1985: New Coke’s spokesperson was an admired celebrity. One of the two is making a comeback.
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“The Day New Coke Came to DC,” Andrew Beaujon, Washingtonian
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Durian, the notoriously stinky fruit of the Pacific, is featured at McDonald’s in Malaysia and Singapore in a McFlurry concoction. It’s made with the milder D24 durian, but even so, that’s no pumpkin spice latte. McD’s offers localized menus in many parts of it’s global empire. See ads for more far-flung fast food treats here.
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The Renault Dauphine comes to America, 1959.
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1956 Dodge TV commercial, via Jeff Quitney. Great scenes of 1957 model year cars and the Chrysler assembly plant.
There’s not much singing on the Ford assembly line these days, of course. Robots don’t sing, they whirr:
