Playing a round of Scrabble (no, not that kind) with the wife tonight, needed some good thinkin’ music to get in the groove. What better choice than a far-from-pristine LP copy of Donny Osmond’s 1973 opus, A Time For Us? But lo, what should greet my hungry eyes when sliding the record out of its sleeve but this tantalizing grid of original Osmond product offers, each one better than the last.
I’ve always wondered what would happen if you actually tried to order something you found in a 30-year-old comic book or, in this case, record sleeve (assuming you had the balls to actually cut up the sleeve to get to the order form, leaving your prize records defenseless against the cardboard outer sleeve). Would your money go into a black hole? Or would some sweet old lady sitting bored at a desk in front of a warehouse full of long-unsold merch cheerfully put your order together and send it on its way? It’d definitely be the purple tank top for me. The order form is on the reverse, and emphasizes the Osmond’s Mormon roots: “Utah residents add 4.375% sales tax.”
Scan it and save a few bucks per pay period to find out!
I love the Osmond ad – how cool is that ? I actually used to have that pillow case :)
Oooh, those cookbooks go for big bucks on ebay now! Probably the purple tank top too, if you could find one :-).
You’ve inspired me to finally upload my scans of ads from a 1979 Playboy. They’re mostly tech ads but they’re all terrific.
Les – Those are fantastic. I hadn’t thought of the B.I.C. brand for 20 years. I remember those dual-speed tape decks they were doing, but never owned one. Amazing how wordy ads of the 70s were.
Deb and Dayna – I’m going to go for it and order something from that page – will post here on how it goes.