I remember growing up as a kid seeing these inserts in the Sunday newspaper from Carol Wright Gifts, a mail-order company that sold a lot of things that seemed to make life easier. There were the basic return address labels, egg slicers, digital meat thermometers, deluxe foot pads to help with bad feet, many "as seen on TV" products, and more.
The Carol Wright Gifts newsprint catalog featured a logo of a mature, wholesome lady's face. I guess that might have been Carol? It resembled Donna Reed (from "It's A Wonderful Life"). The stuff offered in the catalog was as wholesome as the represented head-shot logo.
I hadn't seen a Carol Wright Gifts insert or catalog in at least ten years, until last Sunday. It took me back to my youth right away, as I had always liked looking at a lot of that "As Seen On TV" merchandise that my parents would never buy. Of course, I had no real need for digital meat thermometer when I was 14, but I still thought it was pretty spiffy!
So this past Sunday, I'm thumbing through my newly-cherished Carol Wright Gifts catalog. "I have money now...I'm not 14...maybe I'll actually order something this time", I mused. About 6 pages in I saw an ad for a "personal massager". It was in a very "personal" shape. I knew right away these weren't the type of "massagers" that you wouldn't glide over your tired arm or back muscles. I turned the page and got the shock of my life. The "centerfold" of this supposedly All-American, wholesome catalog was completely filled with more than a few ads for male-enhancement pills, creams, vacuum-pumps, many more personal massagers, female battery-operated devices and other adult toys/aids that I thought you'd only see in an "Adam & Eve" catalog, or an Adult Bookstore or Lingerie Shop.
My jaw hit the floor. What had happened to this wholesome, mom-like Carol Wright? Did she discover the world of adult erotica about 10 years ago and decide to share with her customers? I mean, some of this stuff made me blush, and I'm not a prude by any means!
My guess is, if the logo of the All-American looking Carol Wright was indeed Carol, she either died, or sold the company and let them retain the name. Companies will do anything for a buck, and there's no doubt all of that stuff is huge-selling. If she is dead, she's rolling over in her grave, wishing she had put in a "no adult toys" clause in the company sale contract. And Carol, if it is your idea and you're selling out for the almighty buck, then shame on you!
It just ain't Wright!
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