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“Sambos” was the name of a U.S. chain of breakfast houses, similar to IHOP. Once ubiquitous, only one store remains – the original restaurant in Santa Barbara, California, from which the chain sprang. When the owners discovered a book entitled “Little Black Sambo” written by Hellen Bartrum in 1899, in which an East-Indian child is chased in a circle by a tiger until the tiger turns into butter, they decided it was a perfect match, and Sambos restaurants thereafter featured conspicuously mounted placards telling the story, and ultimately relating the butter to the blobs of whipped butter served on Sambo’s pancakes.
All you ‘Stoners with kids should get together and split the cost to hire one or two sitters so you all can make it to Thursday’s shindig!
I don’t know if that was Denny’s ad Dave. I recall right after the whole thing blew up and they lost a huge lawsuit about it, they were putting out tons of commercials featuring black people in them. It was such an hysterical farce! Suddenly they loooooooved black and brown people!
CGar, i don’t think i can make it on thurs- thursdays are bad because husband has class until late, and we don’t have a babysitter. unless someone can loan me theirs? wasder, are you here, do you have someone i can use?
Snappy, who was it who used the tiger and Little Black Sambo in their advertising way back? Was that Denny’s too.
I ate in one in Alameida, CA about 6 years ago with the guy who I was singing to at karaoke!!!!!
“The fine was $85,500”
Actually $82,500.
Denny’s Grand Slam breakfast, I believe.
They had/have a Grand Slam breakfast at Denny’s. I’ve never eaten at a Denny’s though. The one time I was near one was way back when they were accused of refusing to serve black people so I didn’t bother.
“Wasn’t the Grand Slam a burger of some sort???”
I always thought a Grand Slam was a euphemism for sex. Cue, ET.