CBS FM is back on the airwaves --- yay. And, in celebration, we'd like to start with a little retro food TV. A blog guest, MrPizpi, sends us a link to The Frito Bandito. Thank you, sir. It's a ...

According to the Dallas Observer, Lays dropped its Frito Bandito campaign in 1971 after the Mexican-American Anti-Defamation Committee threatened a multimillion dollar class action lawsuit.

Once upon a time, the Frito Bandito, a cartoon character with a big sombrero and thick accent, pitched corn chips. The Bandito was retired in 1971. Frito-Lay banished him because Mexican-Americans ...