Union Products, the company that has been making plastic Pink Flamingos as lawn ornaments since 1957, stopped production of the kitsch icon a few months ago, and is closing its doors today. This was a year before the Flamingo's 50th Birthday.

i saw something on the news this morning about this. Was the Pink Flamingo really that big of a deal? I don't think i had any idea that this was such a big 'thing' in our culture...