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Another Native American Exploitation Ad (1976)

Jan 03, 2015 02:28

"You call it corn; we call it maize."

1970s, oil, margarine, native americans, 1976

Comments 6

calzephyr77 January 3 2015, 15:41:21 UTC

I think I have seen a parody of this ad a while ago. It's interesting how she kind of holds the box of margarine up like the Land O Lakes butter mascot.

bib_specialist January 3 2015, 16:28:17 UTC

And Johnny Carson said, "this is the monologue- you might call it corn, but I call it maize."

sugarplumjenday January 3 2015, 19:05:37 UTC

Good old Johnny, I miss him.

sugarplumjenday January 3 2015, 19:04:53 UTC

Oh wow what a flash back! I remember these commercials as a kid. Do you they even make this product anymore?

progbear January 5 2015, 01:20:54 UTC

Yes, I remember these commericals vividly, too. I like how they try to convince the viewer that hydrogenated oils are “natural” because they began life as corn.

fallconsmate January 7 2015, 20:47:54 UTC

coming to the party late but...

"corn" in europe was the general term for grain. wheat, rye, whatever, it was "corn". then they found the new world, and this yellow or white stuff growing in ears and well, it's grain, so it's corn!

"maize". "corn, whatever."

there ya go. ;)