Ray Bradbury (Reluctantly) Sells Prunes of the Future

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In this hilarious Sunsweet commercial from 1967, stylish space mod people frolic through a seri3z ov to0bz, and an indignant Ray Bradbury finds himself hawking The Prunes of Tomorrow. (Tomorrow being the year 2001, natch.) Prune fart-powered jet-packs are not envisioned in this scenario BUT THEY SHOULD BE, DAMN IT.

Posted by Meredith Yayanos on August 2nd, 2010
Filed under Advertising, Food, Future, Sci-fi

4 Responses to “Ray Bradbury (Reluctantly) Sells Prunes of the Future”

  1. Lindsay Says:
    August 2nd, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    This is so ridiculous and so amazing that I just don’t know what to do with myself.

  2. Zellain » This is Dystopian News // August 2, 2010 Says:
    August 2nd, 2010 at 1:57 pm

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  3. Victor Finch Says:
    August 2nd, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Must… eat.. prunes… and travel by pneumatic ppl tube… but mostly the prune thing.

  4. fortheloveofthestars Says:
    August 2nd, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    God I love that man. Thanks for the giggle!