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From: edward@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Big Boy Vote (the trademarks lobby for Big Boy)
Message-ID: <1585@ukma.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 21:02:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 21:02:23 1985
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In <623@vortex.UUCP> lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) writes:
> 
> A new commercial segment in the current "should he stay or go"
> series has started airing here in L.A.  In this one, we have
> several live-action versions of OTHER trademarks pleading for
> Big Boy's preservation.  The Michelin "tire man," Alka-Seltzer's
> "Speedy" (the kid with the tablet on his head), and the
> "little Dutch boy" (a paint company trademark) all are asking
> the viewer to vote and save Big Boy.
> 
> Pretty bizarre.
> 
> --Lauren--

	We have the same ad here in ol' Kentucky. (Yes we have TV
here, we just watch it barefoot.) I suspect that whatever corporation
it is that owns Big Boy also has a hand in those other three companies.

Anybody know, like fer shur?