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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 15 20:59:09 2023
    When Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs first opened its doors in 1916, the
    owner cleverly hired people to dress as doctors and eat hot dogs
    outside his shop to convince people his hot dogs were healthy.
    @historyinmemes

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8cnSc-XYAAOWaZ.jpg

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Oct 16 14:01:06 2023
    On 10/15/2023 9:59 PM, JAB wrote:
    When Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs first opened its doors in 1916, the
    owner cleverly hired people to dress as doctors and eat hot dogs
    outside his shop to convince people his hot dogs were healthy. @historyinmemes

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8cnSc-XYAAOWaZ.jpg

    I watched that on History channel's "Foods That Made America". I think
    it was the same episode with White Castle burgers.

    Blech, I still won't eat that slop. All the garbage parts of the pig
    and floor scraps from the slaughterhouse are ground up into hot dogs.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 16 17:59:12 2023
    On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:01:06 -0400, Michael Trew
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    I watched that on History channel's "Foods That Made America".

    I haven't watched much TV in thirty years, but did they mention this?

    "Handwerker ensured that men wearing surgeon's smocks were seen eating
    at his stand to reassure potential customers." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s_Famous

    Apparently, pulling the wool over the publics' eyes was nothing new
    then.

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Oct 16 23:41:28 2023
    On 10/16/2023 6:59 PM, JAB wrote:
    On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:01:06 -0400, Michael Trew
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    I watched that on History channel's "Foods That Made America".

    I haven't watched much TV in thirty years, but did they mention this?

    "Handwerker ensured that men wearing surgeon's smocks were seen eating
    at his stand to reassure potential customers." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s_Famous

    Apparently, pulling the wool over the publics' eyes was nothing new
    then.

    Yes, they did mention that. Apparently, it helped their image. The
    mentioned that sales of hot dogs still didn't truly take off until the
    stock market crash, and Nathan's 5 cent frankfurters became a very
    popular affordable lunch.

    I rarely watch TV, but on my Roku, there is a program called "Frndly",
    which is standard entertainment channels (A&E, History, etc.). It's
    only $7/mo, so it's worth keeping around. Broadcast TV commercials have
    gotten out of control, however. I'm sick of drug company advertisements.

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