I have distinct images of myself in front of the bathroom mirror singing into my hair brush or accepting my academy award (thanking my mother of course).<\/p>\n
I probably also thanked product sponsors and gave them a shout out for for making me look so beautiful and glamorous.<\/p>\n
Top on my list were:<\/p>\n
\u201cGee Your Hair Smells Terrific\u201d Shampoo (the best name ever)<\/p>\n
Herbal Essences (who could forget that green bottle and distinct smell?)<\/p>\n
\nBody on Tap shampoo with real beer- I couldn\u2019t believe how risqu\u00e9 that was!<\/p>\n
This was when I still had long hair and wing a la Farrah, before I got my horrible Dorothy Hamill cut! Ugh, not a good look for many of us.<\/p>\n
Love\u2019s Baby Soft perfume (before I graduated to the more sophisticated scent and image of Charlie)<\/p>\n
I probably had Rick Springfield and \u201cJessie\u2019s Girl\u201d blaring from my boom box, or perhaps my Sony Walkman.<\/p>\n
(Sorry Justin Bieber and Nick Jonas but Rick was a real<\/em> teen idol).<\/p>\n I may also have been pretending to bang my tambourine like my other favorite idol Laurie Partridge of\u00a0 Partridge Family fame.<\/p>\n Or perhaps I was spinning around like Marcia Brady imitating her groovy moves from \u00a0that famous \u201cSilver Platters\u201d episode.<\/p>\n (A bit of a digression…but let’s give homaage to \u201cOh my nose\u201d another classic episode).<\/p>\n How I miss those days.<\/p>\n It was a formative period of my life and the beginning of my interest in new product innovation.<\/p>\n In fact, it was during this time that I actually invented the Pet Rock.<\/p>\n In case you haven\u2019t heard this story\u2026<\/p>\n When I was a bit younger (early 70\u2019s) I went into the garden, got a rock, put it in a Cool Whip container with a few blades of grass for nourishment, poked a few holes in the lid (so it could breath) and\u2026voila instant Pet Rock.<\/p>\n Except this was before the craze had hit. So my parents looked at me kind of funny.<\/p>\n Until a few year\u2019s later when the commercial version hit the shelves in 1975 introduced by Gary Dahl. Boy, I miss that decade\u2026although not the braces, wide whale corduroys, and of course the awful Dorothy Hamill bowl hair.<\/p>\n What\u2019s your twist?<\/p>\n What are your favorite brands of the 70\u2019s?<\/p>\n
\nBut after this Pet Rock episode, my parents\u00a0started to take my marketing ideas a bit more seriously\u2026and the rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n
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