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A Classic Boys From Marketing Pitch

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I've never been more convinced that I need splinterless toilet paper. What next? Non-shatter toilet seats? Non-exploding soap? Bleach-free toothpaste!? You Americans have it all :p

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LizzieMaine

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That splintery ad, by the way, won the Worst Ad of 1938 award from Consumers' Union, an organization founded in 1936 specifically to knock the pins out from under the Boys From Marketing. It continues that fine work today.
 

Stanley Doble

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Joking aside, millions have died from poor hygiene and continue to do so today. If the Boys from Marketing are responsible for making the population healthier and less smelly maybe they aren't all bad.
 

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That splintery ad, by the way, won the Worst Ad of 1938 award from Consumers' Union, an organization founded in 1936 specifically to knock the pins out from under the Boys From Marketing. It continues that fine work today.

Free association time: Ever hear of an early kids' television host named Shirley Dimsdale? She had a ventriloquist's dummy named "Judy Splinters." Judy was a cowgirl type character, and I don't think that bathroom tissue had anything to do with the show.
 

LizzieMaine

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Yep, she started in ventriloquism as a kid in the thirties, around the time Charlie McCarthy was a fad, and dabbled a bit in radio herself before going into TV in the late 40s. Later retired from show biz to become a doctor, of all things. I don't believe she was ever sponsored by a toilet paper firm.

I did, speaking of which, finally remember the brand name of the splintery cheap paper we had at the gas station. It was called "Mosinee," the same company that manufactured those cheap red paper multifold towels for the windshield-washer dispenser.
 

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