Gary Dahl, the advertising copywriter behind the 1975 fad Pet Rock, died March 23 at the age of 78. Dahl’s wife confirmed Tuesday that the inventor of the pop culture craze died of chronic obstructive ...
Gary Ross Dahl, who developed the 1970s fad, has died at age 78. — -- Gary Ross Dahl devised the perfect pet. No messes. No allergies. No effort. Just pure, simple solidarity. Dahl’s Pet Rock was ...
Staff at The Strong museum passed around several emails this week noting the passing of Gary Dahl, inventor of the Pet Rock, a wildly popular fad from the mid-1970s. In 1975 Dahl, a California ...
As children, most of us had a pet rock at one point or another—maybe because our parents wouldn't let us get a real life animal, or just because it was fun to have something to carry around in our ...
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The Power Of Marketing: How Pet Rocks Became A Popular Craze In The 70s
No effort.” These were the words with which ad man, Gary Dahl, introduced his new revolutionary pet: the Pet Rock. A gag ...
Over beers in a Los Gatos bar, Gary Dahl’s drinking buddies spewed tales about incontinent dogs, destructive cats, overly fecund gerbils and vacations foiled because no one could baby-sit the bird.
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