Ry-Krisp (1940)

[pikkewyntjie]

Still looking for a new-year's diet? Take the advice of some random twit working for minimum wage.

Comments

[suzycat]

All these ads do is make me think "those slim people are just nasty mean dickheads with no manners".

[pikkewyntjie]

Exactly! Get thin so you too can also go around bullying total strangers.

[luke_russell]

Reminds me of the Simpson's episode where Homer is trying to lose weight and starts eating rice crackers and spits them out shouting "FLAVOR?!?!?!"

[mjspice]

[thejackaolf]

the top one, there are so many things wrong with it, first off its the damn usher that's remarking on it, and her date is making eyes at the other lady (who is just doin her thing over in her own box) and why doesn't she look mad? I'd be pissed if some usher was like "YOUR FAT HA" and my date was hitting on the lady in the next box,

[pikkewyntjie]

I think some of it is plausible. Skinny Girl is Old Rich Guy's girlfriend or trophy wife and since Viagra wouldn't be invented for a few more decades, she seeks to have her needs filled elsewhere, which is why she doesn't mind the flirting. Of course, Endowed Woman's date is just your run-of-the-mill douchebag. Endowed Woman has issues with self-esteem or she wouldn't put up with that crap, and that appears to be the demographic Ry-Krisp is targeting. But, yeah, I doubt that even back then an usher at an upscale venue like that could get away with loudly insulting the patrons like that.

[luke_russell]

And an usher serving hundreds of people of all different shapes and sizes at each showing couldn't be bothered making any comment, he could care less.

[pikkewyntjie]

Another good point! Just shows how that ad attempts to feed into people's paranoia. I have worked my share of low-end jobs dealing with the public and it's rare for any particular person to stand out. I can't say I never poked fun at a customer with my coworkers, but it was usually because of something idiotic they did or said, not because of how they looked.

As for the beach ad, it wasn't until later I realized that if a woman was noticing other women's bodies (and we do), wouldn't she just be happy that the "competition" looks less fit? Then again, maybe her boyfriend is kind of into big girls (he seems to be checking her out more than judging her) so maybe Skinny Beach Blonde should ask if there are any Big Macs around and eat them herself!

[year_anda_day]

Aopparently they still make these, though now they focus on health more than OMG YOU ARE FAT. I kind of want to taste one now.

http://www.rykrisp.com/

[pikkewyntjie]

I can't remember if I've had Ry-Krisp, but I imagine they're sort of like those zwieback crackers you give babies when they're teething. I agree they need something on them like a cheese spread, which would sort of defeat the purpose since that would add fat and calories.

[mystical_chickn]

I used to eat my little brother's zwiebacks when he was teething (what? they were delicious! I'd still eat them, if I could), and I remember those as being kind of mildly sweet. Not like Ry-Krisp which is kind of branny-tasting. And yeah, cheese spread or spray cheese is a must on those, at least for me.

[mjspice]

[pikkewyntjie]

They are as douchey as the douchiest douche ads.

[mjspice]

[ms_hissyfit]

There are similarly douchy ads still out there (kind of - my example is from the nineties) that still give crispbread a bad name. This one reminded me of the one from WASA (a Swedish crispbread) that I really hated at that time. A slightly curvy woman tries to get into her jeans and you can watch what happens next on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66P4Sc-ogCs

[atheistkathleen]

the skinny girl in the first one looks like jenna marbles lol