<VV> April Fools and Incredo Products

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I too think they were masterpieces on a professional level worthy of 
National Lampoon. I also liked I.M. Witless.  Lon

airvair wrote:

>Hey Pete. I loved the Incredo Products ads. Now THAT was great humor.
>Not lame at all (unlike some recent attempts in CC). And easily
>understood as humor by anyone, even if they're as dense as bricks.
>
>If the membership wants humor in the April CC issue, then maybe they
>could rerun the Incredo Products ads. I'm sure most CORSA members
>haven't seen them anyway. Harry, are you there?
>
>-Mark
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>peter koehler wrote:
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>>I want to toss in my observation on the current noise
>>about our April Foolishness. Taking a historical
>>perspective on this, I remember when the April jokes
>>centered around silly ads for non-products offered by a
>>non-existent company called Incredo Products. I think
>>Larry Claypool and the late Pete Skony were the brains
>>behind this good natured fun. I first saw these spoofs in
>>the CCE newsletter, "the Airhorn". We even changed the
>>name for the April issue to "The Airblast" just for grins.
>>The Incredo Products ads were great. No one in the CCE
>>ever sent any money to 1313 1/2 Lost in Mail Lane in
>>Somewhere, NJ for this stuff. I always looked forward to
>>the April issue to see what Larry and Pete had cooked up.
>>Later on in my CCE career I was able to publish some
>>Incredo ideas of my own, by the originals were the best.
>>Maybe we shouldn't joke about products or services that
>>the members might actually want to buy? As for me, I still
>>want a can "Sludge-O-Matic" whatever that was supposed to
>>do to or for your 'Vair. - Pete Koehler - sometime
>>Communique Feature Editor
>>
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