<p>Luck favors the bold! Or at least that's what a bunch of CEOs convinced themselves when they launched big new products that would ultimately fail. Of course everyone remembers the "Classic" product fail of the 1980s (unless that whole controversy was just an ingenious marketing campaign) but do you remember Harley-Davidson cologne? Colgate frozen dinners (gross)? How about the Smith and Wesson bicycle?</p>

Luck favors the bold! Or at least that's what a bunch of CEOs convinced themselves when they launched big new products that would ultimately fail. Of course everyone remembers the "Classic" product fail of the 1980s (unless that whole controversy was just an ingenious marketing campaign) but do you remember Harley-Davidson cologne? Colgate frozen dinners (gross)? How about the Smith and Wesson bicycle?

Episode 123: Product Fails

Relive the magic of growing up in the American suburbs during the 1980s with siblings Aaron Selbig and Dr. Amy Besler. Every week, Aaron and Amy shine a spotlight on cultural artifacts from the era while processing what it was truly like to grow up a latchkey kid. And maybe they'll talk about their parents' divorce. Things could get weird.

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Episode 123: Product Fails

Episode 123: Product Fails