{"id":6099,"date":"2009-09-03T11:07:44","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T18:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=6099"},"modified":"2010-03-03T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T22:37:35","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-i-cant-believe-i-ate-the-whole-thing-iron-on-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-i-cant-believe-i-ate-the-whole-thing-iron-on-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day &#8211; &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Believe I Ate The Whole Thing&#8221; Iron-On Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6101\" title=\"cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9903.jpg\" alt=\"cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9903\" width=\"439\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9903.jpg 439w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9903-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/>\n<p>Introduced as the Alka Seltzer slogan in 1972, &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe I ate the whole thing&#8221; became one of the most popular colloquialisms of its day. Glorified here as an iron-on embroidered fake fur patch, including a fake Rolling Stones tongue, this proclamation appeared everywhere from t-shirts to comedy sketches throughout the early 70&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Made by Rayberg Supply Co. of San Carlos, CA. the &#8216;Pik a Pocket&#8217; fashion accessory didn&#8217;t go near any of my jeans &#8211; I <em>always knew <\/em>I ate the whole thing &#8211; but was slapped on many a &nbsp;more delicate bellbottom around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The slogan roared back briefly in 2005 when Alka Seltzer trotted out Peter Boyle &nbsp;in his &#8220;Everyone Loves Raymond&#8221; Frank Barone character&nbsp;to moan and groan post food inhalation.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6105\" title=\"cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9900.jpg\" alt=\"cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9900\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9900.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_9900-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6103\" title=\"cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_4880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_4880.jpg\" alt=\"cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_4880\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_4880.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/cant-believe...whole-thing-patch_4880-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduced as the Alka Seltzer slogan in 1972, &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe I ate the whole thing&#8221; became one of the most popular colloquialisms of its day. Glorified here as an iron-on embroidered fake fur patch, including a fake Rolling Stones tongue, this proclamation appeared everywhere from t-shirts to comedy sketches throughout the early 70&#8217;s. Made &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-i-cant-believe-i-ate-the-whole-thing-iron-on-patch\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225,1051,87,193,81],"tags":[61,591,593,3232,3245],"class_list":["post-6099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clothes","category-fashion","category-kitsch","category-kitsch-o-the-day","category-products","tag-allee-willis","tag-i-cant-believe-i-ate-the-whole-thing","tag-i-cant-believe-i-ate-the-whole-thing-patch","tag-kitsch","tag-kitsch-o-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}