Hat Lady puts restaurant in a pickle over a soggy pickle

by hatrevivalist on March 26, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obLlk7t8r5Y

This is a vintage commercial from 1965 modified by me to add a reverse motion section. A lady wearing a cheap straw hat with flowers gets angry and trashes a restaurant when served a soggy pickle.

Part of the routine is what I call an “odd job” act. In the Bond Movie a villain (Odd Job) uses a bowler hat  to kill his enemies. There is a famous demonstration in the movie where he takes the hat off a statue throwing his reinforced bowler hat. In a recent Myth Busters show this routine was tested and Busted -- the conclusion was this was a movie trick. The odd job routine has become part of the popular culture and was spoofed here in this commercial.

This commercial is part of a collection of public domain commercials on the Internet Archive.

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