Archive for April, 2008
Witch Ornament
Witch Ornament
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| Vintage Halloween Witch Wax Scented ornament | |
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| 1998 Hallmark Ornament The Wizard of Oz Dorothy and Glinda The Good Witch NIB | |
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| 25 Classic Sexy Female Witch Holiday Ornament | |
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| 2011 Hallmark OrnamentsGlinda the Good Witch and Wicked Witch of the West WOOZ | |
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| PAPER MACHE HANDPAINTED HALLOWEEN CHRISTMAS WITCH ORNAMENT BARE ASS ARSE | |
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| Hallmark 2011 Ornament Wizard of Oz Glinda the Good Witch | |
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| Wizard Oz Dorothy Glinda Good Witch Hallmark Ornament | |
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| WITCH ORNAMENT OLD WORLD CHRISTMAS | |
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| Handcrafted Art Glass Fantasy Witch Dragon Figurine Ornament Sculpture Gift | |
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| SALEM MASSACHUSETTS FLYING WITCH PEWTER ORNAMENT by NEW ENGLAND JEWELER | |
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| Merck Familys HALLOWEEN ORNAMENT Witch Broom 6529041 | |
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| Christopher Radko 2009 ORNAMENTS MILLINERY WITCH GEM | |
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| Christopher Radko Halloween TWITCHY Witch Ornament NWT | |
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| GLENDA THE GOOD WITCH HALLMARK ORNAMENT MADE 1995 | |
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| RADKO HALLOWEEN Ornament Witch Agnes Gem | |
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| JACQUELINE KENT WITCH ORNAMENT | |
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| Halloween Jingle Bell Ornament You Choose Style | |
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| Susan Arnot Halloween Vintage style batting doll Mini Ornament | |
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| Susan Arnot Halloween Vintage style batting doll Mini Ornament | |
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| Old World Christmas HALLOWEEN Inside Art Ornament Little Witch Pumpkin Glass | |
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| KITRAS GLASS CALICO WITCH BALL ORNAMENT SUNNY SKY BLUES | |
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| KITRAS GLASS CALICO WITCH BALL ORNAMENT JADE MULTI 3 | |
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| Wicked Witch of the West The Wizard of Oz Hallmark Ornament QXI2937 2011 | |
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| KITRAS GLASS CALICO WITCH BALL ORNAMENT SUNRISE 3 | |
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| NATIVE AMERICAN ZUNI BEADED HOLIDAY FIGURE or ORNAMENT SMILEY GREEN WITCH | |
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| KITRAS GLASS 6 LAVENDER PURPLE WITCH BALL ORNAMENT | |
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| DEPARTMENT 56 DEPT BLOWN GLASS HALLOWEEN ORNAMENT WITCH RARE RETIRED 33829 A BOO | |
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| 3 pc Disney SNOW WHITE Ornament Set Snow White Dopey Witch new in bag | |
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| New Christopher Radko Rare Good Witch or Bad Witch Two Face Halloween Ornament | |
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| Christopher Radko Rare Jackie O Lantern Jr Pumpkin Witch Hat Halloween Ornament | |
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| KITRAS ART GLASS JUMBO 10 INCH HAND BLOWN WITCH BALL ORNAMENT | |
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| Hallmark Glenda the Good Witch Ornament | |
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| Christopher Radko Halloween Witch Ornament Mint With Tag | |
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| 2011 HALLMARK THE WIZARD OF OZ GLINDA THE GOOD WITCH ORNAMENT NEW IN BOX NR | |
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| 2011 HALLMARK THE WIZARD OF OZ WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST ORNAMENT NEW IN BOX NR | |
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| Smores ornaments halloween witch cat girl | |
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| Wooden Square HALLOWEEN ornaments Ghost Spider Witch Owl Scarecrow Pumpkin 6pc | |
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| De Carlini Fright Flight Witch Italian Ornament | |
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| BETHANY LOWE HALLOWEEN ORNAMENT WITCH | |
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| Beaded Halloween Witch Miyuki Mascot Bead Ornament Kit | |
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| Wizard of Oz Wicked Witch Kurt Adler ornament 2001 | |
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| 1 pc Handmade Halloween Witches Face Ornament Keychain | |
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| Christopher RADKO HALLOWEEN Ornament XL JACK O LANTERN Pumpkin WITCH Mint | |
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| HP Halloween Witch Hat Ornament Syliva Dominguez Plus FREE Personalization | |
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| RAZ Halloween Silver Word Art Ornament Witch Is In S 2 | |
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| 2 Ceramic Bisque Ornaments Halloween MICE WITCH JACK OLANTERN You Paint | |
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| New December Diamond Halloween Zelda Witch Hat Ornament | |
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| Poliwoggs ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN WITCH TREE 12 ORNAMENTS | |
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| Old German Witch Face Mold Dresden Halloween Tree Ornament FUGLY GAL | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS WITCH FRANKENSTEIN CAT ON PUMPKIN | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS GHOSTWITCH PUMPKIN HEAD | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS OWC SCARECROW WITCH | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS SKELETON GHOST VAMPIRE PUMPKIN AND WITCH | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS HEADS OF A WITCH CAT AND JACK O LANTERN | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS HEADS OF A WITCH OWL AND JACK O LANTERN | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS DEPT 56 WITCH WITCHS SHOE AND EYEBALL | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS LARGE WITCH HEAD | |
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| HALLOWEEN ORNAMENTS GLASS WITCH RIDING BROOM | |
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| Radko Hansel Gretel Witch Xmas Glass Ornament Mint Vtg | |
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| Vtg Red WITCH Moon Cat Bat DOLLHOUSE Art Ornament Pendant | |
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| Ice Fellas Witch Acrylic Ornament | |
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| CRYSTAL BALL Witch magick altered art glass frame PENDANT ornament 4 necklace | |
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| Sorceress Fairy Witch WOLF altered art glass frame PENDANT ornament 4 necklace | |
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| Wizard of Oz Glinda Witch of the North Ornament NIB | |
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| Witch on broom Old World Christmas glass ornament | |
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| Witch with Cauldron Old World Christmas glass ornament | |
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| HALLMARK CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT WIZARD OF OZ WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST 2011 NIB | |
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| 2002 Hallmark Halloween Ornament Blown Glass Green faced Witch RARE | |
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| Hallmark 2007 Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz Magic Ornament QXI4119 | |
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| 1995 Hallmark Ornament Glinda Witch of the North | |
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| Hallmark 1997 Wicked Witch of the West ONLY Keepsake Ornaments | |
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| NEW KITRAS TREE OF ENCHANTMENT STRENGTH 6 WITCH BALL ORNAMENT | |
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| 1996 Hallmark Ornament Witch of the West | |
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| Wicked Witch of the West The Wizard of Oz 2011 Hallmark Ornament | |
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| Old World Xmas JACKIE THE WITCH GIRL Halloween Ornament | |
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| 2002 Hallmark Halloween Ornament Blown Glass Green faced Witch RARE | |
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| Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Wicked Witch of the West 2011 Collectible NIB | |
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| Old World Xmas CUTE LITTLE WITCH Halloween Art Ornament | |
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| Old World Christmas PUMPKIN WITCH Halloween Ornament | |
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| Wizard of Oz Glinda and The Wicked Witch of the West Set of 2 Ornaments NIB | |
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| 2011 Hallmark Glinda the Good Witch Wizard of OZ Christmas Ornament | |
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What does this have to do with Christmas?
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What does this have to do with Christmas. Witches do not serve Jesus.
Christmas is absolutely nothing to do with Jesus!!!
It is nothing to do with either Christianity or Islam but it does have it's origins in the midwinter festival and many other basically pagan rites but since much of it is a celebration of nature rather than religion everyone should be able to enjoy it and be happy together despite religion!!
The ancient European pagans celebrated the midwinter festival and a number of other festivals long before Christianity ever existed!
Babylonians celebrated the feast of the Son of Isis with gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift giving and the goddess of fertility, love, and war.
The Romans held a festival on 25 December called “Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, celebrating their own god Sol Invictas - PAGAN.
The Persian god Mithras, the Syrian sun god Elah Gabal, the German Sol, the Greek Helios and the Mesopotamian Shamash. But also Saturnalia, honouring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. The law courts and schools were closed. No public business could be transacted an this is where the holidays originated - ALL PAGAN!!!
Wax tapers were given by the more humble to their superiors. The origin of the Christmas candle - PAGAN!!
In Rome groups of costumed went from house to house entertaining their people. And this was where the carolling Christmas tradition originated PAGAN!!
Statues of the Mother and lover or Mother and son were paraded through the streets not only in Italy but also in Africa, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Bulgaria. Thus, the symbolism of the Heavenly Virgin and the infant child paraded on a yearly basis are not of Christian origin. They stem from the Mother-goddess religion, which is very ancient ENTIRELY PAGAN!!.
Scandinavian countries celebrated Yule honouring Thor - PAGAN.
In Germania (not Germany) they celebrated midwinter night followed by 12 wild nights of eating and drinking. The 12 days of Christmas PAGAN!!
The church under Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25 in 350 AD in order to try to hijack the PAGAN festivals but it was largely ignored. Christians did not really celebrate Christmas until 378 but it was then dropped in 381 and not resurrected until 400.
The Christmas tree stems from pagan tradition and ritual surrounding the Winter Solstice, which included the use of holly boughs ivy and other foliage as an adaptation of pagan tree worship. Holly and ivy represented male and female. Mistletoe was considered a sacred plant, and the custom of kissing under the mistletoe began as a fertility ritual - all PAGAN!!
Santa Claus came from the Dutch “Sinterklaas” and was a tall figure riding a white horse through the air and usually accompanied by Black Peter, an elf who punished disobedient children. Also the origin of the reindeer, sleigh and the elves ALL PAGAN!!
America actually banned Christmas several times and is the originator of the expression “Happy Holidays” which came about because of the pagan origins of Christmas to include all religions and traditions!!
Jules Montenier
Patents and innovations
Dr. Montenier holds a number of patents. Arguably, his primary patent is US Patent No. 2,230,084, which is a January 28, 1941 patent for Astringent Preparation. This patent dealt with solving the problem of the excessive acidity of aluminum chloride, then and now the best working antiperspirant, by adding a soluble nitrile or a similar compound. This innovation found its way into "Stopette" deodorant spray, which Time Magazine called "the best-selling deodorant of the early 1950's". A virtually identical patent was granted in the United Kingdom as GB0527439.
Dr. Montenier also holds US Patent No 168,109 for the ornamental design of his "Stoppette" bottle, the shape of which was on the scorecards of What's My Line? when "Stopette" sponsored the show. In addition, Dr. Monteier also holds US Patent No. 2,642,313 for the "Unitary container and atomizer for liquids". This was developed in 1947 when Dr. Montenier, working with engineers from the Plax Corporation, invented a commercial use for the plastic bottle. His innovation was for topette, an underarm deodorant dispensed by squeezing the bottle. This one bottle created an explosion in the industry for the plastic bottle. For the first time, plastic was competing with glass for this type of packaging.
Furthermore, Dr. Montenier holds US Patent D143,437 which is for a fanciful design for a shaving bowl.
What's My Line?
In the opening segment that featured Stopette, Jules Montenier, Inc. also advertised "Poof! Deodorant body powder" and "Finesse, the flowing cream shampoo" in the same segment. In mid-1953, Dr. Montenier himself was pictured in the opening segment after the products were mentioned.
Sponsorship of the Show
During the first two episodes of What's My Line?, the production value was horrible. While everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong on the first show, the second show was arguably as bad. If anything, the camera work was worse. CBS liked many elements of the show, but the production value had to be improved. CBS knew that a potential sponsor could potentially be watching the third show, so it issued an ultimatum. Either a sponsor would pick up the show, or the show would be history.
Franklin M. Heller, one of television's pioneering directors, essentially saved What's My Line?. He felt that the biggest problems with the show was too much camera movement and lens changing. Heller said, "I figured once I could get those cameramen and their flowered shirts controlled and fairly immobile, we might be able to let this show emerge."
In order to fix the problem, Heller changed the format of the set so that the cameras would remain stationary. He also placed John Daly and the panel in different places so that the entrances and exits would not look as awkward. In addition, before the third show, Heller requested an hour rehearsal for the camera crew with mock panelists and contestants. With the rehearsal, the camera operators had a better feel for how the show should go.
At the end of the the third show, Dr. Monteneier called CBS and, according to Heller, said, "I don't know what you did to it, but I'll buy it." For the next eight years, either as the sole or alternating sponsor, Stopette was the advertising face of What's My Line?
Bennett Cerf explained of Dr. Montenier, that What's My Line? "ruined the poor man". Cerf said that when What's My Line? first started, none of the big companies wanted to sponsor the program. He said that everyone thought the program would last for a few months and die out, but the program caught fire. Cerf said that as the program spread from city to city, the costs went up and up. Dr. Montenier was very proud of the program, but refused to have a co-sponsor. According to Cerf, Dr. Montenier stuck with What's My Line? until the program ruined him. At its peak, What's My Line? was running in nearly every city across the country. Cerf said that the advertising costs became so enormous that Dr. Montenier couldn't sell enough Stoppette to make up for it. Eventually, Dr. Montenier had to sell out, and according to Cerf, it broke Dr. Montenier's heart.
Mystery Guest Appearance
Interestingly, Dr. Montenier himself appeared on the February 12, 1956 episode of What's My Line? as a Mystery Guest. As he signed in, he was identified on screen as "Dr. Jules Montenier, Creator & Manufacturer of Stopette; his "line" was "Our Sponsor (For Past Six Years)". Prior to their guesses, the panel was given the hint that Dr. Montenier was self-employed. The panel failed to correctly guess Dr. Montenier's line. It turned out that the purpose for Dr. Montenier's visit was to give his belated congratulations to the show for its six years on television. Mr. Daly said that Dr. Montenier was a good sponsor because he didn't interfere in the production of the show. Dr. Montenier in return said that he loved the show and watched it each Sunday.
Impact on Time Slot and Broadcast Markets
What's My Line? did not begin its life on Sunday nights. After Dr. Montenier's Stopette deodorant became the show's primary sponsor in March 1950, CBS moved the show from Thursdays at 8 to an alternating week basis on Wednesdays at 9. Eventually, due largely to pressure to get higher caliber guests on the show, the show was moved back to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday nights. Since most Broadway plays closed at 10:00 p.m. at the time, this gave those actors plenty of time to get there. Dr. Monenier and his ad agency agreed with the move, and CBS agreed to reimburse the sponsor for viewers lost due to the move.
Jules Montenier, Inc's sponsorship of What's My Line? caused nearly a third of the United States not to see the show until 1958. The reasoning was that the company's ad agency controlled the time slot and would not buy the slot in markets where Jules Montenier's products were not sold. Notable markets that were missing the show until the late 1950s included Columbus, Ga., Tallahassee, Fl., Savannah, Ga., Spartanburg, S.C., Jackson, Tn., Memphis, Lancaster, Pa., Meridian, Ms., and Lexington, Ky. In 1958, Jules Montenier, Inc. was sold to Helene Curtis. Since the products now had a national market, What's My Line? was then shown nationwide.
Popular Culture
The Harvard Lampoon once had a picture once of Dr. Montenier shooting through the top of a building, with the caption oof; There goes Dr. Montenier. Of this, Bennet Cerf said of Dr. Montenier, "He was a sweet man but a bit of a fraud, you know."
Company legacy
In 1958, Jules Montenier, Inc. was sold to Helene Curtis. In 1996, Helene Curtis in turn was sold to Unilever, a large British-Dutch corporation. Ten years later, on February 5, 2006, Unilever announced that it had sold its Finesse hair care brand in the US and Canada, along with its Aqua Net brand in the US, to Lornamead Brands Inc. According to Lornamead, Finesse is currently ranked by all consumers as one of their five most popular hair care brands.
References
^ And Now a Word From Our Sponsor. Our Only Sponsor. - New York Times
^ Publication Images
^ Scalping the Competition - TIME
^ http://www.google.com/patents/pdf/MONTENIER_FLEXIBLE_BOTTLE.pdf?id=uPxzAAAAEBAJ&output=pdf&sig=WFOtEuOsnpPrTR9gYF9KerD4GUY
^ Patents citing 2642313
^ Continental Packaging Solutions
^ "American Plastic: A Cultural History", Jeffrey L. Meikle, 1995.
^ http://www.google.com/patents/pdf/DESIGN_FOB_A_SHAVING_BOWL.pdf?id=uepwAAAAEBAJ&output=pdf&sig=3k_9mZz56Ea7EdbPC8Lxzw9XGwA
^ TVgameshows.net
^ a b c Id.
^ Interview of Bennett Cerf by Robbin Hawkins for the Columbia University Libraries Oral History Research Office, Session 16, January 23, 1968. Transcript p. 730 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/nny/cerfb/audio_transcript.html
^ a b Id at p. 730
^ a b c TVgameshows.net
^ a b Interviews with Sol Shulman - June 1999
^ Interview of Bennett Cerf by Robbin Hawkins for the Columbia University Libraries Oral History Research Office, Session 16, January 23, 1968 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/nny/cerfb/audio_transcript.html
^ Helene Curtis Industries Inc
^ Unilever sells Finesse & Aqua Net hair care brands
^ Lornamead Finesse, LypSyl, Yardley, Aqua Net, Natural White
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