Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 13, 2006, at 8:18 PM, Hoppy wrote: > Who is this Lucy and what is a VEGAMEATAVITAMIN? > Not Xena we're talking about, is it? > > Also Larry, add to your spell check of vital vocabulary - vegemite ;-) > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Rick Dykstra > Sent: Thursday, 14 September 2006 07:51 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Vegamite > > I don't think so???? > > > On 14/09/2006, at 3:02 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> >> On Sep 13, 2006, at 8:03 AM, Rick wrote: >> >>> Onya Hoppy - I knew you'd get it. What out LUG-friends might not >>> realise is how packed with vitamins Vegemite is. >> >> Is Vegamite the same as Lucy's VEGAMEATAVITAMIN? >> >> Larry Z I have been clearly misinformed. I throught that the sun never set on reruns of "I Love Lucy." For a number of years "I Love Lucy" was the most popular comedy show on US television. I saw endless reruns on British TV. This was a classic episode of the show that aired two decades ago. For the uninitiated, Vegameatavitamin was the name of a patent medicine that Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) was expected to hawk on her tryout as a TV spokesperson She was required to take a swig from the bottle then deliver a short spiel in praise of the product. Because of a number of minor errors, a lot of retakes were required. Since Vegameatavitamin allegedly contained over 50% alcohol, the results were predictable (and hilarious). So now you know a bit of American television folklore. Sounds like Vegamite and Vegameatavitamin come out of the same patent medicine factory. Larry Z