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Could it be? Is that our old friend Speedy tossing his cookies?

It is! The plucky little ad icon who dutifully pitched Alka-Seltzer in the ’50s and ’60s has been yanked out of retirement for a poster and direct mail piece for the American Adver tising Mus eum in Portland, Ore. And he doesn’t look so good, kneeling before the porce lain God, eyes squinted shut, little baton at his feet and throwing up. Copy in the full ad explains: “Party at the Ad Museum.

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