Allegedly Biden’s latest “make or break” appearance is a press conference tonight, mysteriously named Big Boy. He will continue to have “make or break” appearances, each more broken and each more reassuring to his Cult Of Personality.
Big Boy has two resonances in my mind, neither exactly presidential.
First, Frisch’s Big Boy is a drivein restaurant chain that began in Ohio. When I lived in Bowling Green, Frisch’s was a favorite hangout for a burger and Dr Pepper.
Second, (of course) Hudson prided itself on offering a wide range of vehicles under one brand. In the 30s and 40s it had a set of commercial vehicles, limos and sedan deliveries and a ute. These were on a longer wheelbase than the regular cars, so they were Big Boy models. Here’s the ute:
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