Mother's Ruin

In the old days it wasn't obese kids they worried about. It was skinny, listless drips like the kid in this Cream of Wheat ad from 1933. Of course, it's his mother's fault he's like that. Maybe if she bought him a PlayStation and took him to McDonald's more often he'd put a few pounds on.

Mopey. Now there's a great word to use in an ad.

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