The Top 16 Rejected Slogans for the "New Look" Barbie


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Posted by justis on November 21, 1997 at 22:18:13:

>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:24:59 -0800
>From: "Susan J. Weiand"
>Subject: Top 16 Rejected Slogans for the "New Look" Barbie
>
> The Top 16 Rejected Slogans for the "New Look" Barbie
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>> 16> "New Look Barbie, Now With Child-Bearing Hips!"
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>> 15> "Barbie's Got Back!"
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>> 14> "Still No Unsightly Nipples!"
>>
>> 13> "Now With *Two* Scoops of X Chromosomes!"
>>
>> 12> "Great New Look -- and she's still dumb as dirt!"
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>> 11> "Brickhouse Barbie -- the perfect friend for Caboose-Luvin'
>> Ken!"
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>> 10> "Less Pamela Lee, More Kathie Lee -- A Barbie you won't find
>> under your brother's pillow."
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>> 9> "She might not be Cindy Crawford, but, then again, *you*
>> won't be either."
>>
>> 8> "Preparing young girls for reality: The
>> Dumped-by-Ken-for-the-More-Voluptuous-Skipper Barbie."
>>
>> 7> "You Want Realistic? How's 'PMS Barbie' Sound, Ya Little
>> Cretins?"
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>> 6> "The All-New Lowered Expectations Gen-X Barbie"
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>> 5> "Plain and Dumpy, Just Like You!"
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>> 4> "The Really Great Personality Barbie"
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>> 3> "Cries real tears when you try on her bathing suits!"
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>> 2> "She's just big boned, dammit!"
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>> and the Number 1 Rejected Slogan for the "New Look" Barbie...
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>> 1> "Throw Another Chin on the Barbie!"
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>Susan J. Weiand, photographer
>s.weiand@ix.netcom.com
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The Distorted Barbie questions the effect of a girl doll on society
http://ezone.org/ez/e7/articles/napier/barbie.html - but Mattel told
Enterzone to remove the page - http://pobox.com/~xian/barbie/ - Want
to help? Copy me into your .sig --the Barbie meme .sig virus


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