To: Joe 6-pack
"Ovaltine dropped their sponsorship of the Little Orphan Annie radio show in 1940. 1939 would have been the last Christmas they ran ads on it." - Joe 6-pack
Bingo! The Parker's car was a 1937 Oldsmobile 6... The decoder that Ralphie got from the Little Orphan Annie radio show was a "Speedomatic" made of metal - the last year of production for the "Speedomatic" was 1940. After that, they went to paper decoders.
Regards,
Raven6
18 posted on
12/21/2010 7:30:30 PM PST by
Raven6
(The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either.)
To: Raven6; Joe 6-pack
Also, when Ralphie and his family go downtown to see Santa there's some Wizard of Oz promotion going on in the department store. Ralphie couldn't care less. The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939.
21 posted on
12/21/2010 7:53:01 PM PST by
Oratam
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