Increase your boob size with hormone gum
Anyone who complains about the potency of today’s narcotics should keep in mind that in the early 1980s, they marketed a hormone gum called “Boobie Chew” that made women’s boobs bigger. Yes, the ad is fake (it’s apparently a Nick Danger sketch by Fireside Theatre), but the fact that someone even had the idea explains the drug culture of the era, both legal and otherwise. And it was an idea ahead of its time. Compared to today’s endless “Click here for a bigger penis” e-mails, breast enlargement gum sounds halfway plausible. —Posted by David Kiefaber |
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I'm pretty sure this is one of a number of fake spots directed by a guy named Bill Dear, who went on from a commercials career to work in episodic television and features (he directed "Harry and the Hendersons," among other pictures). His commercials reel used to open with at least four or five of these commercial parodies, including one in which a Orson Welles look-a-like gets sloshed on cheap wine while doing a Paul Masson-style commercial. Compared to the parodies we see on SNL these days, this almost seems quaint.
Posted by: Anthony V. | Sep 5, 2007 9:52:51 PM
Yeah it is sad that "Boobie Chew" doesn't seem like such a scam compared to today's email spam.
Posted by: Andy | Feb 28, 2008 5:08:58 PM
