We received 163 correct responses to last month’s contest, including this informative one from Eric Sobocinski: “The April Fake Ad is for Kiddie Land on page 64, and the name of last month’s winner, ‘Lunt,’ is found in the phrase “ApriL UNTil June.’ Us Ann Arbor long-timers know that this is a Fake Ad for a non-fake business, perhaps with some poignance. I wonder how many others appreciate the thematic continuity that this ad’s photo shows the same building column that was last month’s I Spy.”
A few readers did notice that coincidence, but, sadly, no one pointed out that the Fake Ad Czar’s very first office was a former closet upstairs from Kiddie Land. And will anyone notice that Eric Sobocinski is coincidentally quoted in both Back Page sections this month?
“That store closed maybe 30 years ago,” writes Liz Rodriguiz. “I worked in the toys section for a year before getting a clerical job at University Health Service. One of the perks of the job was reading the Ann Arbor Observer before anyone else did. In those days, the Observer’s offices were on the second floor, and the newsstand in the lobby got the first batch of the new edition. I have fond memories of that job, and I’m still reading the Observer, more than 40 years into my University career.”
Our winner, Merry Muilenberg, is taking her gift certificate to Zingerman’s.
