"Thanks! I Needed That!"

[Victor Steinbok]

  A quick follow-up. Looking at search data in GNA, no matter what the
relevant search pattern is, the trend is unmistakable. Some search
patterns reveal strings that may involve the requisite phrase that go
back much further, but even they have a sharp spike some time between
1971 and 1973, which is when the Mennen commercials first aired. The
line got picked up almost immediately.

     VS-)

On 8/24/2010 9:26 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>  The dates are not specific, but here are a couple of Skin Bracer
> commercials from "the early 70s", one involving John Goodman (in his
> slim days).
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB8ucoNek2g
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prd0Dpfytw&NR=1
>
> This one's from 1966:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR9VJHaNztg
>
> It does not have the slap yet.
>
> And here's one from 1986 that still has the phrase, but not the slap:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86A5jqKgAg
>
>     VS-)

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