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Weekend Event: Popcorn [Jiffy Pop Microwave Popcorn]

slinkslowdown wrote in vintage_ads Jan 20, 2019 07:27

I'd actually never seen these hilarious microwave style Jiffy Pop bowls before! The ad is older than I am [just by a year, lol] but I grew up only eating the stove-top version of Jiffy Pop.

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Weekend Event: Cheese

slinkslowdown wrote in vintage_ads Sep 28, 2018 06:11

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Close enough to cheese? XD

weekend event, video ad, cheese, video ads, 1990, youtube, snacks, weekend events, 1990s

And a cookie rec:

write_light wrote in vintage_ads Dec 20, 2017 12:56

Prinzen Rolle cookies by De Beukelaer (Europe, by mail in US). SO SO SO SO SO SO GOOD.

They recently did a retrospective of their packaging from the (l-r) current, 50s, 60s, and 70s. I ate so many of these in 1984-85 while overseas (and on a few trips since). The Internet has brought them back into my life.

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germany, german, one day event, cookies, video ads

I dont wanna grow up, Im a toys r us kid....

deathstar461 wrote in vintage_ads Sep 22, 2017 08:53

RIP Toys R Us? I remember my city didnt even get a toys r us until about 1989-1990, and even then it was in a neighborhood my family never went to, so I was kinda bummed/resentful over it as a kid...

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and here's a cute sequel to the original commercial, featuring the kids all grown up... AND IT STILL QUALIFIES AS VINTAGE! O.O ( Read more... )

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