BIGGEST FLOPS OF 50 YEARS AGO …………..
1. Ford Edsel – Ford lost $350 million,
2. Paper clothing,
3. Susan B. Anthony one-collar coin – tens of millions in U. S. vaults,
4. Bay of Pigs Invasion – of 1,400 invaders, 1,200 captured & ransomed by Castro for pharmaceutics & baby food,
5. New Coke – devotees browbeat the company into resurrecting Coke “Classic”,
6. Watergate break-in,
7. Jackie Gleason canceled his game show & called it the “biggest bomb in history”,
8. Sony Betamax – 1st home videotape, outmaneuvered by VHS format,
9. Rosie magazine – no O and OPrah Winfrey,
and many more.
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