Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Simpsons skewers advertising and consumer culture
The 14 most awesome fake products from The Simpsons
The list does include some good ones. Like Malk (Now with vitamin R!). It's made from rat’s milk (which puts the R in Vitamin R). I also love Cheezus H. Rice. And all of the Krusty products like Krusty Brand Imitation Gruel.
The list does include some good ones. Like Malk (Now with vitamin R!). It's made from rat’s milk (which puts the R in Vitamin R). I also love Cheezus H. Rice. And all of the Krusty products like Krusty Brand Imitation Gruel.
I would have expected the list to include some of the products noted in the comments:Swap your traditional gruel out for this imitation with confidence. As the tagline suggests: "9 out of 10 orphans can’t tell the difference." Other products that have received the Krusty brand seal of approval include Krusty’s Sulfuric Acid, Krusty Non-Toxic Kologne, Lady Krusty Moustache Removal and Krusty’s partially gelatinated, non-dairy gum-based beverages.
- Tomacco (actually now a real product)
- Krusty O’s (with Jagged Metal Krusty O)
- Mr Sparkle!
- Random commercial Bart sees on TV. "The great taste of Worcestershire sauce…in a soft drink!" with the tag line: "Mmmm…steaky!"
- Big Red Snack Foam
- Corn Nog and Hurricane Chow (cat chow where Apu crossed out the word Cat and wrote Hurricane)
- We take eighteen ounces of sizzling ground beef, and then soak it in rich creamery butter. Then we top it off with bacon, ham and a fried egg." We call it …"The Good Morning Burger"
- Flintstones Chewable Morphine
- Red Tick Beer (Needs more dawg)
- Power Sauce bars. Made from apple cores and old Chinese newspapers!
- Little Lisa Slurry ….a high-protein feed for farm animals, insulation for low-income housing, a powerful explosive, and a top-notch engine coolant. Best of all, it’s made from 100 percent recycled animals.
- Bubble Crumb – "the gum with the cracker center"
- Malibu Stacy Lunar Rover
- Canned Plankton ("you fatcats threw out your plankton")