Wish I still had the Mercedes ad that took the lookalike car ads to task - most quotable part was when they mentioned their independent rear suspension and described the pretenders as having "simple wagon axles".

The radio ads for the Sun Bug, meanwhile, had a breathy-voiced woman singing, "Oh the Sun Bug has sporty racing wheels and cute black trim/And soft cloth seats that feel good when you're in a bikini!" Never forgot that one, although I've tried...

Yep. :'(

"Fingers crossed for a Homer, Bender, Peter Griffin and Ernie the Giant Chicken fistfight followed by drunken buddy hang."

When the movie was made, it was reported (in Air Classics magazine, IIRC) that the description of the flight was fudged a bit (the script just referred to a "big engine") because they weren't allowed to modify the tail of the West German Luftwaffe F-104 they borrowed to add the rocket booster. The USAF had quit flying…

Too much bass in his mix.

CAKE DOUGHNUTS!

Cooking fresh food for her husband's just a drag...

Euphoria. It works like truth serum.

Money shot.

Or just buy something pre-'76 and pray for a new governor who will finally implement the 30-year sliding scale.

To the guy in the Metropolitan: You're a braver man than I am.

Jason, I feel for you.

I might as well throw in a couple second-hand ones from my former boss: he grew up poor in Malibu (yes, that is possible up in the canyon) and went to school with some Hollywood offspring - Emilio Estevez (really cool nice guy, got voted "Best Hair" his senior year at Santa Monica High), Chad McQueen (big cokehead),…

Now the memories are breaking loose:

1. I delivered Domino's pizza backstage to Guns 'n' Roses when they played the Raymond Theatre in Pasadena. They tipped me 32 cents (no, I wasn't late).

Damn sorry to hear that - one fine actor.

Does the red one still exist?

Big piece missing from the story: Where are those five prototypes today? Were they locked up in a warehouse until they were forgotten and then hauled out and crushed in the dead of night when no one was looking?

Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas, September 1, 1952: