I Tried It

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Text on Button i tried it i luv it!
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An illustration of a girl with white text on a red and white background.

Curl Text N.G. Slater Corp. N.Y.C. 11
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The phrase "I tried it I luv it" is possibly a cultural response or a take off of the "Try it, you'll like it" tagline in a 1971 Alka-Seltzer Neutralizer commercial. The ad was created by the Wells, Rich, Greene advertising agency and was elected to the Clio Awards Classic Hall of Fame.

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Kovalchik, Kara. (N.A.). 11 Advertising Slogans That Became Catch-Phrases. Mental Floss. Retrieved from http://mentalfloss.com/article/56711/11-advertising-slogans-became-catc…

Catalog ID IB0340

When the Going Gets Weird

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Text on Button WHeN THe GoiNG Gets Weird...
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Large violet text on a pink background. 

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FORGET ME NOT
AMERICAN GREETINGS
© MCMLXXV AMERICAN GREETING CORP

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"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" was made famous by author Hunter S. Thompson in his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The book follows a fictionalized retelling of Thompson's journey from Los Angeles to Vegas with his attorney to cover several races and conventions that Thompson has been assigned to. It is written in Thompson's famous gonzo style of journalism where the writer participates in the event and writes about it subjectively instead of objectively. 

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McEntee, J. (2017, February 12). Guide to the classics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-fear-and-loathing-in-…

Thompson, H. S. (1998). Fear and loathing in Las Vegas: A savage journey to the heart of the American dream. New York, NY: Vintage.

Catalog ID IB0358

Get Happy

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Text on Button GET HAPPY!!
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Dark blue text on an orange background.

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This button promotes Get Happy!!, the fourth studio album by Elvis Costello (b. Declan Patrick MacManus, 1954-) and his third with long-running backing band the Attractions. Released in 1980, the album displays Costello branching out stylistically, incorporating elements of new wave, soul, and ska. It is also notable for the amount of tracks that it managed to fit onto one 12-inch LP: 20, with a total running time of 48:08. In 1989, Rolling Stone magazine rated the album #11 on its list of greatest albums of the 1980s; in 2002, Pitchfork rated it #26 in the same category.

Catalog ID MU0236

Be Nice to Me

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Text on Button BE NICE TO ME
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Large Green text on an orange background.

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Catalog ID IB0362

Awesome

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Text on Button AWESOME
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Large and messy red text with a lighting symbol under it on white background.

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Catalog ID IB0355

50 Years Ago Cuteness

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Text on Button 50 years ago, who could have guessed I would acheive such CUTENESS?
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Pink text outlined in black on the number 50 with lowercase black text below and the word cutness in uppercase on a white background with a ring of blue and a thinner ring of orange around the outer edge.

Curl Text © HALLMARK CARDS, INC.
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The button is to elicit humor and celebrate an individual's fiftieth birthday. Shoebox, a division of Hallmark greeting cards, is known for its snotty, sarcastically humorous wordings in its products such as buttons, greeting cards, and e-cards.   

Catalog ID IB0207