Friday, September 14, 2012

Sucker Bait

"This is the city, Los Angeles, California. It used to be the only culture here was found in yeast cans."
—Sergeant Joe Friday, intro to episode nine of Dragnet 1970
Via Don Dylan's fave site, L.A. as seen by Frogs in '69. We like L.A., Frogs & those fabled '60s. A lot. So we were a sucker for this:

3 comments:

mikey said...

"Yeast cans?"

Unfamiliar with that particular yeast packaging strategy...

M. Bouffant said...

Local Editor:
Us neither, but it's an exact quote. Industrial baking, maybe. Or he meant vats.

Substance McGravitas said...

I have seen yeast cans.

Also that film was excellent.