Marine Corps Paleo

August 17, 2009|Richard Nikoley||

Every day at chow you will show me your tray. You ‘aint gonna eat no bread, no corn, no pie, cake, desserts of any kind; no whole milk, no beans, no butter, no sugar, no potatoes, candy, ice cream, salad dressings or peanut butter.

– Jack Webb, The D.I., 1957

That’ll be at 1:48 – 2:16 in the clip, below.

Thanks to Gary Katch for emailing that.

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1 Comment

  1. Gary Katch on August 17, 2009 at 14:32

    Amazing that this was common sense in 1957! It’s taken us fifty years, but now we’re almost full circle…

    Also somewhere out on YouTube is a Jack Lalanne clip from the same era advising us to get off sugar and cereal.

    GK