Pop Culture: Repurposing Fad Products
November 5, 2009 at 9:15 pm Leave a comment
A new use for all those unsold Davy Crockett hats
Idea Prompt for 11/5/2009
THE SOURCE: MAD magazine, issue #100, dated January 1966. Staff writer Dick De Bartolo wrote a number of humorous ads for ‘re-packaged’ items. The imaginary products were inspired by outdated fads from the 50s and 60s.
WHAT WAS I THINKING… MAD magazine has created parodies that just don’t get outdated. Flip through any issue from the 60s, as I’ve been doing, and you’ll find a couple articles that could easily be transported to the 21st Century, with only the names changing.
IMAGINE… finding new uses for fads that have passed their expiration date.
…THE POSSIBILITIES: Among the products repurposed by MAD were hula hoops, coonskin caps and 3D movie glasses.
THE EXERCISE: Think of what were the fads of the past 10 years. Internet fads don’t count, because they’re not solid objects that can be repurposed. Go to BadFads.com for a list of out-of-date fads. Pet rocks, pogs and superballs, anyone?
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Entry filed under: pop culture. Tags: 3-D glasses, coonskin cap, davy crocket, fads, hula hoop, Mad magazine, out-of-date, resell.
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