Some Assembly Required

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 05/17/2016 at 16:49 • Filed to: None

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If it fits, it ships.

Noah - Now with more boost. > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 16:53

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Reminds me of a big playmobil box. I hope whoever puts it together leaves out the silly stickers.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 16:54

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*Insert $50 Jeep urban legend here*

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 16:56

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ttyymmnn > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 05/17/2016 at 16:57

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Did he ever finish?

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/17/2016 at 16:58

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Hey, I read Boys Life. I remember those ads.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 17:01

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I just America’d so hard.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 17:03

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Seriously, this is why we won.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 05/17/2016 at 17:05

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“The fresh taste of America - now in a fun-size box!”

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 17:07

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I don’t know that they ever specified. I know it was a running gag for the first season or two (Radar in background carrying a tire, and Hawkeye’s X-Ray of Radar’s package to his mom, etc).

That show was one of my absolute favorites as a youngster, bought my parents the complete box set on DVD a few years back when it was released.

ttyymmnn > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 05/17/2016 at 17:12

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This, and the fact that the factories that were making them weren’t being bombed into oblivion.

It looks like Army censors blotted out something on the driver’s helmet, probably a unit emblem.

ttyymmnn > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 05/17/2016 at 17:15

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When I was young, we had a TV in the kitchen, and we had dinner at 5:30, when MASH was on. Then the local news at 6:00, and John Chancellor at 6:30. We never had a single meaningful conversation at our dinner table, but I think I saw every episode of MASH by the time I left home. And I developed a love of both history and current events.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 17:20

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there is certainly an advantage to the allies having factories well outside the area where the war was occurring.

Birddog > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/17/2016 at 17:20

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C’mon! These ads were unavoidable in the 50s through the 80s.

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 05/17/2016 at 17:25

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There is. Funny thing, though, as Allied bombing of Germany increased during the war, German production increased also. Strategic bombing actually had little effect on industrial production. Oil was an entirely different story, though. That’s where Germany really suffered.

Danger > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 18:53

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Ding ding ding. Bombing those refineries really hurt their war effort.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ttyymmnn 05/17/2016 at 19:15

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Probasly something vulgar ;)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 05/18/2016 at 14:44

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It was Tom Brokaw. And talking during Sports was alright. But you’re the historian, so maybe it was Chancellor... Better newsman than Brokaw.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/18/2016 at 14:53

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Brokaw took over for Chancellor after leaving the Today Show. We have no TV in our kitchen.