1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #124
It must indicate something about capitalism circa 1949 that both ad campaigns chose this gigantic, brutal, triumphalist imagery. (Perhaps the two campaigns were created by the same agency even?) The postwar reign of corporate overlords has arrived. "Beware, puny humans! Our glorious products bestride the landscape and will crush you, unless you buy and consume mass quantities!"
Could there be a less-enticing public face for a company?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 14, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Dreams and Nightmares, 1940s, Alcohol
Modern Zoot Suits
If you're like me, you thought that "zoot suits" were a dead fashion from the 1940s. No way!
Check out the rainbow of choices here.
Happy mack-daddying!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 06, 2010 -
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Category: Clowns, Fashion, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #120
[From Life magazine for January 10 1949.]
This hideous Donnie Darko-style image will haunt you forever, and make you swear off beer-drinking at once.
Furries and beer: two things that must never mix.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 25, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, 1940s, Alcohol
The Wacky Weed
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 23, 2010 -
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Category: Drugs, Nature, Cartoons, 1940s
Play It Again, Rover
I challenge all WU readers to try to get their dog to maintain this position. Snap a pic if successful and send it in!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 05, 2010 -
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Category: Music, Dogs, 1940s
PSA
Please mark your calendar for next year.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 25, 2010 -
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Category: Food, Holidays, PSA’s, 1940s
The Corpse Vanishes
This film without comment track was a total hoot! I imagine the MST3K version is even greater. Part 1 begins here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 18, 2010 -
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Category: Death, Medicine, Movies, Wives, 1940s
Neptune Party
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 16, 2010 -
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Category: Military, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Parades and Festivals, Patriotism, Fetishes, 1940s, Gender-bending
Follies of the Mad Men #115
Okay, if you want to claim that your shaving cream will make the Average Joe resemble a movie star, wouldn't you pick Errol Flynn, say, or even Humphrey Bogart, rather than Frankenstein's monster?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 14, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Movies, 1940s, Facial Hair, Fictional Monsters
Jackboots On Whitehall
Alternate history science fiction told entirely through puppets.
Not something you see every day.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 26, 2010 -
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Category: Movies, Puppets and Automatons, War, 1940s
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