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12th Apostle

Even if you couldn't, you could still enroll in an art correspondence school. It worked for Charles Schulz.

Jake Rossen




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From the mid to late 1980s, the most ubiquitous road sign didn’t advise you to stop, obey the speed limit, or be mindful of crossing deer. Instead, it was diamond-shaped, used a black-on-yellow color scheme, and came with a stern warning for nearby driver

Jake Rossen




ToysandGames

It was a sprawling beach scene populated by hundreds of characters, including one dressed slightly inappropriately for the climate: Waldo, the sweater-sporting explorer who “hides” in every crowd scene illustrated by Martin Handford for his 'Where’s Waldo

Jake Rossen








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David Beckerman decided he was done peddling plaid golf pants. The 1966 University of New Haven graduate had been a salesman at a Duckster sporting goods store when he realized that the bland clothing on the racks held little interest for casual sports fa

Jake Rossen






In the 1980s, the lure of cheap commercial time led to many legendary mail order offers. There was the Ginsu knife, the 'Sports Illustrated' football phone, and a laundry list of compilation records that assembled hit songs without the pain of B-side clun

Jake Rossen