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63: You've been Catfished. Who the hell is Betty Crocker?

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Betty Crocker's Depression Cake

Betty Crocker taught people how to make a depression cake without milk, butter, or eggs. In the 1930s, Marjorie heads to Hollywood to act like Betty Crocker and gives an interview to some A-listers. The company hires an artist to go look at all the women in our factory,. And then if you can kind of draw a portrait of what Betty Crocker is gonna look like, like maybe a mashup of all her faces. So they create the Betty Crocker version of the Mona Lisa. It's an iconic image. People will remember forever.

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