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old_tv_nut · #1 12-14-2011, 10:40 PM

Just complete the jingle on the FAB detergent box top, and be one of 100 selected winners!

fujifrontier · #2 12-15-2011, 10:40 AM

Dare me to fill it in and send it? i've gotta colour laser printer to print that box top, LOL

TerrySmith · #3 12-15-2011, 12:07 PM

Was this a 15GP22 based set? I wonder how many were actually given away!

kvflyer · #4 12-15-2011, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by fujifrontier

Dare me to fill it in and send it? i've gotta colour laser printer to print that box top, LOL

I wouldn't touch that on a bet. But I do bet you will get it back as undeliverable... (If you put a return addy)

ohohyodafarted · #5 12-15-2011, 05:16 PM

Wayne,

Where ever did you find that??? It's fantastic. Can I use it on my web site with credists to you? It would make a wonderful addition to my 16CK1 restoration page.

Thanks
Bob

edison64 · #6 12-15-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Just complete the jingle on the FAB detergent box top, and be one of 100 selected winners!

CAN YOU SCAN THE SIDES AND BOTTOM??????? MIGHT MAKE A NEAT DISPLAY BOX...SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS. KEYBOARD ISSUES

bozey45 · #7 12-15-2011, 07:41 PM

I wonder who won?

Dave A · #8 12-15-2011, 07:57 PM

Now we know that at least 100 of these were sent out to great poets.

old_tv_nut · #9 12-15-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Wayne,

Where ever did you find that??? It's fantastic. Can I use it on my web site with credists to you? It would make a wonderful addition to my 16CK1 restoration page.

Thanks
Bob

Just a serendipitous ebay search. And yes, you may use it with credit. The original is on its way to ETF to sit on top of the 19" Moto there.

old_tv_nut · #10 12-15-2011, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by edison64

CAN YOU SCAN THE SIDES AND BOTTOM??????? MIGHT MAKE A NEAT DISPLAY BOX...SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS. KEYBOARD ISSUES

I didn't inlcude the other three sides because they don't mention the contest; but here they are. By the way, the correct dimensions are about 8.5x6x2.2 inches.

reeferman · #11 12-15-2011, 11:51 PM

It was a 15GP set.

Steve McVoy · #12 12-16-2011, 08:56 AM

I just noticed the date on the contest: August 15, 1954. By this time Motorola had introduced their 19 inch sets. FAB must have gotten a deal on the outdated 15 inch ones.

ChrisW6ATV · #13 12-17-2011, 09:20 PM

That is a cool item! I also find it interesting that in 1954, an 8.5x6" box of detergent was called "large". These days, that would be the tiny box you buy at 7-11 in an emergency.

I hear "Fab jingle", and I am reminded (after decades, still not forgotten) of their newer one:
"Oh Fab
I'm glad
They put
Enzyme-action borax
In you!"

I think I am missing a line before or after "enzyme action", though.

N2IXK · #14 12-18-2011, 12:11 AM

Anyone else notice that FAB was recommended for washing both your laundry and your dishes?

leadlike · #15 12-18-2011, 12:23 AM

The contest is very similar to those that are featured in the book and movie "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio". It is a true story of a mother who, having little money and a large family to care for, entered every high-stakes jingle contest there was from the early 50s until they went out of style in the mid 60s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pri...Defiance,_Ohio

Typically, if she won something like the Motorola, it would have been sold for cash.