Advertising
Follies of the Mad Men #170
Now that PBR is a hipster beer, I wonder if they will revive this old ad campaign which is like some Twilight Zone episode where humans have been turned into hideous 2-D ribbons.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 15, 2011 -
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Category: Aliens, Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Products, 1940s, Alcohol
Follies of the Mad Men #169
You saw the Janus-faced cat. You saw the Janus-faced baby. But little did you think that such mutants could grow up to have a profitable career in advertising!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 11, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #168
"Why, yes, sir, I was just about to xerox my butt!"
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 06, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Technology, Sex Symbols, 1970s
Banned Advert
Explanation here.
Watch it quick, before it's yanked.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 02, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Officials, Humor, Africa
Mystery Ad
What product is being touted by this curious pronouncement?
Find out here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 01, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, 1930s, Brain
Follies of the Mad Men #167
[Click to enlarge. From Esquire for February 1958.]
1) You are using a childrens' picture-book icon to advertise an adult product. Why not employ the Grinch to sell booze?
2) Even if some parent found this ad to be cute when presented with it in some other forum, you are running it in Esquire, a magazine which, prior to the debut of Playboy, was Swinging Bachelor Hangout #1.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 23, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Literature, Children, 1950s, Europe, Cars
Bubblegum Love
David Lobser // MTV 'Bubblegum Love' from Blacklist on Vimeo.
The attack of the flying butts.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 16, 2011 -
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Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Surrealism
What’s Their Motto?
Your assignment: to come up with this company's slogan. I'll volunteer the old Timex one, although it's not quite right: "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking!"
Surely WU-vies can do better!
Original ad here. Scroll down.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 15, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Public Indecency, Technology, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #166
Ye Olde Colonial Hepcats. And that's "James Madison Avenue" to you!
Wait for second spot after the fadeout.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 12, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1950s, Eighteenth Century
Soul Brothers Scotch
Ah, yes, from that famous African Scotsman, Shaka MacDonald.
"No 'fronts' here, baby. Soul-Bros Scotch is really 'OUR' thing! If you think we're putting you on--get it out of your mind!"
Original ad here. Worth a visit to read the rest of the text.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 09, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Racism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Alcohol
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