ANOTHER PERSON'S HEAD - YEAH, RIGHT!!!

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES HOST SUPPOSEDLY COULD HAVE BEEN DAN ROWAN (LAUGH-IN HOST)

I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT DRAGONS WERE CLOSE FRIENDS WITH DOGS.

REDD FOXX: SPOKESMAN FOR BALL PARK FRANKS & COLT 45 LIQUOR

EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT: CBS HAS JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW SITCOM FOR CHARLIE SHEEN

A GIFT FROM AN INSURANCE COMPANY - WHAT A SURPRISE, IT HAS A STRING ATTACHED TO IT!!!!

A FAMOUS TV CELEBRITY WAS THE "PERSON" WHO INVENTED CAR SEATBELTS - SEE WHO IT WAS.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PEG & B.J. HUNNICUTT, A FEW YEARS BEFORE HIS DRAFT NOTICE ARRIVED

ARE YOU CURIOUS WHAT BRAND OF SOAP LUCILLE BALL USED TO WASH AWAY FILTHY PHILLIP MORRIS CIGARETTE SMOKE?

THE GREAT 1958 LEBANON - JEWISH WAR. FUNNYMAN JACK BENNY GUEST STARS ON "THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW."

WAS DESI ARNAZ GIVING THE VIEWERS THE CUBAN VERSION OF "THE FINGER" - I'M JUST JOKING.

MAXWELL SMART HAD A BAD DAY - WAS WALKING HIS DOG FANG (AGENT K - 13) & STEPPED IN HIS DOO DOO - THEN HIS SHOE PHONE RANG.

BILLIONAIRE BOB HOPE WAS A SPOKESMAN FOR VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS - COULD HAVE MADE A FEW MORE BUCKS WITH ANOTHER COMPANY

ALAN BRADY SHOW EXPOSE - TV PRODUCER MEL COOLEY IS A POSSIBLE DIRTY OLD MAN

BEST OF MY TWITTER COMMENTS - PART 15

WHO WAS A BETTER SPOKES-ANIMAL FOR LARK AUTOMOBILES - MR. ED (TALKING HORSE) OR ZSA ZSA GABOR?

HAVE YOU EVER FANTASIZED ABOUT HAVING MASSIVE MUSCLES LIKE BULLWINKLE HAS? LEARN HOW HE CREATED HIS MASSIVE PHYSIQUE.

A FOND LOOK AT "THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET" WITH RICKY NELSON AND OLDER BROTHER DAVE

TV & MOVIE ACTOR RICHARD CRENNA DIRECTED EPISODES OF THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW - HIS OPINION OF HIS ONE CONTRIBUTION TO THE SHOW

THESE LATE 1950's ADS FOR CHEF BOY AR DEE COULD BE DESCRIBED AS "'STRETCHING' THE TRUTH IN ADVERTISING"

TV STAR & MOGUL TV PRODUCER - DANNY THOMAS SHILLING FOR POST CEREAL (PROBABLY NEVER ATE A BOWL OF THE STUFF IN HIS LIFE)

LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ DEMONSTRATING A SUPER COOL RETRACTABLE HARDTOP FORD FAIRLANE SKYLINER

THE WORLD'S RICHEST CAT "MATILDA VAN HORN"

AFTER FRED MERTZ DIED - ETHEL MERTZ HAD BIG EXPENSES, SHE CHANGED HER NAME AND SOLD MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE

WATCH LARRY TATE (BEWITCHED) TRY TO STEAL A WINSTON CIGARETTE SLOGAN TO USE ON AUNT JEMIMA SYRUP

HENRY MORGAN (PANELIST ON "I'VE GOT A SECRET") HAD THE TYPE OF SARCASTIC HUMOR THAT I LOVE

READ MY POST - TO SEE CARTOON CHARACTER DICK TRACY TAKING A BATH IN A TV COMMERCIAL

I HATED COCOA PUFFS CEREAL - CEREAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE EATEN WITH REGULAR MILK, NOT A CHOCOLATE YUCKY FLAVORED MESS

"THE ONION" REPORTS ON AN INCREDIBLY TERRIBLE ACCIDENT - UNSUPERVISED CHILD ON A BINGE OF 4 BOWLS OF A BOO BERRY CEREAL

BAD IDEA FOR A TOY "MILKY THE MARVELOUS MILKING COW" WITH "PRETEND" MILK. LOOKING FOR A LAWSUIT.

COOLEST TOY THAT I WAS TOO OLD FOR - MARX BIG WHEEL

THE DAY THAT ROBERT YOUNG, ELEANOR DONAHUE, BILLY GRAY & LAUREN CHAPIN MADE BREAKFAST FOR JANE WYATT - WITH THE HELP OF SCOTT PAPER TOWELS

ADORABLE MID 1960's "LIFE" CEREAL COMMERCIAL - DEBATE WITH GOLFER BILLY CASPER & A KID - POINT & COUNTERPOINT

ALWAYS FEED YOUR PET LION KEN L RATION - ACCORDING TO THIS VINTAGE 1960's TV COMMERCIAL

MILTON BRADLEY BOARD GAMES "LIFE" & "MONOPOLY" - TRAINING GROUND FOR FUTURE REPUBLICANS?

DID YOU EVER WONDER WHICH INSURANCE COMPANY INSURES HERMAN AND LILY MUNSTER?

PARTRIDGE FAMILY MEMBER CHANGES HIS ALLEGIANCE FROM KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES TO GENERAL MILLS BERRY BURST CHEERIOS

DEAD BIRDS FALLING FROM THE SKY WILE E. COYOTE AND HIS ACME BIRD KILLER DID IT

HERMAN MUNSTER - BIG KID WITH COOL AMT MUNSTER KOACH TOY

THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL POODLE

FAMOUS MALE ACTORS PORTRAYING FEMALES - DUSTIN HOFFMAN AS TOOTSIE - ROBIN WILLIAMS AS MRS DOUTFIRE - JACK BENNY AS GRACIE ALLEN (MRS GEORGE BURNS)

COULD IT BE THAT SANTA CLAUS IS THE OLDER BROTHER OF SUPERMAN?

CAP'N CRUNCH CONVERTS ELEPHANT HUNTERS INTO BUTTERFLY HUNTERS

THE GREAT CHARACTER ACTOR ANDY DEVINE DOING A KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES COMMERCIAL

SANTA CLAUS BROUGHT ME LOTS & LOTS OF TOYS - DICK TRACY RAY GUN - TWISTER - SHOOT AROUND THE CORNER GUN - JAMES BOND 007 ACTION SET

AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION - I HAVE DISCOVERED WHAT ETHEL MERTZ IS GIVING FRED MERTZ FOR CHRISTMAS

I ASSUMED THE WORD "CHOCOLATY" WAS A MADE UP ADVERTISING WORD - I WAS WRONG

JACK BENNY'S FIRST 53 YEARS OF LIFE TOLD VIA A 5-PAGE COMIC BOOK STORY

ONE OF THE MOST HEART WARMING AND SWEET COCA COLA / SANTA CLAUS COMMERCIALS THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN

IF YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE SWEETIE-PIE EVA GABOR SCREAM LIKE A BANSHEE - CLICK THE VIDEO