Was Anyone Else Profoundly Disappointed with this Purchase?

“Millions of boys and girls” in the 60’s and 70’s fell for it.

Photo by Author, Archie Giant Series Magazine, The World of Jughead, №523, 1982

I know I wasn’t the only one to fall for this.

My kids laughed hysterically when I showed them this old ad for Sea-Monkeys and told them about my profound disappointment when they failed to “shock and amaze.”