ACME: The Company That Built Nothing and Promised Everything

Here's a quick story about the use and term ACME in American History. Where did it come from? Is it an acronym for something? Does history show us more about cartoons and the nature of institutions and social structures?

00:00 intro
00:45 where it came from
02:20 search engines and phone books
03:18 ACME in america
04:45 Who framed roger rabbit and roads

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Co...
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index....
https://web.archive.org/web/201107122...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/Z12.13....
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...
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