Comments on: Slot Machine Vends 25c Sunburns

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:40:51 +0000

My mother said she could go to the movies as a little girl, get a soda a popcorn and a candy bar (if I remember correctly) all for a quarter. And that was back in the 60’s. So I imagine a quarter in the late 30’s would be… quite a bit more.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:48:13 +0000

Makes you wonder what year they started describing it as a suntan vs sunburn?

By: Chris L

Chris L — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:51:01 +0000

It was probably cheaper to go see a two movies with a newsreel and a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

By: Neil Russell

Neil Russell — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:32:23 +0000

Because simply going outside and looking up doesn’t help “whip old man Depression”. At least not for the inventor of this thing!!

“Let’s see, lunch or a blast of UV, which is the best use of my quarter?”

By: David Moisan

David Moisan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:11:39 +0000

Includes corneal scarring at no extra charge!

By: Aler

Aler — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:15:06 +0000

I read this as “Slot Machine Vends 25c Sideburns”, which is a much better invention.