Tupperware
About Tupperware
Tupperware is an American company that manufactures and internationally distributes preparation, storage, and serving containers for the kitchen and home. It was founded in 1942 by Earl Tupper, who developed his first bell-shaped container and introduced the products to the public in 1946.
On the show — 49 mentions total
In 1957, she had held a massive Tupperware party on a Florida island for 1,200 people, and there was a torrential thunderstorm which injured 21 people, and that led to lots of lawsuits. This is the most charitable explanation of why she was fired, is that that was a big mistake.
from No Such Thing As A Rapidly Deflating Walrus, 2021-01-22 at 00:09:41 · read transcript
Other times Tupperware came up
You're not saying that you only go to one Tupperware party every year and it's like nope that's my fill for the year, these Tupperware enthusiasts are going to more than one party. That's true. Also there are Tupperware raves which can get really out of control quite a lot of time. They're illegal at the moment but... You have to bring your drugs in a Tupperware labeled, it is amazing the Tupperware story so as you said, that's how they actually sell Tupperware and it started off not being very successful so it was invented by Earl Tupper, not an Earl, that's just his name, I think it was 1946 and didn't sell very well and then this woman called Brownie Wise came along with a wise attitude towards PR and she was already selling various household goods via the house party and she bought up some Tupperware, sold it and he spotted that she was causing a massive increase in sales this way and I think within three years of her being on the scene he took all his products off shelves and sold them exclusively at parties and five years after she came on the scene the company was making $100 million in sales per year.
357: No Such Thing As A Rapidly Deflating Walrus, 2021-01-22 · listen
These Tupperware enthusiasts are going to more than one party. That's true. Also, there are Tupperware raves, which can. can get really out of control quite a lot of the time. They're illegal at the moment, but... You have to bring your drugs in a... It's like it's Tupperware. It is amazing the Tupperware story. As you said, that's how they actually sell Tupperware. It started off not being very successful.
No Such Thing As A Rapidly Deflating Walrus, 2021-01-22 · listen
Nope that's my fill for the year, these Tupperware enthusiasts are going to more than one party. That's true. Also there are Tupperware raves which can get really out of control quite a lot of time. They're illegal at the moment but... You have to bring your drugs in a Tupperware labeled, it is amazing the Tupperware story so as you said, that's how they actually sell Tupperware and it started off not being very successful so it was invented by Earl Tupper, not an Earl, that's just his name, I think it was 1946 and didn't sell very well and then this woman called Brownie Wise came along with a wise attitude towards PR and she was already selling various household goods via the house party and she bought up some Tupperware, sold it and he spotted that she was causing a massive increase in sales this way and I think within three years of her being on the scene he took all his products off shelves and sold them exclusively at parties and five years after she came on the scene the company was making $100 million in sales per year.
357: No Such Thing As A Rapidly Deflating Walrus, 2021-01-22 · listen
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No Such Thing As A Rapidly Deflating Walrus put 6 places on the map.
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Coordinates: 28.5383, -81.3792