Year of Glad
In the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace the final year of commercially subsidized time is referred to as the "Year Of Glad" in reference to the company. Additionally, James O. Incandenza, Sr. (whose son James O. Incandenza, Jr., and grandsons Orin, Mario, and Hal Incandenza are major characters) is mentioned as having played the Man from Glad in his time as an actor in the timeline of the book.
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