a little more racist advertising…
April 26, 2009 by tiffdjones
And here I was thinking that Bull Durham was just a baseball movie with Susan Sarandon (love, love, love) and Kevin Costner.
I guess that’s the best they could come up with. I’ve always thought of dentyne gum as sucking, so perhaps there were no other selling points.
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where in sin are you finding these things?? What are the years?
i don’t know the years, but here’s the website where I found most of the photos
http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/. you might get sucked in….
Hey Tiff, The top Bull Durham one I actually had in my house growing up! My mom bought it at an antique sale and framed it because she is from near Durham, NC. I never liked it and thought it was weird…
Thanks for doing this series of thought-provoking stuff.
-Martine