I don’t know that my source was correct, but I read that bikinis (‘invented’ in the late 40s but getting smaller over the years) were never that popular until the song ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’ came out. Remember, correlation does not prove causation (but it might indicate something).
Remember CBS and the ‘rural purge’ of 1971. Advertisers don’t really care about number of viewers or their money but those likely to be influenced by the ads – older people seem to stick with the brands they’ve chosen over the years.
Of course IMDB has Ben’s credits, but a little different is that he owned (or loaned his name to) a Ford dealership in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles (don’t know if there were others).
Flipping the stack of records (as mentioned by BIGLAR) meant that full length operas were played 1A, 2A, 3A, 3B, 2B and 1B. We also had a windup player in the garage that was never played in the house in my time, but it actually used cactus needles instead of the later osmium, sapphire, etc. – and it worked!Today’s comic apparently has brought up memories for a lot of people.
Mrs. Klop could probably correct her terrible affliction by signing onto any social media platform.