Nick Martel
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And we might have a totally different name for hot tubs today with a totally not as good product. Or we might not even have hot tubs. It's no guarantee somebody would have invented this. And the impact on ludicrous lyrics alone, Nick, be devastating. Don't even get me started, Jack. It reveals something inspiring about this Jacuzzi family. Yeah, it does.
And we might have a totally different name for hot tubs today with a totally not as good product. Or we might not even have hot tubs. It's no guarantee somebody would have invented this. And the impact on ludicrous lyrics alone, Nick, be devastating. Don't even get me started, Jack. It reveals something inspiring about this Jacuzzi family. Yeah, it does.
And we might have a totally different name for hot tubs today with a totally not as good product. Or we might not even have hot tubs. It's no guarantee somebody would have invented this. And the impact on ludicrous lyrics alone, Nick, be devastating. Don't even get me started, Jack. It reveals something inspiring about this Jacuzzi family. Yeah, it does.
For every tragedy they faced, they turned it into an opportunity. They learned from it, they pivoted, and they succeeded. Post-war America is a marketer's dream. Every GI family is settling down in the suburbs with a new office job ready to spend. Optimism is in the air, and people want to buy, baby, buy. Honey, I just brought home a new microwave. That's inside a new toaster.
For every tragedy they faced, they turned it into an opportunity. They learned from it, they pivoted, and they succeeded. Post-war America is a marketer's dream. Every GI family is settling down in the suburbs with a new office job ready to spend. Optimism is in the air, and people want to buy, baby, buy. Honey, I just brought home a new microwave. That's inside a new toaster.
For every tragedy they faced, they turned it into an opportunity. They learned from it, they pivoted, and they succeeded. Post-war America is a marketer's dream. Every GI family is settling down in the suburbs with a new office job ready to spend. Optimism is in the air, and people want to buy, baby, buy. Honey, I just brought home a new microwave. That's inside a new toaster.
It is a splurge fest on home goods and comfort. I mean, Jack, if you're not smoking a cigarette on your new back patio furniture, then how else are you going to make your neighbors jealous? So right at the perfect moment, the first Jacuzzi finally hits the market in 1953.
It is a splurge fest on home goods and comfort. I mean, Jack, if you're not smoking a cigarette on your new back patio furniture, then how else are you going to make your neighbors jealous? So right at the perfect moment, the first Jacuzzi finally hits the market in 1953.
It is a splurge fest on home goods and comfort. I mean, Jack, if you're not smoking a cigarette on your new back patio furniture, then how else are you going to make your neighbors jealous? So right at the perfect moment, the first Jacuzzi finally hits the market in 1953.
But by 1955, they decide to expand to a broader category of buyers. They send an army of salesmen to drugstores, to bath shops, and even take this portable bathtub unit door-to-door. I mean, Jack, the door-to-door salesman, truly a lost art. Nick, would you mind reading this quote from an advertisement from that time?
But by 1955, they decide to expand to a broader category of buyers. They send an army of salesmen to drugstores, to bath shops, and even take this portable bathtub unit door-to-door. I mean, Jack, the door-to-door salesman, truly a lost art. Nick, would you mind reading this quote from an advertisement from that time?
But by 1955, they decide to expand to a broader category of buyers. They send an army of salesmen to drugstores, to bath shops, and even take this portable bathtub unit door-to-door. I mean, Jack, the door-to-door salesman, truly a lost art. Nick, would you mind reading this quote from an advertisement from that time?
And feel free to put your best Shelley Levine spin on it.
And feel free to put your best Shelley Levine spin on it.
And feel free to put your best Shelley Levine spin on it.
I'm sold, man. I mean, Jack, grab me a cola and meet me at the jukebox, buddy. We're good to go, man. You see, the Jacuzzi device may have started as a medical product, but that was before the Jacuzzi brothers realized how much spending power the new American middle class was about to have.
I'm sold, man. I mean, Jack, grab me a cola and meet me at the jukebox, buddy. We're good to go, man. You see, the Jacuzzi device may have started as a medical product, but that was before the Jacuzzi brothers realized how much spending power the new American middle class was about to have.
I'm sold, man. I mean, Jack, grab me a cola and meet me at the jukebox, buddy. We're good to go, man. You see, the Jacuzzi device may have started as a medical product, but that was before the Jacuzzi brothers realized how much spending power the new American middle class was about to have.
Their pitch for their J300 Whirlpool machine is this. It's not just a medical device for the disabled. It's for Ozzie and Harriet, dads and housewives, golfers and gardeners, and even the frolicking youngsters. The Jacuzzi is for everyone.
Their pitch for their J300 Whirlpool machine is this. It's not just a medical device for the disabled. It's for Ozzie and Harriet, dads and housewives, golfers and gardeners, and even the frolicking youngsters. The Jacuzzi is for everyone.