One of the silliest items ever marketed back in the 1970's actually rivaled the hula hoop at the time. It was a small round plain rock, that fit the responsibility minded 1970's American.

Right out of the pages of PT Barnum's There's a Sucker Born Every Minute philosophy, or more like 1.5 million suckers, and yes my own mother was one of them.

Gary Dahl, the man behind this scheme passed away on March 23rd at 78, so we remember Gary for his sense of humor, with today's Throwback Thursday memory, the pet rock.

Check out this campy 'Dickie Goodman Type' spoof:

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