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Fabulous Flops
By Michelle Heimburger
Tue, April 21, 2009, 12:01 am PDT

New Coke can
(Photo by Mike Licht)
We cruised into the office parking lot in our mint-condition Edsel, blasting Chris Gaines on the stereo, and sipping an ice cold New Coke (from the stockpile we've been hoarding since the '80s), when we suddenly realized something disturbing: We're marketing outsiders.

You see, in our youth, the popular kids scoffed at our "Howard the Duck" lunchbox, our disc film camera, and our Betamax copy of "Hudson Hawk." And maturity didn't improve things. As adults, we've tried to get friends to enjoy our favorite movies ("Gigli," "Showgirls," "Wild Wild West," "Basic Instinct 2") and we tell them about the revolutionary innovations (Segway, Microsoft Bob, boo.com) that are going to change the world. Those looks of skepticism tell us what we already knew -- that we are in a sad minority of consumers who enjoy flops.

The fickle public may not appreciate the genius of Crystal Pepsi, "Cop Rock," and "Battlefield Earth," but there are stillĀ some of us who don't think that comparisons to "Ishtar" are insults.

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Directory categories: Edsel, Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Worst Films, Worst of the Web
Archived under: Advertising, Anniversaries, Autos, Brands, Business, Coca Cola, Disasters, Edsel, Flops, Food and Drink, Marketing, Movies, Pepsi, TV
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what about 8 tracks

Posted by: fiffox at April 21, 2009 7:27 AM

My fab flops: MiniDisc and UHF!

Posted by: jessbess1 at April 21, 2009 9:05 AM

My very first computer was a Coleco Adam.

Posted by: gaylonroaming at April 21, 2009 9:42 AM

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