Subj : Re: Todays Classic Ad
To   : Daryl Stout
From : George Pope
Date : Wed Oct 20 2021 10:00:43


 >  TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick
 > Kincaid

 >  Today is Wednesday  October 20, 2021.
 >  This is the 293rd day of the year, there are 72 days left.

 >  On this day...
 >     Soap
 >     May do
 >     For lads with fuzz
 >     But sir, you ain't
 >     The kid you wuz
 >     Burma-Shave

It's really too bad they packed that campaign in.  It was such a unique bit of
Americana to enjoy on t he nation's highways. . .

Maybe too much work to mnaintain. (A dirty over-weathered ad board isn't a
positive)

Google says:
1966
Burma Shave's sales dwindled, and Gillette bought the company in 1964. It ended
the ad campaign, and Burma Shave signs disappeared by 1966.

Sad. . .

& 
Philip Morris sold the Burma-Shave brand name to American Safety Razor Company
in 1968, but the name remained dormant until 1997 when it was reintroduced for
a line of shaving cream, razors, and accessories. ... In recent years,
replica's of the Burma Shave signs can be found along Route 66 in Arizona.

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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