To be honest I have no idea what this site is all about; well, I do. It is "wacky" packaging, but why?
Amazing what you can find on the internet! How about Miracle Whiffs "Spreads on Anything" or Kracked Barrel "Wood Splinter Cheese" just the sort of silliness required down the Queens Head on a quiet Monday Bank Holiday. Hold on! I have just spotted Instant Stanka "The Coffee That Takes Your Breath Away!"
Well, it made me laugh.
Pictured is Spitgehetti with Mystery Meatballs "Explosive. Do Not Shake."
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5-01-2006 @ 1:23PM
tr said...
i think a clue as to what this site is all about is at the top, which says "1979 Crazy Labels (Fleer)". i don't know how old you are, but this was from a card series sold by Fleer, the trading card company. i think these cards started in the 60's, and these were the equivalent of "garbage pail kids" in the 80's. something fun and gross for kids, and kinda disgusting to adults.
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5-01-2006 @ 1:33PM
Diane Holdgate said...
Andrew,
These sorts of labels were very popular when i was a child, in the '60's. There were sort of tied to Mad Magazine. Just stupid, funny, joke labels, usually in sticker form.
Diane
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5-01-2006 @ 1:37PM
cybele said...
Wacky Packs were trading cards back in the seventies and eighties that were kind of like a more portable Mad Magazine. They featured satirical versions of food packaging. The newer ones kind of lost their edge, but I remember buying them as a kid and putting some of the stickers on my Trapper Keeper!
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5-01-2006 @ 1:59PM
Andrew said...
Aaah, thanks for the info. Fleer means nothing to me although I think we had Mad magazine in the UK at some point. Is it still going?
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5-01-2006 @ 2:01PM
jen said...
wacky packs and garbage pail kids were also both created by Art Spiegelman (as in Art Spiegleman, comics legend and author of Maus)
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5-01-2006 @ 3:13PM
healthily obsessed said...
Honestly, I don’t think “Spitgehetti with Mystery Meatballs” is too far off considering the actualy product’s ingredients listing: http://www.healthbetold.com/2006/05/01/mystery-meat-of-the-day-chef-boyardee-spaghetti-meatballs-in-tomato-sauce/
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