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Another YouTube link worth sharing with the class: this dazzlingly Polyester-Era Mr. Microphone ad. The dancing man midway through makes the whole thing almost surreal.
(Tip of the hat to my friend Chuck Tomlinson, former co-host of the late, great 1970s-nostalgia radio show Cosmic Slop, who unearthed this.)
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