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Ted Williams — not to be confused with the .400 hitting frozen guy of the same name — is a former homeless man and current internet sensation. After being discovered peddling roadside by a local news station, the man with the ‘golden voice’ is suddenly the most employable man in America.
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When supermarkets and dimestore soda companies need to genericize brand names, it’s easy enough to just call it ‘Cola’, or ‘Root Beer’. However, as seen in this extensive gallery, it’s when the brand bastardization involves Dr. Pepper that the creativity knows no bounds.
Well, not really — it’s as simple as adding ‘Dr.’ to any word. Especially if that word has nothing to do with brown carbonated sugar water.
[Gallery, via Consumerist]
When he’s not stealing scenes as Larry David’s brother-in-law on Curb Your Enthusiasm, well… we’re not exactly sure what else JB Smoove does. However he did recently star as the moderator of a series of focus groups for Mountain Dew White Out.
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As food manufacturers continue to compete for your attention and coupon use, their packaging has become increasingly obnoxious. Anyone who has wheeled down a cereal aisle lately can attest to the increasing amount of garish colors and the come-hither stares of cartoon spokesmen. We think their eyes might actually follow you too.
Design firm Antrepo experimented with the recent minimalist design trend to see what some packaging looks like when stripped of the mascots, extraneous colors, and superfluous graphics.
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Dead figs, psychedelic milk, and racist cupcakes… It’s Foodiggity’s week that was.
Teach your kids the alphabet with adorable vegicide… Alphadeath
Making fun of foodies, 365… The Onion’s 2011 Food & Dining Calendar
Barbie goes Gaga… Meat Dress Barbie
This should end well… The Robot Butcher
But it’s a dry heat… This Is Now The World’s Hottest Pepper
Turn Your Glass of Milk Into an Allman Brothers Concert
What’s in your gullet?… Pezidents of The United States
x = pb + j… The Peanut Butter and Jelly Equation
Once again, sorry Japan… Fast Food Sushi
CHOW kicks it old school… The Last Kodachrome Christmas
Reek of holiday spirit… Eggnog Soap
Prejudice, or just painfully unhip?… Racist Cupcakes
