Who remembers the Jonson Smith Catalog?

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.johnsonsmith.com/website/aspfiles/home.asp?UID=2005071720180562

II remember their ads in the back of Boys' Life magazine for practical joke items such as phony bricks, snapping gum and whoopee cushions.

[Fenris]

1. Oh yeah. Used to advertise in comic book.

[Cannikin]

2. I spent a lot on spy gadgets when I was a kid

[KT2000]

3. My brother spent all his allowance

on that stuff. Who could even read the catalog? The print was so tiny and they put as much stuff in there as they possibly could.

The amazing thing though - it all worked!! Especially the X-Ray glasses!
Oh yeah - sisters all over the US thought the itching powder was hilarious too.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. Had an experience with that stuff once...

Yes, it was from my older brother... I blamed it on him watching the Brady Bunch. :crazy:

I think that stuff was fiberglass, too. Horrible!

[yorkiemommie1]

5. i always wanted one of those 'world's tiniest dogs'

that they advertised on the back of comic books. A tiny chihuahua in a teacup. Did anybody ever send for one? I can't believe they'd send a live dog.

edited to add : Yes, I was gullible! lol

[TheMightyFavog]

6. I had a look at the catalog, some pretty weird ass books

Lots of conspiracy theory and a few fundie nutjob prophecy interpretation books.

[enigmatic]

7. I loved that stuff...

I even sold The Grit for a little while; boy, that was a waste of a summer..