Shoddy Goods, from meh.com, by Jason Toon

Shoddy Goods, from meh.com, by Jason Toon

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How one genius fathered both the canning and paper industries
Jul 14 • Jason Toon
Home intercoms: Shoddy Goods 104
This is Kitchen, calling Rumpus Room, come in, Rumpus Room
Jul 7 • Jason Toon

June 2026

The radio ad blocker: Shoddy Goods 103
A dodgy radio pioneer invents the first "skip commercials" feature
Jun 30 • Jason Toon
Flagg Bros.: Shoddy Goods 102
A shoestore chain jumps on the soul train
Jun 23 • Jason Toon
Musk Ox Farm: Shoddy Goods 101
Tundra-grade wool from an Ice Age survivor
Jun 16 • Jason Toon
Ten things I learned on the way to Shoddy Goods 100
Permit me some navel-gazing on a special occasion
Jun 9 • Jason Toon
Goodbye, car brochures: Shoddy Goods 099
Motoring ephemera gets dumped into the print junkyard
Jun 2 • Jason Toon

May 2026

You Bet Your Sweet Aspercreme: Shoddy Goods 098
Yes, this was a real commercial. That’s all we know.
May 26 • Jason Toon
Schlitzfest in Schlitzerland: Shoddy Goods 097
Schlitz beer is ending. But the party in these ads never goes flat.
May 19 • Jason Toon
The water guns that looked too real: Shoddy Goods 096
Entertech leads an '80s wave of way-too-realistic toy guns
May 12 • Jason Toon
The father of Sauerkraut Week: Shoddy Goods 095
How a prolific PR hustler launched a hundred "food holidays"
May 5 • Jason Toon

April 2026

UFOs are real bland: Shoddy Goods 094
What is this candy? And why is this candy?
Apr 28 • Jason Toon
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