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Ernestine · 09-18-2004, 08:20 AM

This reminds me of a documentary I saw this year on PBS about Tupperware. Mr Tupper invented the burpable plastic containers, but a door to door saleswoman named Brownie Wise took it out of the back shelves of the five and dime and made it into the million dollar business it became by inventing the Party Plan type of sales. After Brownie made him into a rich man, Tupper decided to sell the business, leave his wife, and go live in the islands. So he fired Brownie and gave her a $30,000 lump pension. THE JERK!

It was a fantastic documentary. I'm hoping for a movie version, starring Joan Allen, who looks just like her.
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Another PBS documentary had led me to believe that the Ticky Tacky song was about none other than Philly's own Levitt Town. (sp?) America's first "suburb".

Could it be true that I'm the only person who watches these things?

09-18-2004, 08:20 AM	#9
Ernestine Basset Hound Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Under the porch Posts: 22	This reminds me of a documentary I saw this year on PBS about Tupperware. Mr Tupper invented the burpable plastic containers, but a door to door saleswoman named Brownie Wise took it out of the back shelves of the five and dime and made it into the million dollar business it became by inventing the Party Plan type of sales. After Brownie made him into a rich man, Tupper decided to sell the business, leave his wife, and go live in the islands. So he fired Brownie and gave her a $30,000 lump pension. THE JERK! It was a fantastic documentary. I'm hoping for a movie version, starring Joan Allen, who looks just like her. ----- Another PBS documentary had led me to believe that the Ticky Tacky song was about none other than Philly's own Levitt Town. (sp?) America's first "suburb". Could it be true that I'm the only person who watches these things? __________________ "Ah, I see they have the internet on computers, now!" Homer Simpson