Curse of the Bambino Nanette" had originated as a non-musical stage play called "My Lady Friends", which opened on Broadway in December 1919. That play had, indeed, been financed as a direct result of the Ruth deal. Various researchers, including Montville and Shaughnessy, have pointed out that Frazee had close ties to the Yankees owners, and that many of the player deals, as well as the mortgage deal for Fenway Park itself, had to do with financing his plays. Yankee fans taunted the Red Sox with chants of "1918!" one weekend in September 1990. The demeaning chant echoed at Yankee Stadium each time the
Bambino (ice-cream) features a white polar bear. A version of the bambino ice cream without the wooden stick was called "Calypso". Sometimes it was served in two waffles. It was produced all over the country, but the largest supplier was the State Cold Store in Gdańsk, today known as Lodmor. On the paper, in which the calypso was wrapped, next to the manufacturer's logo, depicting a sea lion, there was also a brown profile of the head of a small Negress. Nowadays we can find their symbol in pop culture. For instance there is a song "Bambino Ice Cream" (Lody Bambino) by