Feb 8, 2003 · And it is a bit unsettling that it is this easy to interpret a box of candied popcorn & nuts as providing a disparaging description of this white boy, sailor jack = Cracker Jack. As opposed to [1896 Louis Rueckheim , F.W.'s brother and partner, discovers the process for keeping the molasses-covered popcorn morsels from sticking together.

Feb 9, 2003 · Now look at the label of the picture: “sailor jack & bingo”. They chose as their logo a white boy known as “sailor jack”. Obviously, there is some connection between jack the boy and the “Jack” in the name of the product. There is a certain amount of identification between the two. Perhaps the Jack in Cracker Jack refers to sailor jack.

Mar 8, 2001 · Cracker Jack Jingle. Factual Questions. jsc1953 March 8, 2001, 7:53pm 1. CrackerJack had a TV commercial ...

Dec 11, 2024 · Gerald McBoing-Boing is an animated short film about a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of spoken words. Produced by United Productions of America (UPA), it was given a wide release by Columbia Pictures on November 2, 1950. The story was adapted by Phil Eastman and Bill Scott from a story by Dr. Seuss.

Dec 27, 2024 · That is absolutely and old style. Better yet, some of the early ones were from Acme. They should have been very rare by the time Bewitched was on, as these signals were getting phased out in the 1920s I believe.

Dec 31, 2024 · Okay, I just watched this special. Lucy at the end decides that RIII dun it, based on the following- Thomas More wore a hair shirt, thus he must have been pretty honest. Two, a letter was found that More met a man who was apparently one of the sons of Miles Forrest. Thus thereby, he got the info that Forrest, Dighton and Tyrrell were the killers first hand. Umm, no, …

Jun 22, 2016 · Jack Sparrow. Whenever you want a character to look especially badass, have them casually chomp on an apple. The most recent sighting was just today, as I was watching the movie The Stanford Prison Experiment. Sure enough, there it was: The apple of badass. And that’s when I thought: OK, this is worth starting a thread about.

Dec 26, 2024 · I think the first reply, by @Mangetout, gave a pretty good answer.I would just add a couple of criteria: A “dad joke” has to be the kind of joke an ordinary person would actually tell for fun (as opposed to, say, a visual gag from a movie or a joke that only works as part of a professional stand-up comedian’s routine).

Dec 15, 2024 · Yes, I am guilty of being THE last to warm up to a show. I am the last hold-out (probably) to start watching the Waltons. Anyway, two questions: a) What is Olivia’s maiden name? Do they ever say? b) In what season does Ike and Corabeth’s daughter first appear on the show? Where does she come from? Is she adopted? (I get the impression she doesn’t appear …

Dec 15, 2024 · I am getting to the point of a new PC build. I figured holiday sales and the upcoming release of Nvidia’s new line of GPUs (the 50xx series expected in March) would mean their 40xx series would be going down in price. Nope. Quite the opposite and to an amazing degree. A quick peek at Newegg has the top line 4090 card going from $2600 to close to …