Comments on: Video Mania: The Buttertons, Dr. Jarvik’s Lipitor Ad, And A Moving Interpretation Of A Hit Christian Song

By: Tara

Tara — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:36:00 +0000

LOL!
I love that Kool-Aid commercial – it’s SO funny!
They describe it as “pure” or “wholesome” or something like that – what does that MEAN?
LOL!!!
When I was a kid I was always confused by the fact that the Kool-Aid was not already sweet and you had to add sugar.
Thank goodness that now we have things available like Diet Rite.
Just goes to show how much you can’t trust the mainstream media – in the 50′s they said Kool-Aid and cigarettes were healthy and now all manner of processed carbage is plastered with health claims. Sheesh.
There’s definitely a reason that things like meats, butter, and vegetables are called “real food” – it’s because they ARE!

By: Jimmy Moore

Jimmy Moore — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:45:00 +0000

THANKS for sharing this 1950s Kool-Aid commercial, Tom! After all, it has the Parents Magazine seal of approval, so it MUST be good, right. NOT!

By: Amy Dungan (a.k.a Sparky's Girl)

Amy Dungan (a.k.a Sparky's Girl) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:11:00 +0000

Hi. My name is Amy. And I’m proud to be a Butterton. :0)

By: Didirina

Didirina — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:10:00 +0000

These new commercials that have you “ask your doctor” about certain drugs are simply ridiculous. After they list the horrible side effects, they encourage you to go ahead and ask for them anyway. Oh, and don’t forget to tell your doctor about all of the other drugs you’re taking or if you have liver disease, or whatever. I think it’s frightening that you have to inform or remind your doctor that you have certain conditions or diseases, or may think you have one, before they prescribe drugs that could very possibly harm you. Shouldn’t he/she know that already?? Medical consumerism is nuts. I had a liver specialist ask me if I wanted a liver biopsy! Ummm, no, not really–do I NEED one? No? Then I don’t WANT one. Sheesh.

By: Tom Bunnell (TB)--TB

Tom Bunnell (TB)--TB — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:58:00 +0000

That’s two cups of sugar for each five cent package to make the two quarts of Kool-Aid! That’s what the directions called for. We thought it to sugary and sweet, it would make you shiver when you drank it so we always used one and a half cups of sugar. One cup tasted to flat. Three or four kids would polish that off in one sitting with a couple of glasses each so we often make several pichers a day and more. — We also drank a lot of milk and fruit juice when we could afford it along with pop and the Kool-Aid! — The entire United States did this! We fed it to our babies! — We still do!

By: Didirina

Didirina — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:51:00 +0000

Hmmmm. I see the Buttertons are not fat! In fact, they look pretty darn healthy, in spite of those potatoes and corn:-)