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Article #621754Re: 1937--uncontrolled figures can clog up any business! (Monroe)
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:49
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:49
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On 4/6/2018 2:26 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2018-04-06, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > >> cute cartoon ad for Monroe calculators >> https://books.google.com/books?id=qEsEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA6&dq=life%20%22monroe%20adding%22&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=false > > Nice. > > The one that stuck in my head (I think I first saw it here) is: > > Rockwell calculators, > Gee, they're really neat. > They have big green numbers, > And little rubber feet. > > I've heard that the ad was the product of Dick Orkin, > better known as Chickenman. (He's everywhere, he's everywhere!) > This little jingle was "sung" on radio stations circa 1970... I knew a girl in college that just loved the "big green numbers and little rubber feet" part! This must have been an attempt to "humanize" calculators... to make them have more of a "soft and fuzzy" feel. -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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