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From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] ......Zuiko 50/1.2......
> At 23:22 10/3/02, iwert wrote:
> >luckily I have alka-selzer now! No problem... like this you learn a
> >language!
>
> The patent for Alka-Seltzer is older than the one for dirt. It's been
> around as long as I can remember, and "Speedy," their cartoon character
> created for its advertising, was an American icon. The old television
> commercials for it were noted for their creativity. Just reading about
it,
> I could almost taste it in my mouth. Two tabs of it in a glass of water
> created a special brew of seltzer water that had a very unique taste and
odor.
>
> The Ken Nordine ads were originally done for the Fuller Paint company.
The
> original release of "Colors" was 1967, and it was re-released in 1995.
Not
> music, but poetry, but it has a captivating lyrical, musical quality to it
> that is pleasing to the ear . . . much as music would be.
>
> -- John
> [who still cannot believe he ate the whole thing]
John, My wife and I actually met the person who dreamed up the "I can't
believe I ate the whole thing" commercial. She passed it on to her father,
who was in the advertising business and he used it. That was a classic
commercial.
Paul in Portland OR
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