This politicaly incorrect Funny Face Drink Mix commercial from the early 1960s includes two shockingly unkind racial stereotypes. At the very end, Injun Orange says, in broken English: “Askum for Funny Face drink,” as buck-toothed Chinese Cherry cackles maniacally.
I was exposed to this virulent prejudice as an innocent TV-watching youngster. Look what it has done to me. I am corrupted. To this day, when a bartender asks me what I'm drinking, I am tempted to reply: “Askum for Funny Face drink.” It's not entirely inappropriate. If I have too many drinks at Happy Hour, I do in fact begin to make funny faces.
Epilogue: At the insistence of The Pillsbury Company's legal counsel, Injun Orange was quickly recast as Jolly Olly Orange. Chinese Cherry became Choo Choo Cherry.
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