But Captain Kangaroo was real, right?
Who is Col. Ichabod Conk?
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But Captain Kangaroo was real, right?
So, he is no the captain from Captain and Tennille?
Slash McCoy
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Actually while I did in fact watch Captain Kangaroo on TV, I am not entirely certain that he was a real captain, or that his name was even Kangaroo. I believe it may have been a stage name. Captain Crunch, OTOH, was AFAIK just a fictitious cartoon character. No more real than Smedly or the Crunchberry Beast. The Captain of Captain and Tennille fame was not very captainly and I doubt he ever held a Master's License, or held any rank of Captain in the military or any police force. Three out of three, bogus captains in varying degrees of bogusity.
I always had my doubts about Col. Ichabod Conk, though I held my peace until now. The name just doesn't have the ring of sincerity to it. Now we won't be casting aspersions at Col. Harlan Sanders, oh no. Yes, I know he was only a mule handler in the Army, but he was granted a commission as a Kentucky Colonel, and such things are taken quite seriously in Kentucky. Plus, KFC is almost as good as Popeye's. But most of these captains and colonels and stuff are imposters.
I always had my doubts about Col. Ichabod Conk, though I held my peace until now. The name just doesn't have the ring of sincerity to it. Now we won't be casting aspersions at Col. Harlan Sanders, oh no. Yes, I know he was only a mule handler in the Army, but he was granted a commission as a Kentucky Colonel, and such things are taken quite seriously in Kentucky. Plus, KFC is almost as good as Popeye's. But most of these captains and colonels and stuff are imposters.
Well, I am glad we still have good old Captain America to defend all that's decent and the American way.
I can live with that.
I can live with that.
All this shows is that the name "Colonel Ichabod Conk Products" is a fictitious name, not that the name Ichabod Conk was fictitious.
My goodness! Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?He wasn't 'just' some guy who married into a family that owned barber shops ... he was an entrepreneur broken by the war, who got a business idea to provide quality products people needed and enjoyed using and made his fortune a second time. Many people make great products but are not great at marketing, there is no shame in separating the manufacturing of a product from its distribution, it is a time-honored business function, and often the only way people who make quality products ever capitalize on it.
Right. The McDonalds brothers were good at making burgers in their small roadside joint in San Bernadino. It took literally a travelling salesman, Ray Kroc, to discover it.
"Corporal Ichabod Conk" doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?
Popeye's is better than KFC? Seriously, when Katrina hit how long were you held under water?
............JR
I grew up in W.Va just across the Ky line, but have lived in SE Louisiana for over thirty years, and Popeyes is WAY better than KFC!
General Tso beats the Colonel any day of the week and thrice on Sundays.
WELL, You know what that say about opinons right? 
.......................JR
.......................JR
I started out with Col. Conk soap and thought it was okay... after trying Proraso I was completely blown away and will never touch my Col. Conk soaps again. I would PIF the two pucks that I have left but I doubt that anybody here would want them.
My brush is Col. Conk as well, but it's just a re-branded Vulfix. It's a great beginner brush but my RAD has already set in after less than a month and I have my eye on a Wee Scot.
As someone else mentioned, they also sell Dovo Best Quality razors with the Col. Conk name stamped on them.
Seems like they pretty much just offer re-branded entry level gear for beginners and people that don't know any better. I certainly wouldn't know any better if I hadn't found this forum.
My brush is Col. Conk as well, but it's just a re-branded Vulfix. It's a great beginner brush but my RAD has already set in after less than a month and I have my eye on a Wee Scot.
As someone else mentioned, they also sell Dovo Best Quality razors with the Col. Conk name stamped on them.
Seems like they pretty much just offer re-branded entry level gear for beginners and people that don't know any better. I certainly wouldn't know any better if I hadn't found this forum.
Slash McCoy
I freehand dog rockets
KFC is for yankees and little old ladies with delicate constitutions. Popeyes Extra Spicy is da bomb! Don't forget the Dirty Rice and the biscuits. And a pickled jalapeno for desert.
+1 for Popeyes.
I miss living in Colorado. There was nothing better than a trip to the dispensary and then a stop at Popeyes on the way home.
Admitted Yankee here just chiming in that in my own personal opinion, Popeyes is great if you plan on spending a large portion of your day in a room with tiles and porcelain fixtures.
KFC is marginally better but there are plenty of other choices out there.
There, I fixed that for you!
KFC is marginally better but there are plenty of other choices out there.
There, I fixed that for you!
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col. conk was a known intemperate drunk and beater of women... also owner of several houses of ill repute he was reported to have shaved the heads of any of the fancy women who misbehaved...
unfortunately he used his crappy soap on them and they got razor bumps and bad shaves....
unfortunately he used his crappy soap on them and they got razor bumps and bad shaves....
Fair enough, but it sounds like Mrs. Conk deserves a bit more credit than the name of the firm, then or now, suggests.
Don't forget Col. Littleton!
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