Kremer’s Stuff

Only In L.A. - Time For A Change

Ran across this picture on the Jefferson Burruss blog Left on Red: Tales From L.A. His headline was: “California + Advertising + Afro = Awesome”. Had to add this to the “Only in L.A.” part of my blog.

Here’s your Grey Poupon, sucka!!

From The Salt Lake Tribune….

A Sandy, Utah man took offense to a motorist, who, after getting him to roll down his window, asked, “Excuse me, sir, do you have any Grey Poupon?” 

After hearing the request for Dijon mustard, the 22-year-old driver pulled a black handgun from his glove compartment, cocked the weapon and pointed it at the three people in the other car. 

“Here’s your Grey Poupon, roll your [expletive] windows up,” he responded.

If you’ve never seen the original 1985 commercial here it is:

Here’s a look at the perp from The Smoking Gun.

Go ahead name your phone “ChaCha”

Loved this Twitter post about ChaCha so much, I printed it and posted it in my cube at work:

“@erindowney someone thought I named my phone ChaCha once because I’m always saying “let’s ask ChaCha.” have you tried ChaCha? it’s awesome”

Fibber McGee And Molly - Kremer’s Drugstore

Today we take for granted comedy TV shows like “The Office”, “Two and a Half Men”, “My Name Is Earl” and others. They are “sitcoms” short for situation comedies. What’s the history of the sitcom? How did we get to the comedic form we are all so familiar with. Sure there are roots in theatre from Shakespeare on through Vaudeville, but mass market sitcoms started first on radio twenty years before the first commercial TV comedy.

One of the first, and by far the most sucessful radio comedy shows was “Fibber McGee and Molly”. It ran on NBC from 1935 thru 1959. Twenty four years is a long run for any show, radio or TV. 

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The Most Obvious Quote / Headline

The lightning struck him in the top of the head. He was soaking wet so when it struck instead of traveling through his body, hitting major organs, the bolt went on the outside of his wet clothes. Kent Lilyerd of Minnesota is a lucky to be alive.  But CNN has to get the award for the most obvious quote/headline of the week.  Here’s the video story.

Virigina man tells OPEC to kiss his *&%!

We had the story of North Carolina and their WTF license plate.  In Virginia a man with a custom license plate that tells OPEC to KMA.  Click here for the full story.

WTF: N. Carolina License Plate “What The F”

We had a story about Mini Cooper using the Microsoft logo as curse word.  Now the state of North Carolina has mistakenly used a license plate prefix that is a curse word to some Web and Text savvy folks.

Probably most of you know what “WTF” means.  But if you don’t let me give you a hint.  If you worked in a candy store and a customer asked: “How much is the brown chunk candy with the nuts?”  You might reply: “…What, The Fudge?”  Get it?

Here’s the full story from Fox News Raleigh, NC.  Thanks to Jason for the story tip.

Mini Cooper Uses Microsoft Logo As Curse

People who reviewed JokeWallpaper over the years often said that I “bashed” Microsoft.  Well…I did, but I also made fun of Apple, Intel, and other tech. companies.  I wasn’t the only Web site that did, but usually it was the small guys like me and not any large companies and certainly not a car manufacturer.

I’ve been doing some online car shopping and visited the Web site for Mini Cooper, which is a division of the giant BMW car company.  On the site they have several animated features that show the benefits of the small 12 foot long Mini including how easy it is to parallel park the car.  One animation begins with a large car trying to fit into a parking spot and ends with the smaller Mini fitting in.  When the larger car is trying to fit in the parking spot the driver crashes into the truck behind them.  A cartoon bubble pops up with the expletive curse words thoughts of the driver.  I would expect the usual cartoon #@&**! type representation, but was surprised to see the Microsoft Windows logo as part of the curse words uttered by the driver.  Look closely, it’s the fourth character from the left.  Interesting. Does the Mini artist have it in for Windows?  Or are they a dedicated Apple user.  Does Mini USA not like Windows?

Here’s a link to the full screen capture of the page.

Here’s a link to the animation on Mini USA Web site. It’s really quick so watch carefully.

Naked Cowboy Sues Blue M&M

You just gotta’ love the good old U. S. of A.  Where else could a Naked Cowboy  sue a Blue M&M Candy.  Here’s the full story.

Sigmund Freud Watermellon Lollipop

“Sometimes a Lollipop is just a Lollipop” says the Sigmund Freud watermellon flavored “Head Pop”.  The copy from the sales Web site says:

“Once you get over the initial reluctance to put a human head in your mouth, you’ll find that the subtle contours and watermelon flavor of these Sigmund Freud Head Lollipops are worth the strange looks you’ll get as you suck them”

They also have “Let them eat candy” Marie Antoinette Lollipops and Orange flavored Abraham Lincoln Lollipops.

They’re real.  Here’s a photo of ‘em in a store from “drinkerthinker” on Flickr.