Came across this on dlisted. An 80s commercial from the Baltimore area.

isn't threadbare originally from baltimore?

JasmineFire said:

I'm not, but if Mr. Ray's is still in operation, I'm comin' for a visit.

isn't mr. ray who john waters based his narration of 'pink flamingos' on? i think he wanted mr. ray to narrate it, and being in his right mind, mr. ray flat-out refused, so waters did it himself as an imitation and called himself "mr. jay".

Anxiety said:

According to IMDB, you are correct.

RipHer2Shreds said:

'ELLAY, MEWVIEGAWERS!!!

Anxiety said:

That movie is so twisted. The first time I saw it was also the first time I had Papa John's pizza. Now I cannot eat that butter garlicy sauce. For years I'd heard about the doggy doo ingestion, but there were far nastier things in that movie!

RipHer2Shreds said:

see, i agree - the doggie doo is mere, um...icing on the cake?

Anxiety said:

Yes. Cocoa brown icing. I found the smuggling of a steak between the thighs to be nastier (and funnier).

RipHer2Shreds said:

papa oom mow mow

Anxiety said:

I love the Babs Johnson birthday party gift exchange and police murder and cannibalization scene.

GangstaFam said:

my favorite part of that scene is the face babs makes after she takes a whiff of poppers. i want that image freezeframed, printed and framed.

Anxiety said:

Would you settle for a t-shirt?

GangstaFam said:

do you know the expression i'm talking about?

Anxiety said:

It's worthy fer sure.

This is still my favorite of John's old movies. It's just perfect. I quote it constantly.

"CahNEE and RAAYmund MARble, while YEW are AWAAAY the SERVunts will plAAAY"

SnakePeel said:

"Well? D'YEW think YEW naw sommwon filthier?"

here's a news story with mr. ray, which features mr. ray doing a hair weave demonstration.

the part of this clip where they're playing the residents as background music and it gets interrupted by "mother popcorn" was especially disconcerting to me.

JasmineFire said:

Why you callin' out the bald brotha from B'more???


And, Mr. Ray's commercials were the joint, back in the day... omg. I just got a little verklempt.