Comments on: Prizes or Cash?

By: The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Those things were in just about every comic book. I had the same order as you, but I think I remembered a trampoline in there somewhere. I am surprised "Captain O" never had his own comic, in which he used his super powers to persuade kids to buy this shit.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Oh, wow. I remember doing something similar when I was younger, and I amassed enough..points or whatever to get the Bike Generator Light Set. I have no idea why, though, because at the time, not only did I not know how to ride a bike, but I didn’t have one anyways.
The REALLY sad part is that I vividly remember my uncle stealing it. I’m not exactly sure how much a pawn shop is willing to fork over for a Bike Generator Light Set, but it had to have been enough for him to buy drugs or beer or whatever.
Sorry, folks.

By: brite

brite — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Wow Clowny crayons! So someone other than me actually HAD one of them? I thought I was alone! I remember a big chunk of the crayon was pink and I hated that color so I tried to break it off but to no avail! And those comic book ads, i always wanted to rry selling but my mom would never let me call.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I remember being so excited about doing Captain O. I didn’t take the easy way out by having my dad take it to work and force the other parents to buy stuff. I actually hit the neighborhood just like the little sales guide told me to. I thought I was a pretty bad ass salesman for racking up enough points for the dome tent (my #1). Looking back now I can almost see the pity in my neighbors eyes when they saw an 11-year-old selling stationary door to door. I should have played that angle harder - worn ratty clothes, skipped brekfast so my stomach would rumble. I would have had that bike in no time flat!

By: random bob

random bob — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I didn’t have a clue what was being talked about by clowny crayons until I saw the picture of the BIG FAT SQUARE CRAYON! I remember having one, I don’t know if it was the good kind, but I loved that thing, it was mostly green (my favorite) and I wore it down in a week. as far as the sales thing goes, I did those throug school, and never sold anything

By: Casey Jones

Casey Jones — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I always wondered how those Capt. O things were legal with all the child labor laws and all that.

Plus, they were like telling kids to go door to door and get kidnapped and eaten or something.

By: Amanda Swiftgold

Amanda Swiftgold — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

"Back in the day" parents didn’t seem to be so worried about that kinda stranger-danger thing as you hear nowadays. I mean, we were all told not to talk to strangers and whatnot, but I distinctly remember roaming in a two-mile radius from my house to sell Girl Scout cookies, and then delivering them with a borrowed little red wagon. School fundraisers and let’s not forget trick-or-treating. Was it less dangerous then? I doubt it.