Word: rompers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard Dean Henry Rosovsky turns down the directorship of Romper Room, citing his commitment to the reform of undergraduate education at Harvard "at this time." The toddlers do not seem very disappointed, however; as one observes, "We can always go with James Q. Wilson...
Lesser said that the group will study important policy problems. "We want to know whether kids separate commercials from programs when Bozo the Clown and teachers on Romper Room sell products on their shows," he said. "Are they induced by premiums, like toys in cereal boxes. Do they understand disclaimers like 'batteries not included'?" he added...
...feeble attempt at sophisticated, hard-edged humor, the local English-language weekly Monday Morning recently ran a fashion spread on the "military" look, showing models with rifles under the headline THE APPROPRIATE LOOK. Last week the magazine outdid itself with two new fashion tips: the "refuse romper," platform shoes "designed to keep pedestrians from submerging in garbage heaps"; and the "dross dress," festooned with refuse so that the wearer can "evade snipers by melting into any garbage heap or, in the unlikely event that no such heap is immediately available, by lying down anywhere and becoming a garbage heap...
...Romper Room (Syndicated): Many advertisers nourish the impossible dream of an hour-long commercial. Few realize that it is already here in Romper Room. Action for Children's Television, a pressure group of Massachusetts parents, once complained to Bert Claster, the show's producer, about its treatment of children as consumers in training, programmed to buy only the Romper Room brands of toys. Replied Claster: "This is commercial television, isn't it?" Indeed...