Pitchman-A-Go-Go #90

When I was a kid we had a 1/32 scale slot car race set that my dad bought from Sears. It was massive and we ran the wheels off of those cars. Nowadays kids have to deal with those crappy HO scale crap. 1/32 is where the REAL MEN race!!!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #89

I don't care what he was selling, I always loved the Jack Davis ads. They were like visual poetry.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #88

 

Curt Swan helps pitch motorized boats. One hitch, you can't control them remotely, so if you put it in a river. you may never get it back.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #87

For an exciting toy this is a pretty dull ad. I never remember seeing a Russian G.I. Joe.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #86

I got to digging around in some old boxes of comics and dug out a Dale Evans from 1950. Where or how I got this comic is a mystery to me (I usually remember where I pick stuff up) and this one, #12, is a treasure trove of house ads, product ads, and public service announcements, so we'll be mining this little ditty for all it's worth.

Yup, 10 cents got you a ring and a jar cap for mom. It's a win-win for the whole family!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #85

This is from waaay back in the day before the Brothers were considered "Super" and when Luigi got more face time than his upstart brother Mario. I remember plunking in quarters to play this one at the arcade.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #84

AAAAAAAA-eeeeeeeee-aaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeee-yaaaaaaaaaaa! What else needs to be said? It's a bare-chested man in a leopard loincloth standing on a dead lion. All for $1.00!!!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #83

I'm thinking the idea of this ad campaign went something like this:

Ad-man #1: Ya know, kids that get run over by cars don't chew much gum.
Ad-man #2: That's a great idea! We'll run a safety campaign, the parents will love us and the fewer injured kids means more gum chewing!!!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #82

I always thought He-Man was the dumbest toy in the world. Dopey, unimaginative, oddly suggestive in all the wrong ways. But the video game?? That puppy rocked the Casbah!!! (I'm kidding!)

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #80

From 1969, the body that you have always wanted to have can be YOURS!!!!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #79

This game looks sooo cool, until you see the actual screen capture in the lower right corner. Yup, those were the video games from 25 years ago. 25 years...sheesh, I feel real old now.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #78

So you're tired of ready comics, it's time to dive into some real literature...for only a buck

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #77

I'm just glad that this wasn't written in Cherokee!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #76

I wanna get my wings by building the train!!!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #75

For some reason I think the most often performed trick is the vanishing 75 cents!!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #74

I love the fact that the pilot's training chart is touted on the exploding plane. Anyway, you can fight GLOBAL BATTLES!!! And take note:


Since they are harmless, nobody gets hurt in the GLOBAL BATTLES!!!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #73

I had all of these beauties and they were twice as fun as the ad shows. ROBOTS!!!!!

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #72

I actually had the van. There was no way that you could locate the VW bug. It was awesome!! Getting one now on ebay will cost more than I'm willing to pay.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #71

Yup a cool toy until you got into a fight over it and stretched it waaaay too far. I would rather have had one made out of Rearden Metal.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #70

Howkum you can grow 7 monsters but they only show you 6? It must have been so horrible that the artist died of fright before he could have rendered it in all of its horrible glory.