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I don't have access to "Them Or Us (The Book)", but, I can't find any kind of connection.

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 Zappa started his career in the advertising business as a designer of greeting cards. Later, as a composer, he kept criticizing and referring advertising in his work.
-''"Most music companies: they hype the kids. Our ads are true. There's nothing wrong with advertising, only with liars. I hate liars."'' Frank Zappa, interviewed by W.H.Manville, ''[[Does This Mother Know?]]'', Saturday Evening Post, January 13, 1968.
+''"Most music companies: they hype the kids. Our ads are true. There's nothing wrong with advertising, only with liars. I hate liars."'' Frank Zappa, interviewed by W.H.Manville, ''[[Does This Mother Know Best?]]'', Saturday Evening Post, January 13, 1968.
 ''"The whole logic behind that is, the only way you can teach an American is by example, because they've gone past the point where they'll believe what you tell them. That's the way it is. They have to get it from a different source. They have to be shown by example. So – in other words, the American advertising system, which is one of the main evils of contemporary society – the whole idea of making people buy things that they don't need is morally wrong. And the only way you're going to mak'em know is to do it, really overdo it – buy, sell, cram. Until they finally say, "What the f*** is this?"''  (FZ in [[Frank Kofsky interviews FZ]])

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 Zappa started his career in the advertising business as a designer of greeting cards. Later, as a composer, he kept criticizing and referring advertising in his work.
 ''"The whole logic behind that is, the only way you can teach an American is by example, because they've gone past the point where they'll believe what you tell them. That's the way it is. They have to get it from a different source. They have to be shown by example. So – in other words, the American advertising system, which is one of the main evils of contemporary society – the whole idea of making people buy things that they don't need is morally wrong. And the only way you're going to mak'em know is to do it, really overdo it – buy, sell, cram. Until they finally say, "What the f*** is this?"''  (FZ in [[Frank Kofsky interviews FZ]])
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 * [[Luden's Cough Drop Commercial]]/[[The Big Squeeze]]
 * [[Remington Electric Razor]]
 ==Conceptual Continuity==
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 * [[Sears Poncho]]
 * [[Vacuum Cleaner]]
 ==References to companies, slogans, jingles, advertising, commercials, buying, selling,... ==
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 * [[Woolite]]
 [[Category:Targets]]

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 * [[Ajax]]
 * [[Alcaselzer]]
 * [[Cologne]]
 * [[Drano]]

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 * [[Mercedes Benz]]
 * [[Nivea Lotion]]
 * [[Old Zircon]]
 * [[Oldsmobile]]

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 * [[Beer]]
 * [[Cars]]
 * [[Cologne]]
 * [[Motorcycles]]

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 * ''[[Do You Like My New Car?]]'': ''"All that's true, and sometimes I even dig it with a Doctor Brown's Cream Soda..."''
 * ''[[Billy The Mountain]]'': mentions [[Studebaker Hawk]], [[Jack-In-The-Box]], [[Kaiser Broiler Foil]] and [[Wikipedia:Aunt Jemima|Aunt Jemima]].
-* ''[[It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal]]''
+* ''[[It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal (1972 - Paramount Studios)|It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal]]''
 * ''[[I'm The Slime]]'': ''"I'm the tool of the government and industry too."''
 * ''[[Montana]]'': references dental floss

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 ==References to companies, slogans, jingles, advertising, commercials, buying, selling,... ==
-* ''[[Hungry Freaks Daddy]]''
+* ''[[Hungry Freaks, Daddy (1966 - Los Angeles)|Hungry Freaks Daddy]]''
 * The entire concept and album cover of ''[[Absolutely Free]]''
 * ''[[Plastic People]]''

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 ==Companies and merchandising products created by Zappa==
 * [[Bizarre Records]]
 * [[Straight Records]]
-* [[Barking Pumpkin Records]]
+* [[The Toilet Poster]]
 * [[Zappa Records]]
 ==Commercial jingles written by Zappa==
 * [[Remington Electric Razor]]
-* [[Luden's Cough Drop Commercial]]/[[The Big Squeeze]]
 ==Conceptual Continuity==
 * [[Beer]]
 * [[Cars]]
 * [[Motorcycles]]
 * [[Sears Poncho]]
 * [[Vacuum Cleaner]]
-* [[Cologne]]
 ==References to companies, slogans, jingles, advertising, commercials, buying, selling,... ==
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 ==Miscellaneous==
 * [[Alcaselzer]]
 * [[Drano]]
 * [[Dristan]]
 * [[Hilton]]
 * [[Ignint McNugget]]
 * [[Jack-In-The-Box]]
 * [[Nivea Lotion]]
 * [[Old Zircon]]
 * [[Porcelana Fade Cream]]
-* [[Woolite]]
+* [[Porsche]]
-* [[Burger King]]
+* [[Sheraton]]
 * [[Smith-Barney]]
 * [[Strato-Caster]]
-* [[Dodge]]
+* [[Teflon]]
-* [[Oldsmobile]]
+* [[Tupper-Ware]]
 * [[Volkswagen]]
-* [[Mercedes Benz]]
+* [[Woolite]]
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