It came from the pages of Hit Parader

This month I dug into the May, 1985 issue of Hit Parader magazine.There is an ad for something called the "Giant evil hand". I am not sure if it is foam or rubber, but it gives the devil horn salute. It also kind of looks like a monster hand as it has pointed fingernails and wrinkly skin. I guess the concept of the hand is just like those foam hands you used to buy at sporting events to show that your team is number one. Only with this I guess that you are saying "My band is number 666!". The ad also says that hands are fluorescent so they can be seen at concerts. Would the person that wore this to a Dio or Iron Maiden concert also have one of those beer hats on only it would have a big pentagram on the helmet part? What would security think of these foam hands? They may let you bring them in for some reason, but I don't know. Or you may be standing there with your foam hand up in the air and the lead singer of the band tells people to hold their lighters up in the air (back in the days when this could be done) and poof your foam hand goes up in smoke as someone gets their lighter too close. Although a big plus is you could cover the hand with duck tape with the sticky side facing out then you would have a handy dandy guitar pick-catcher as the devil hand would allow you to reach up a little further than those without foam hands. Although you may not want to get tape near someone's big hair. I guess this idea did not catch on because I never saw a giant evil hand at a concert. Also this was the only time I ever saw this ad. I wonder why? Oh, well sometimes ads as good as the articles in magazines.