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''Bufferin Man'' is featured in the back row of people on the cover of '''We're Only In It For The Money'''.  He (she) is apparently taken from a 1950's Bufferin print ad showing how Bufferin works fast to relieve pain.  An example, from Life Magazine dated 7/17/1950 is shown
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[[File:Bufferinman.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Bufferin Man on the album cover of "We're Only In It For The Money".]]
[http://books.google.com/books?id=fUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=bufferin+aspirin+magazine+ad&source=bl&ots=BRAXsx3p7d&sig=zCe1gNjPP6a0dRtaRJBJ31_BtK4&hl=en&ei=MmsGTcDNEsH88Ab3ztnyAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false here]
 
  
According to the ad, Bufferin Man is a "mechanical drawing of the human body", shown at the moment the human is taking Bufferin.
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'''Bufferin Man''' was a 1950's advertising design used to promote the Bufferin brand of [[Wikipedia:Aspirin|Aspirin]] it is included in the back row of people on the cover of  [[We're Only In It For The Money]] between [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and the torch of the [[Statue Of Liberty]]. Bufferin Man is a "mechanical drawing of the human body", shown at the moment the human is taking Bufferin.<ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/We%27re_Only_In_It_For_The_Money_Cover.html</ref>
  
[[Category:Supporting Cast|Bufferin Man]]
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==Notes==
[[Category:We're Only In It For the Money (The List)|Zappa, Gail]]
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=fUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=bufferin+aspirin+magazine+ad&source=bl&ots=BRAXsx3p7d&sig=zCe1gNjPP6a0dRtaRJBJ31_BtK4&hl=en&ei=MmsGTcDNEsH88Ab3ztnyAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Life magazine (7/17/1950)]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv-w--3GmxM Bufferin Pain Reliever Commercial - 1950s (YouTube)]  
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[[Category:We're Only In It For the Money (The List)|Bufferin Man]]
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[[Category:Fictional characters]]

Latest revision as of 08:00, 29 July 2021

Bufferin Man on the album cover of "We're Only In It For The Money".

Bufferin Man was a 1950's advertising design used to promote the Bufferin brand of Aspirin it is included in the back row of people on the cover of We're Only In It For The Money between Lyndon B. Johnson and the torch of the Statue Of Liberty. Bufferin Man is a "mechanical drawing of the human body", shown at the moment the human is taking Bufferin.[1]

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