Sexes: Pitching Motherhood and Pepsi

Ralph and Wanda square off on Ferraro's TV commercial

Wanda: What did you think of Geraldine Ferraro's appearance in the Diet Pepsi commercial, Ralph? Have you switched to Coke yet?

Ralph: I found her TV ad very tasteful indeed, Wanda. Great photography and a real slice of life as it is undoubtedly lived in the Zaccaro household, at least when all those accountants aren't cluttering up the place. Here we are, sharing a typical moment of televised intimacy between a famous mother, her two daughters and a Pepsi. Like most Americans, I found myself riveted to the tube as she told the daughters, "You can be anything you want to...

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