{"id":19348,"date":"2013-02-23T03:11:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T08:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=19348"},"modified":"2013-06-01T21:52:44","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T01:52:44","slug":"tiffany-taylor-shes-what-you-want-her-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/tiffany-taylor-shes-what-you-want-her-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiffany Taylor, She&#8217;s What You Want Her to Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It strikes with no warning. Every so often, I wake up with the jingle for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crissyandbeth.com\/Tiffany.html\" target=\"_blank\">1970s Tiffany Taylor doll<\/a> stuck in my head. Tiffany&#8217;s gimmick was a rotating scalp with dual hair colors. White Tiffany could be changed from blonde to brunette; African-American Tiffany switched between auburn and black.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19349\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dollreference.com\/ideal_tiffany_taylor.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19349 \" alt=\"Tiffany on a blonde day. Click for photo source.\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ideal_tiffanytaylor74.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ideal_tiffanytaylor74.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ideal_tiffanytaylor74-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiffany on a blonde day. Click for photo source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These dolls were produced by the Ideal Toy Company from 1974 to 1976. I have no idea why that theme song has stayed with me for nearly 40 years. Maybe it&#8217;s the wolf whistle. Go to :32 to hear it.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wBA62Ugpr7w\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>After you&#8217;re done with the Tiffany Taylor ad, go back to the beginning of the video to see the crazy ad for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joey_Stivic\" target=\"_blank\">anatomically correct Joey Stivic doll<\/a>. The doll, also by Ideal, was based on the character Archie Bunker&#8217;s grandson on the television show <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_in_the_Family\" target=\"_blank\">All in the Family<\/a><\/em>. I had no memory of this doll at all, but the show itself was a major part of my childhood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19350\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sitcomsonline.com\/boards\/showthread.php?t=274720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19350\" alt=\"joey-stivic-doll\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/joey-stivic-doll.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/joey-stivic-doll.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/joey-stivic-doll-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for photo source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>All in the Family<\/em> is one of the greatest shows of all time (and if you disagree with me, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066626\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\">STIFLE YOURSELF<\/a>!). It was on from 1971 to 1979, as the nation debated the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equal_Rights_Amendment\" target=\"_blank\">Equal Rights Amendment<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_liberation_movement\" target=\"_blank\">women&#8217;s lib movement<\/a> hadn&#8217;t made much of an impact on my surroundings at that point. During my childhood, this riddle was popular.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;A father and his son were in a car accident. The father died. The son was taken to the hospital. The doctor came in and said: I can&#8217;t do surgery on him, because he&#8217;s my son. Who was the doctor?<\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I remember being astounded that the answer was &#8220;his mother.&#8221; I didn&#8217;t know that women could be doctors; I thought they could only be nurses. All the sexist (and racist and other -ist) stuff that Archie said on <em>All in the Family<\/em> were things people said in real life, and that shit was scary. On the show, however, it was always clear that Archie&#8217;s bigotry was foolish. Even as malapropism-spewing Archie called his wife Edith a &#8220;dingbat&#8221; and told her to &#8220;stifle herself,&#8221; their liberated, smart and sex-ay daughter Gloria (&#8220;little girl,&#8221; as Archie often called her) was always standing up for herself and her mother and giving her father <a href=\"http:\/\/idioms.yourdictionary.com\/what-for\" target=\"_blank\">what for<\/a>. I swear, <em>All in the Family<\/em> helped make me the feminist I am today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19352\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sitcomsonline.com\/boards\/showthread.php?t=271996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19352\" class=\" wp-image-19352\" alt=\"ss12\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ss12.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ss12.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ss12-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sally Struthers (Gloria) with Carroll O&#8217;Connor (Archie). Click for photo source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Considering how important the show was to me specifically and the culture at large &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvacres.com\/props_ch_bunker.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Archie&#8217;s chair is at the Smithsonian<\/a> &#8212; it should be no surprise that the theme song, &#8220;Those Were the Days,&#8221; has stayed with me as long as the Tiffany Taylor song has. I have the lyrics memorized, including that tricky &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/aitf_faq.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Gee, our old LaSalle ran great<\/a>&#8221; line.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0d8FTPv955I\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The impact of <em>All in the Family<\/em> on me also explains my love for its cartoon reincarnation, <em>Family Guy<\/em>. Crazy, dumb, bigoted Peter Griffin is an over-the-top Archie, while Lois is Gloria 20 years down the road. And I am always amused by the <em>All in the Family<\/em>-inspired opening, with Peter and Lois sitting at a piano like Archie and Edith, singing about the simpler days of yore.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/koGoQjXuovY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Family Guy<\/em> frequently (and mockingly) addresses social issues, but not to the extent that <em>All in the Family<\/em> did. Here&#8217;s one bit of <em>All in the Family<\/em> dialogue that sounds like arguments we&#8217;re still having today, unfortunately.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Gloria:<\/strong> Do you know that sixty percent of all deaths in America are caused by guns?<br \/>\n<strong>Archie Bunker<\/strong>: Would it make you feel any better, little girl, if they was pushed out of windows? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But Archie never got to say something like this.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9L-Up7mrAg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I have to work &#8220;To the Hinden-Peter!&#8221; into conversation more often. I&#8217;ve already made &#8220;groinacologist&#8221; from <em>All in the Family<\/em> a normal part of my vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z4AskIlhoiA\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It strikes with no warning. Every so often, I wake up with the jingle for the 1970s Tiffany Taylor doll stuck in my head. Tiffany&#8217;s gimmick was a rotating scalp with dual hair colors. White Tiffany could be changed from blonde to brunette; African-American Tiffany switched between auburn and black. 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