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Schadenfreude

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How about incorporating some failed gimmics. I am thinking mainly product gimmicks here... for example, the keymatic system introduced by hoover mentioned in the article on washing machines. Or the barcode reader on panasonic video recorders for setting the timer (before VideoPlus)

Uncategorized

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This Gimmick article has yet to be categorized. What category should it be placed under?

excitable adults

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There should be some kind of medal for the use of the term "excitable adults". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.7.228.74 (talk) 17:31, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a suggestion to improve the article? - SummerPhD (talk) 21:59, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Casa Sanchez

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Given that the restaurant got national press coverage and decided to resume the tattoo offer in 2010, it might be a bit strong to say that this gimmick "failed". --McGeddon (talk) 09:36, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I had planned to include a sub-section on successful gimmicks, but for a variety of reasons, decided against that. If you want to do something along those lines, and include Casa Sanchez there, that would be great. I was invited to see what could be done to save this article from possible deletion. I think that has been accomplished. But I have no further interest in editing this page. BronHiggs (talk) 00:46, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
McGeddon Re: Casa Sanchez Foods versus Casa Sanchez tacqueria. The article clearly states that the tacqueria was a family-owned business and does not mention Casa Sanchez Foods. If you have local knowledge about the restaurant being part of a large chain or conglomerate, fair enough. But I am not American and am not in possession of this type of local knowledge, so I can only work from the article itself. In addition, it may have been important to an understanding the scale of the potential losses to appreciate that it was a family business. All things considered, and given that the promotion apparently generated a lot of media coverage, I think it is probably best to move this case out of failed gimmicks and create a new section for 'successful gimmicks'. I will leave it to you to act on this. BronHiggs (talk) 07:20, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The logo of Casa Sanchez Foods is the "boy in a sombrero riding an ear of corn" described in the article and sources here, and it describes itself as a family-run business. --McGeddon (talk) 09:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Another possible origin

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If this originated in the 1920's in America, it's possibly related to the word "gimme" which also originated in the 1910's in America.

Possibly used as an expression such as in golf:

Person 1: "This next shot is a gimme."
Person 2: "You'd think so; but it's a trick."
Person 1: "A gimme trick?"
Person 2: "Yes. A gimmick, if you will." Speeddymon (talk) 14:46, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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