Word: grabbers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next on the list, "Hawkins and Grabber," written by Joel and Steve themselves. Set in the Stars and Stripes Forever Bar and Grill, the skit pretends show us two old war buddies, reunited for some mutual drinking and consolation. The joke is that under all their boasting and one-upmanship (Hawkins is in oil, Grabber builds planes, Grabber has one Rolls Royce, Hawkins has two) there is only a couple of scared men threatened by a world of "commy pinko cruddy bums." The fact that that last line is meant to get a knowing laugh should give you some idea...
...Ford TV commercial shows a Maverick Grabber in a circle of high-performance cars, while an announcer ticks off the model's cost advantages -thrifty price tag, smaller engine, lower insurance rates. No longer are Galaxies pictured majestically, if enigmatically, atop a desert plateau. The latest ads for the model state simply: "If you're thinking about buying a new car, we've got the facts on our side. Quiet facts. Strong facts. Value facts...