tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22105538.post2443736140155206962..comments2023-05-31T04:06:41.760-04:00Comments on Daddy D's Story Time: Another Sure Sign of AgingDarrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16371650199312363087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22105538.post-48922114291944222482008-08-27T20:08:00.000-04:002008-08-27T20:08:00.000-04:00Hey how about the Clear Pepsi Campaign from just a...Hey how about the Clear Pepsi Campaign from just a few years ago...came out about the same time as Zima and then we had "Clear this"...and "Clear That". About the only thing that was clear was that no one bought into it and nothing sold. I'm still amazed at Zima. I tried it once...and in my clear opinion...it zucks!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22105538.post-56510138571172595352008-08-26T16:22:00.000-04:002008-08-26T16:22:00.000-04:00I was in a night class at LSUS, and remember I am ...I was in a night class at LSUS, and remember I am only 31 years old. But we were talking about bad marketing ideas and I brought up New Coke. The professor was the only other person who knew what I was talking about. Brutal.Ken Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671490644224348758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22105538.post-31302159374652081282008-08-25T23:28:00.000-04:002008-08-25T23:28:00.000-04:00Wrinkled her face in manic expressions and twanged...Wrinkled her face in manic expressions and twanged away in polysyllabic expression. <BR/><BR/>"No Chuck...it's not controverShul... it's COntrow-versseEEAALLL!*" ( If I had a beer for every lesson in pronunciation from Beckers...I'd have to get a new liver!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22105538.post-24216763387963477802008-08-25T20:41:00.000-04:002008-08-25T20:41:00.000-04:00The one that kills me is when I talk to my student...The one that kills me is when I talk to my students about Vietnam (which they thought was in Hawaii) and then they say, "Oh my GRANDFATHER was in that!" Ouch.Pat Austin Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22105538.post-14489871961263185762008-08-25T18:02:00.000-04:002008-08-25T18:02:00.000-04:00Actually, I did know that. I probably saw PM magaz...Actually, I did know that. I probably saw PM magazine.<BR/>let me ask, Did Becky wrinkleup her face at any point while she was talking about it?Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371650199312363087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22105538.post-59260545798936276622008-08-25T16:08:00.000-04:002008-08-25T16:08:00.000-04:00Oh the horror...the agony.. time has slipped by o...Oh the horror...the agony.. time has slipped by oh so fast. I've used references that were met with blank stares. When I taught classes at Centenary, I would illustrate lessons with quotes from pop-icons of my day...which I thought would drive home the point only to find the "blankest of expressions" from my then GenX students. <BR/><BR/>Things like "Tet of '68", "mood ring" and trying to explain why the "White Album" was one of the most significant music collections were lost on most of the class.<BR/><BR/>I've had to trade in "Joe Walsh" for "Creed", "Boston" for "Nickelback" and Emmy Lou Harris" for "Amy Winehouse"... (...gotta say that is one disturbed young gal!) <BR/><BR/>10-2-4... oh how I remember the days... BTW (TRIVIA ALERT!)...did you know that: the 10-2-4 stood for the recommended times during the day when a human body needed a little "pick-me-up"?<BR/>As I recall, an old study on human metabolism revealed that there are specific times during the day when the human body experiences an energy slump due to metabolic processes. The makers of Dr. Pepper seized this info and turned it into an ad campaign promoting and extolling the virtues of Dr. Pepper as an "Energy Drink". <BR/><BR/>Sooo in essence, Dr. P was promoted as one of the first Energy Drinks similar to today's Red Bull, RockStar, etc. <BR/><BR/>And so history repeats itself.<BR/><BR/>(Above info vaguely recalled from an episode of PM MAGAZINE: Chuck & Becky Go to Dallas and visit Dr. Pepper Plant circa 1982.... and they say TV wasn't educational.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com