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I still probably would’ve preferred having the\u00a0Star Wars<\/em> version of this toy from Kenner because it was a loop of the battle involving the\u00a0Falcon<\/em> trying to escape from four TIEs. But given how low brow the Seventies could be, this wouldn’t have surprised me. The VCR was still too expensive,\u00a0Deep Throat<\/em> was practically a mainstream movie (Ugh! Never seen it yet I read a synopsis, sounds boring) and no joke Mills and Zers, there was a moronic attempt to market a low-alcoholic drink to children called\u00a0Chelsea<\/em>. The manufacturers did backoff quickly, then tried to market it to women in the vein of Tab or Diet Rite. It was too late since I remember Carson mocking it in his nightly monologue (paraphrased).<\/span><\/p>\n Ed, have you heard of this new alcoholic drink they were trying to sell to children? Yeah, it was called <\/span><\/em>Chelsea<\/span> and they’ve since withdrawn it from the shelves after the backlash caused by their radio ad. “When you need to unwind after a long day of making mudpies.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I still probably would’ve preferred having the\u00a0Star Wars version of this toy from Kenner because it was a loop of the battle involving the\u00a0Falcon trying to escape from four TIEs. But given how low brow the Seventies could be, this … Continue reading