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- Cancerkitty, on 07/09/2009, -0/+18Hector Boiardi's story is actually really interesting. I remember catching his Biography on A&E years ago.
- ClarkLab, on 07/10/2009, -1/+14Only one listed as fake? Maybe the article should be titled Food Icons--Real and a Fake
- watcht, on 07/10/2009, -0/+9No Pringles guy verification? bummer.
- odnaryperson, on 07/09/2009, -0/+9haha, i like how betty crocker finally becomes a real person in 1996....
- inactive, on 07/10/2009, -1/+10Aunt Jemima is my lady.
- TheBodyPolitic, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7I take it Betty Crocker is a Timelord?
- toxicityj, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6Indeed. Count Oswald Choc of Ula was a bit of a tyrant, but he learned to earn the respect of his underlings by serving them delicious chocolatey cereal goodness. And torture. But mostly chocolatey goodness.
- Kaiosama, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5They left out Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben :-(
Are either of them real? - bmcnally, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5Then RTFA
- jeffbw, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5"Betty was born in 1921 to answer baking questions from consumers. Her first "portrait" was unveiled in 1936 and she's grown progressively younger over the years."
A testament to all those preservatives. - bmcnally, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4Mrs. Butterworth will bring the smackdown any day of the week.
- bizzywho, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4They forgot Colonel Sanders!!!
- leprix, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4Dibs on 1968 version of Betty Crocker.
- rocknog, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4I certainly hope he's not real. I'd feel bad if a real person had a deformed head like that.
- bmcnally, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4On an unrelated note, I'm not sure how I feel about people with "social media editor/intern/etc" in their titles feeding articles into the Digg ecosystem.
The benefit is that we get a quick news feed from a company or newspaper, I don't have to scour the internet for interesting things, and it is kind of like we become editors for things that will become popular or not.
The downside is that they don't really feel like part of the community that has grown in Digg, they can swamp us with total crap (like what happened about 6 months ago from the HuffPo, and what might happen now that YouTube knows about us), and it can often leapfrog some of the early culling that gets done. - NiftyG, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4So that guy with the big head from Jack in the Box isn't real?
- sharkd, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4Aye, with his wee, beady eyes and that smug look on his face that says, "Oh! Yer gonna buy my chicken!"
- inactive, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3Completely agreed. I was disappointed.
- drmobutu, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3Few people know that Count Chocula was actually based on a historical figure...
- TheBodyPolitic, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3RE-FRIDG-ER-ATE!!!!!
- DirtyVicar, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3Man, I hope when we get to heaven we find that god is actually Chef Boyardee himself. The beefaroni would be made from Kobe beef and ravioli from the finest Parmigiano-Reggiano. The first thing you see after you die and go through the tunnel of light is Kool-Aid Man at the gates of St Peter. Just beyond is the warm, smiling visage of the Chef himself.
- pegothejerk, on 07/10/2009, -0/+31936 Betty Crocker looks like a Flapper girl GILF. I think I have a new fetish, and I'm not sure if I'm okay with that.
- nigelsan, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3NO PLANTERS PEANUTS GUY??? YOU MEAN HE'S FAKE???!!!!!
/loud - N01SE, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2The 1936 Betty Crocker is like "I spit on your attempts at being a cook" and 1972 is like "Yeah, I'm Betty Crocker, big woop wanna fight about it"
- RyanOC, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Im calling shenanigans, I know that guy!
- CaviMike, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Would be pretty bad if Orville Reddenbchaernndjadar whatever was fake considering he always ends his commercials "or my name isn't Orville Red..oh forget it.
- bmcnally, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2So the whole Ratatouille bit actually contains more truth than I thought. Huh.
The More You Know! - CaviMike, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Dennis Gage invented Pringles and obviously that's where the moustache came from.
- robinthehood, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2No Laura Secord?
- Alli3388, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2I was wondering about Aunt Jamima. :-(
- j3rm1981, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Amanda...Oh!
/Quagmire - twinklyJesus, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2TMI
- appleseed1234, on 07/10/2009, -2/+3I'll be lifting mine high tonight... but I'll probably be alone.
- skipvt, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1My bologna has a first name, it's Oscar.
My bologna has a second name it's Mayer... - DeathMarcher, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1Marie Callender's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Callender%27s
Status: Real
Aunt Jemima:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_jemima
Status: Not So Much - Wareznuke, on 07/10/2009, -1/+2Amanda Olson is HOT
- DevilDriver, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1Aww man no Michelinas?
- ventg4fun, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1dugg, for 'thanks for the memories.'
- babyheadout, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1It's bad enough that Romano's Macaroni Grill doesn't have macaroni in its menu.
(insert KFC reply here) - highwebl, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1His name is Mr. Peanut.
- Alli3388, on 07/10/2009, -1/+2Who is, of course, real, and actually kind of a hero, too... If you're Canadian and not American, that is.... Did you Americans know that you tried to take over Canada and lost? It's called the War of 1812... It's been my experience that Americans aren't really taught about this one in school.
- Koushiro, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1There was one unconfirmed? That's almost something.
- lumin8or, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1I'll have a piece of that Jennie-O rump roast.... The fresh one, not aged, please.
- Philbert, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1I saw a History Channel show about Chef Boiardi. According to that show all the Italian-Americans of the time lived on the east coast so before he started canning and selling his dinners most Americans had never tasted Italian food. Afterwords Italian restaurants started appearing all over the country.
- soupdawg30, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1Buried as dumb.
- zagatbuzz, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1I love how Betty Crocker has become progressively younger over the years!
- Koushiro, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1It was really interesting and the man made some damn tasty spaghetti sauce.
- Pthalio, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1I've always thought it was interesting that Laura Secord was essentially a traitor to the americans and we named pudding after her...
'take me to Fitzgibbons'
start a heritage minute quote thread anyone? hehe - fleecejohnson, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1Last time I paid tribute like that, I got arrested.
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