I'm devastated by the news that there wasn't a real Colonel Conk.
This comes at a particularly bad time, as I have just recently discovered there was no real Captain Crunch.
But Captain Kangaroo was real, right?
I'm devastated by the news that there wasn't a real Colonel Conk.
This comes at a particularly bad time, as I have just recently discovered there was no real Captain Crunch.
I think Col. Ichabod Conk is a fictional character. I found this using ancestry.com:
Not that this changes anything about the quality of the soap. Just an interesting tid bit.
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(Van Nuys News -- G.S. 648)
Fictitious Business Name Statement
The following persons are doing business as COLONEL ICHABOD CONK PRODUCTS at 11419 Moorpark St., North Hollywood, Calif. 91602.
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.
All this shows is that the name "Colonel Ichabod Conk Products" is a fictitious name, not that the name Ichabod Conk was fictitious.
Popeye's is better than KFC? Seriously, when Katrina hit how long were you held under water? ............JRActually 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.
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 Popeyes and then a stop at the dispensary on the way home.
B&B Wiki at your service:
http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/Col._Ichabod_Conk
And, from coolshaving.com:
"There REALLY was a Colonel Ichabod Conk. In 1866, soon after the Civil War made him a pauper, Colonel Ichabod Conk traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico. After living there a short time, Col. Conk began to date a woman who owned several barber and hair cutting salons for both men and women. She shaved men's faces daily, and after Col. Conk married her, he became proficient in the barbering profession, helping his wife with her customers, and keeping her books. Suddenly, Col. Conk had a startlingly magnificent idea -- why couldn't he package the products they were using every day, and sell them across the nation?
Colonel Ichabod Conk Shaving Products was born. Col. Conk became a wealthy man for that time and age, and continued the business until his death in 1898. At that time, his business simply ceased to exist. The current ownership discovered his legacy, and decided to continue the legend, in today's marketplace. Conk - a legend of yesteryear, a great reality today. Unique quality, unique product -- created to restore joy to shaving."
He was a a great man. Dead since 1898 and look at his name and legacy. Today a business prospers doing what he dreamed of doing, and in his name! long live Colonel Conk!