Comments for The Retro Press http://tjs-labs.com/blog All the Retro That's Fit to Post Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Yet Another V-8 of the Day - November 24, 2008. by NewCaledonia http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/24/yet-another-v-8-of-the-day-november-24-2008/#comment-116 NewCaledonia Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:32:18 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/24/yet-another-v-8-of-the-day-november-24-2008/#comment-116 Look at Mom's face -- what's in that stuff, crack? Look at Mom’s face — what’s in that stuff, crack?

]]> Comment on Telecommunications Pioneer of the Day - November 24, 2008. by NewCaledonia http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/24/telecommunications-pioneer-of-the-day-november-24-2008/#comment-115 NewCaledonia Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:29:55 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/24/telecommunications-pioneer-of-the-day-november-24-2008/#comment-115 Oh yeah, forgot about that patent... Oh yeah, forgot about that patent…

]]> Comment on V-8 of the Day - November 24, 2008. by NewCaledonia http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/24/v-8-of-the-day-november-24-2008/#comment-114 NewCaledonia Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:24:18 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/24/v-8-of-the-day-november-24-2008/#comment-114 Quick! Find the hidden V-8 logo. Quick! Find the hidden V-8 logo.

]]> Comment on James Whitcomb Riley Reference of the Day - November 19, 2008. by Time Traveler http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-whitcomb-riley-reference-of-the-day-november-19-2008/#comment-113 Time Traveler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:29:51 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/19/james-whitcomb-riley-reference-of-the-day-november-19-2008/#comment-113 You win, Retro Press -- no more making fun of the recipes here. Yummy, yummy, yummy! You win, Retro Press — no more making fun of the recipes here. Yummy, yummy, yummy!

]]> Comment on Romantic Smokers of the Day - November 19, 2008. by Time Traveler http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/19/romantic-smokers-of-the-day-november-19-2008/#comment-112 Time Traveler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:21:36 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/19/romantic-smokers-of-the-day-november-19-2008/#comment-112 I'm thinking the artist must have been thinking Anthony Quinn and Audrey Hepburn on this one. I’m thinking the artist must have been thinking Anthony Quinn and Audrey Hepburn on this one.

]]> Comment on Giant Mutant Turkey Overlord of the Day - November 18, 2008. by Time Traveler http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/18/turkey-overlord-of-the-day-november-18-2008/#comment-111 Time Traveler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:03:32 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/18/turkey-overlord-of-the-day-november-18-2008/#comment-111 Seems that Bud has been doing goofy ads with animals for a long time. This one is downright surreal. Seems that Bud has been doing goofy ads with animals for a long time. This one is downright surreal.

]]> Comment on Pontiac of the Day - November 20, 2008. by Time Traveler http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/20/pontiac-of-the-day-november-20-2008/#comment-110 Time Traveler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:45:25 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/20/pontiac-of-the-day-november-20-2008/#comment-110 I like some of these old ad illustrations on Retro Press so much I use them as desktop backgrounds on my PC (after cropping out the ad copy). I'll do that with this one. Hope that doesn't burn anyone's copyright buns. As for why ... well, there's no accounting for taste, is there?* On a different note, anyone else notice the driver looks a tad small? Using him for scale, it looks like four adults could comfortably fit abreast in the front seat, five with some squeezing. Although those 50's cars were BIG, the truth would be about one body less than that. Since the perspective elsewhere looks fine, could it be the artist did that intentionally, to make the thing appear even bigger inside? * My dad worked at a Pontiac dealership in the 50's; maybe that has something to do with it. I like some of these old ad illustrations on Retro Press so much I use them as desktop backgrounds on my PC (after cropping out the ad copy). I’ll do that with this one. Hope that doesn’t burn anyone’s copyright buns. As for why … well, there’s no accounting for taste, is there?*

On a different note, anyone else notice the driver looks a tad small? Using him for scale, it looks like four adults could comfortably fit abreast in the front seat, five with some squeezing. Although those 50’s cars were BIG, the truth would be about one body less than that. Since the perspective elsewhere looks fine, could it be the artist did that intentionally, to make the thing appear even bigger inside?

* My dad worked at a Pontiac dealership in the 50’s; maybe that has something to do with it.

]]> Comment on Tank-Eating Tiger of the Day - November 11, 2008. by Time Traveler http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/11/tank-eating-tiger-of-the-day-november-11-2008/#comment-108 Time Traveler Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:45:49 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/11/tank-eating-tiger-of-the-day-november-11-2008/#comment-108 Ironically, it was the Germans, not the Americans, that had a tank named Tiger. It ate Allied tanks for breakfast. A one-on-one between a Tiger and the common American Sherman would have meant more gold stars in the windows back in the States. It took several Shermans ganging up to take out a Tiger. The German Panzer tanks referred to in the ad were no slouches, either, to put it mildly. Ironically, it was the Germans, not the Americans, that had a tank named Tiger. It ate Allied tanks for breakfast. A one-on-one between a Tiger and the common American Sherman would have meant more gold stars in the windows back in the States. It took several Shermans ganging up to take out a Tiger. The German Panzer tanks referred to in the ad were no slouches, either, to put it mildly.

]]> Comment on Tank-Eating Tiger of the Day - November 11, 2008. by Time Traveler http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/11/tank-eating-tiger-of-the-day-november-11-2008/#comment-107 Time Traveler Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:12:32 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/11/tank-eating-tiger-of-the-day-november-11-2008/#comment-107 OK, Retro Press, this is a set-up, right? You're trying to make me think of Esso, aren't you? Confess! (Esso, now Exxon, had a long-running ad slogan, "Put a tiger in your tank!" Gas tank, that is. But I didn't need to explain that, did I. Oh, never mind.) OK, Retro Press, this is a set-up, right? You’re trying to make me think of Esso, aren’t you? Confess!

(Esso, now Exxon, had a long-running ad slogan, “Put a tiger in your tank!” Gas tank, that is. But I didn’t need to explain that, did I. Oh, never mind.)

]]> Comment on Pumpkin Cake of the Day - November 12, 2008. by Time Traveler http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/12/pumpkin-cake-of-the-day-november-12-2008/#comment-106 Time Traveler Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:08:25 +0000 http://tjs-labs.com/blog/2008/11/12/pumpkin-cake-of-the-day-november-12-2008/#comment-106 Sounds yummy. I loved my grandmother's made-from-scratch pumpkin pies. My wife loves pumpkin, too, even the crappy "pies" they usually have at McDonald's every October and November. But I never heard of pumpkin cake, so I guess it didn't catch on. Sounds like a keeper to me, though. Sounds yummy. I loved my grandmother’s made-from-scratch pumpkin pies. My wife loves pumpkin, too, even the crappy “pies” they usually have at McDonald’s every October and November. But I never heard of pumpkin cake, so I guess it didn’t catch on. Sounds like a keeper to me, though.

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