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    The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)

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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    01/23/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    I was told Alfred Hitchcock (sp?) was the original Gerber baby...
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    Image of Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    Aunt Jemima as a logo has troubled me greatly ever since I learned about Betye Saar in my freshman art history course. She parodied AJ in her art as a social commentary on black stereotypes:


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. was starred Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. was unstarred
    Image of picardia picardia
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    How come Betty Crocker always seems to be a member of the British royal family?
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    Chester Cheetah and I are like, BFF.
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    tscheese was starred tscheese was unstarred
    Image of thesciencegirl thesciencegirl
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    The 1969 Betty Crocker looks super WASPy
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    Image of hatepaperdoll hatepaperdoll
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    Interesting fact: 1949 Laughing Cow was also responsible for rounding up unicorns and driving them into the ocean!


    Photobucket

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    Image of Majrhoulihan Majrhoulihan
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    Sara Lee was a Skidmore girl. I wanted the Sarah Lee scholarship man.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    The current Betty Crocker is supposed to be a composite of about a dozen ethnicities to represent the "modern" woman.
    I think she looks like the evil helicopter mom that stalks me at PTA Fundraising meetings.
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    Image of Wit is periodically disensouled Wit is periodically disensouled
    01/22/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner considers North Face and Sorel high ...: Indeed, she's terrifying.


    Everywoman: ur doin it rong.

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    Wit is periodically disensouled was starred Wit is periodically disensouled was unstarred
    Image of Cafezinha Cafezinha
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    I always thought my penchants for shoplifting and graffiti were because I'm an asshole. Now I see I should blame it on my consumption of homefries and Irish dinners.
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    Image of RainbowBrite RainbowBrite
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    Edith Wilson looks way too glamorous to be on a pancake box! You know she was out socializing with the black bourgeoisie, not making white folks breakfast
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    Image of WaltzingMatilda WaltzingMatilda
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    Oh God - 1972 Betty looks JUST like my mother in law. I may have to go home and burn my BC cookbook. I'll never look at it the same way... :sob:
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    Image of Dottie Gale Dottie Gale
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    If I had a stomach full of boiled cabbage and greasy fried potatoes, I'd probably be more inclined to stay close to home--and a bathroom--than commit a crime. But who am I to judge?
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    01/22/09

    @Dottie Gale: I thought that was going to end...can you blame him if he has really bad gas all night.
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    Image of Wit is periodically disensouled Wit is periodically disensouled
    01/22/09

    @Dottie Gale: Seems like on the theory of you are what you eat, Betty was afraid of a diet of boiled cabbage and potatoes turning men Irish.


    Incidentally, boiled cabbage is fantastic. In moderation.

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    Wit is periodically disensouled was starred Wit is periodically disensouled was unstarred
    Image of Sophie needs to study...damn Sophie needs to study...damn
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    My grandmother to this day refuses to buy Aunt Jemima for its mammy-ish depiction. She also has qualms with Uncle Ben. Me? I loooove me some Aunt Jemima syrup.
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    Sophie needs to study...damn was starred Sophie needs to study...damn was unstarred
    Image of my cousin is an ape my cousin is an ape
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    The 1972 Betty Crocker looks like she should be riding in a fox hunt. Also they should have kept the Edith Wilson Aunt Jemima--gorgeous.
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    my cousin is an ape was starred my cousin is an ape was unstarred
    Image of Jello Mix Jello Mix
    01/22/09

    @my cousin is an ape: She is gorgeous. She's almost too pretty to be the face of high fructose corn syrup masquerading as a breakfast staple.
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    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    01/22/09

    @my cousin is an ape: You just know she rode sidesaddle.
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    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was starred JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was unstarred
    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    01/22/09

    In reply to The Grown Up Gerber Baby (And Other Food Logo Histories)
    1955 Betty has FIERCE hair wings!
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    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was starred JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was unstarred
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