# Does anyone remember. . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember/5177>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 1999, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember/5177 "1999-12-07T15:08:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember/5177/1 "1999-12-07T15:08:00Z")

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a Colt 45 malt liquor commercial based on Ernie Kovacs’ “Nairobi Trio” piano-playing chimps?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember/5177/2 "1999-12-07T16:22:00Z")

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No, but those things always scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.

The Nairobi Trio, I mean, not Colt .45 Malt Liquor.

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**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember/5177/3 "1999-12-08T04:14:00Z")

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I remember the commercials mj.DANG! Now I got THAT song stuck in my head.Flora, I don’t know if i was exactly scared by them but i was made kinda uneasy. I KNEW they weren’t real but there was some kinda aura about the whole skit.Do you remember the commercial for the amazing product “FOOD”? “Go right down to your supermarket and buy a big bag of FOOD.”

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