Monday, February 28, 2005

Some Follow-up About Talking Food

Charlie Tuna actually has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

A new commercial shows some fish-shaped crackers desperately trying to disguise themselves before they get eaten. They are unsuccessful.

The NJ SPCA is currently chastising Kraft Foods for their newest gummy snack, "RoadKill," edible depictions of flattened animals complete with tire treads. My question is this - at least the Roadkill candies depict animals that are deceased - what about all the candy bears, worms and other animals as well as the infinite variations of ALIVE animals depicted as cookies, crackers and pretzels that we cheerfully consume?

And let's not even discuss the vitamin tablets in the shape of very human superheros and cartoon characters ...

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