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EP 010 Yo Ball, K-Tel's The Haircut Magician, Dolly Madison Bakery Zingers, The Zinger Zapper


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Remember the oily chain on your bike?  Maybe you remember the rusty chain on your bicycle that broke and left you to walk it home.  It was worse than a flat tire!  

I just gave myself a haircut, and it made me think of the old K-Tel Haircut Magician; it looked so handy and still does today.  If you have ever given yourself a haircut, you know what I'm talking 'bout.

This week's Simpsons trivia gives us a sense of the entrepreneurial spirit of Homer J. Simpson when he goes into the grease business in Season 10, Episode 1.  

The Yo Ball, the Glowing Yo Ball, was a must-have toy by Knots inc. in 1980.  If you ever tried to do tricks with a regular yoyo as a kid, the idea of a magical Yo Ball that would always come back really spoke your language.  Later they were sold as the YoYo Ball and were almost banned from the shelves after some unfortunate deaths attributed to them. 


The best snack in the 1970s was the Zinger by Dolly Madison;  The company that sponsored the Peanuts cartoons that would come on in prime time.  The Zinger was the best, I preferred the chocolate version, but the golden cake version was good too.  


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