Underestimated Cultural Ephemera: The Bizarre Food Mascots We’re Exposed To As Children
Underestimated: A Podcast
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This week, I dive into some of the weird stuff we're exposed to as kids that informs, in some ways, who we grow up to be. I cover two Detroit area staples in this episode: Milky The Clown, and Major Magic's All-Star Pizza Revue.
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Reference Links:
General
Understanding Megalophobia or the Fear of Large Objects
https://www.verywellmind.com/megalophobia-2671869
The American Museum of Magic
https://sites.google.com/a/americanmuseumofmagic.org/amm/
Food Mascots
The 8 Most Baffling Food Mascots of All-Time
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-baffling-food-mascots-all-time/
12 truly bizarre product mascots that made us lose our appetites
https://metv.com/lists/12-truly-bizarre-product-mascots-that-made-us-lose-our-appetites
Clown History
The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary
It's the Grimaldi Clown Church Service this weekend
https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/its-the-grimaldi-clown-church-service-this-weekend-020317
“Pagliacci”: Classic tale of the tears of a clown
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/pagliacci-classic-tale-of-the-tears-of-a-clown/
Milky The Clown
The Magic Word is Clare Cummings
http://www.detroitkidshow.com/Clare_Cummings.htm
YouTube - Video from Milky’s TV Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXh01HjtBV4
So Long, Milky; Milky leaves warm, lasting memories for a devoted fan
http://www.pattywrites.com/pages.php?tabid=3&pageid=65&title=Milky
Major Magic’s
My Major Magic Pizza Career, By Dennis Machinegun Thompson
http://www.machinegunspage.com/2015/04/my-major-magic-pizza-career.html
Nostalgia and elbow grease could bring back piece of popular restaurant Major Magic
Aug. 25, 1989: Forget Chuck E. Cheese's. Remember Major Magic's?
Major Magic’s photos on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pg/majormagic/photos/?ref=page_internal
Audio Credits
From the YouTube Audio Library:
At The Fair - The White Orbs
Cat Circus - Doug Maxwell
Industrial Music Box by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100812
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Don’t Look Inside - Biz Baz Studio
Patriotic March - Max Surla/Media Right Productions
Film:
Short clip (0:06 seconds) from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Film directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Peter Sellers - Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents) (A Stanley Kubrick Production) and Hawk Films