From Thank You for the Giant Sea Tortoise, edited by Mary Ann Madden. submissions to the "New York" Magazine competitions.
This one asked for near-miss nomers. Competitors were asked to submit titles, product names, slogans that just missed the mark. Without further ado, here are the best:
Fiddler on the Porch
Eight Lives cat food
From Poland, with Love
6-Up
For Who the Bell Tolls
Colonel Motors
Bonnie and Claude
Lady Chatterley's Very Good Friend
The Importance of Being Sincere
Tarzan of the Larger Primates
Mercredi Gras
"Dr. Livingstone, I Suppose?"
The Green Bay Shipping Clerks
The Sun Comes Up, Too
The Senior Citizen and the Sea
"Quoth the raven: 'Never again'"
Good Ole Gatsby
The Agony and the Fun
The Hairstylist of Seville
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(Illustration from 20th Century Glass Pottery Collectibles)
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