Comments on: Bathing 1971 Style – It’s All About Naked Joy BABY!

By: Awake In Rochester

Awake In Rochester — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:46:12 +0000

How could Speedy miss Barney Beaver? The guy is crazy for beavers!

By: Eric "Speedcat Hollydale"

Eric "Speedcat Hollydale" — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:29:36 +0000

Still waiting for my order ….. cob webs are hangin`

By: teeni

teeni — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:50:06 +0000

Please consider this as your engraved invitation to the awards ceremony at my site.

By: meleah rebeccah

meleah rebeccah — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:13:58 +0000

I love all things 1970′s style!

By: Michelle Gartner

Michelle Gartner — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:30:04 +0000

I know what you mean by very subtle to the point of baffling… that seems like the other extreme lately. Commercials and advertisements where one can’t even figure out what the product is…

I see a lot of billboards that are great mysteries to me and I have to think- why are they paying for marketing if no one can tell what they are supposed to buy???

By: J Adamthwaite

J Adamthwaite — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:23:07 +0000

Oh, OK… maybe not then!

I don’t watch TV either so I don’t actually see that many adverts. I do surveys from time to time though, which often require me to watch a car advert or a drinks advert, and they have all seemed very subtle (sometimes to the point of being baffling). I haven’t seen any of the adverts you mentioned though, so some of it may be a cultural thing. I do think there’s definitely something characteristically dated about the phrasing in that Naked Joy advert though, even if I haven’t quite put my finger on what.

By: Michelle Gartner

Michelle Gartner — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:08:50 +0000

Bobby- My Mom and Dad always took baths and I think they are disgusting. It’s like stewing in ones own dirty juices.

Teeni- I remember the big bottles of Mr. Bubbles… I don’t remember bathing much- I seem to think bathing was not that important in the seventies. I think for the most part people were dirty and hairy in the 60′s and the 70′s!

By: teeni

teeni — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:44:04 +0000

LOL – I think my cousin had that Charlie Brown brush and comb set. Too funny. I don’t remember the other stuff but I was still kind of young then. I don’t remember anyone having naked joy either. I hated baths when I was a kid. Who wanted to stop playing long enough to have to go sit in a tub for what seemed like forever. Maybe they should have given us kids some of that naked joy or tender touch. Heck. We would have taken Mr. Bubbles even!

By: Bobby Revell

Bobby Revell — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:56:58 +0000

Hmm . . . I only take showers as they are proven to get you 90% cleaner than a bath. I guess Tender Touch is trying to appeal to daddy’s new woman–the one the kids don’t like hahaha. Excuse me while I go bathe in exotic oils and dream about pregnant women;)

By: Michelle Gartner

Michelle Gartner — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:58:38 +0000

Jenny- I don’t necessarily agree with you- there are a lot of commercials lately that aren’t subtle at all. Take the Super Bowl ads (most parents cringe to let their younger children watch them) and then there was the ads from that Burger company that implied Angus burgers were from cows… well remove “g” from what I wrote. Then there where those 7 UP yours commercials… I actually think we have gotten stupid and more crass in advertising. Thankfully I don’t watch television- I watch all my nonsense on the internet or I get it form old magazines.

Dan- can I place my order for an avocado and bacon cheeseburger with you today? I’ll pick it up at your blog later… don’t skimp on the avocado or bacon.