1960s
Follies of the Madmen #229
Upskirt photography: one of advertising's less-utilized tools.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 06, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Shoes, Public Indecency, 1960s
Truth in Advertising
Caution: many, many swears.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 04, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Television, 1960s, Cars, Swears
Follies of the Madmen #228
The cliche is: Swedes know everything about coffee--and sex. So that household should be a happy one, with busybody Mrs. Olson supervising the kitchen and, offstage, the bedroom.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 31, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Marriage, Coffee and other Legal Stimulants, Busybodies, Snoops and Kibitzers, 1960s
Chappaqua
Yes, this is the 60s as nearly as I recall them.
If you like the trailer for Chappaqua, whole movie below.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 30, 2014 -
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Category: Addictions, Movies, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Drs Casey & Kildare in Pillowcase Form
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An early example of Dakimakura. I understand Richard Chamberlain still has a warehouse of these which he will sell upon request.
Original ad here (page 31).
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 24, 2014 -
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Category: Celebrities, Comics, Sex Toys, Interior Decorating, 1960s
What a Wonderful World It Would Be
The lesson? If only doctors could build our cars.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 23, 2014 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Family, Medicine, Technology, 1960s, Cars
Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg: “Comic Strip”
Guardians of the Galaxy was great. But I'd pay twice as much to see a feature-length version of this.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 20, 2014 -
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Category: Comics, Sex Symbols, Superheroes, 1960s, Europe
Follies of the Madmen #227
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Yes, our product is number one among insane vegan fashionistas!
From Woman's Day for April 1962.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 18, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Vegetables, 1960s
Mexican Twist
"Hey, Manuel, why go to the bullfight when you can do the tweest?"
The Twisting Kings were apparently the studio musicians who later became known as the Funk Brothers.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 12, 2014 -
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Category: Music, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s
The Car of 1980
This is what Jack Charipar, director of Plymouth's product-planning team, imagined in 1961 that cars would look like in 1980. Source: Newsweek - Jan 23, 1961.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 09, 2014 -
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Category: 1960s, Cars, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
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