The list for November 21, 1997
The Top 16 Rejected Slogans for
the "New Look" Barbie
the "New Look" Barbie
- "New Look Barbie, Now With Child-Bearing Hips!"
- "Barbie’s Got Back!"
- "Still No Unsightly Nipples!"
- "Now With *Two* Scoops of X Chromosomes!"
- "Great New Look — and she’s still dumb as dirt!"
- "Brickhouse Barbie — the perfect friend for Caboose-Luvin’ Ken!"
- "Less Pamela Lee, More Kathie Lee — A Barbie you won’t find under your brother’s pillow."
- "She might not be Cindy Crawford, but, then again, *you* won’t be either."
- "Preparing young girls for reality: The Dumped-by-Ken-for-the-More-Voluptuous-Skipper Barbie."
- "You Want Realistic? How’s ‘PMS Barbie’ Sound, Ya Little Cretins?"
- "The All-New Lowered Expectations GenX Barbie"
- "Plain and Dumpy, Just Like You!"
- "The Really Great Personality Barbie"
- "Cries real tears when you try on her bathing suits!"
- "She’s just big boned, dammit!"
And the Number 1 Rejected Slogan for the "New Look" Barbie…
- "Throw Another Chin on the Barbie!"
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CREDITS
Selected from 162 submissions from 57 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 1, 15 (18th #1)
- Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — 2
- Denis Rubin, Los Angeles, CA — 3
- John Gennity, Woodhaven, NY — 4
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 5, 10
- Sue Prifogle, Rushville, IN — 5
- Barry T. Smith, Boulder Creek, CA — 6 (Rookie!)
- Peter Bauer, Rochester, NY — 7
- Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 8, 10
- Phil Doyle, Mercer Island, WA — 8
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA — 8
- Tisha Stacey, Lisle, IL — 9
- Jim Key, Garland, TX — 10
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 11
- Annie Fisher, Philadelphia, PA — 12
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 13
- Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — 14
- Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 15
- Cathie Walker, Victoria, BC, Canada — 16
- Joel McClure, Royal Oak, MI — Banner Tag
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — Topic
- Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/editor
- Dolly Parton, somewhere in the South — Ambience
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