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Follies of the Madmen #501
Our jockey shorts will have every male emulating a hula girl.Source.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 03, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Underwear, 1950s, Gender-bending
Cefacidal Promotional Playing Cards
Almost the whole set is here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 24, 2021 -
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Category: Games, Medicine, Advertising, 1970s, South America
Feminine Hygiene Ads 70s, 80s, 90s
Maybe nearly 500 of these ads is a little excessive for one playlist? See what you think! Here's the first, below, and the rest are here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 21, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Women, Twentieth Century
Two Strange Asian Ads
I have no idea what any of this means.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 19, 2021 -
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Category: Technology, Advertising, Asia
Follies of the Madmen #500
I suppose I should have come up with something super-special for the 500th installment of this series, but this will have to suffice!
Sure, kill the talking lion and then...style his mane?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 17, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Death, Comics, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
New Frontiers (of Barb Wire)
Thrill to the history of barb wire with "Little Barb!" (Or "American Barb" if you prefer.)
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 15, 2021 -
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Category: Agriculture, Anthropomorphism, History, Regionalism, Advertising
Follies of the Madmen #499
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 10, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, History, Historical Figure, 1940s
Carousel Kitchen
Did anyone ever actually want this, or build it, outside of the ad man's imagination?
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 06, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Advertising, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #498
This is a fine example of pushing a metaphor to the point of absurd surrealism.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 29, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Miniature People in Ads, Television, Surrealism, 1950s
The Frito Twist
NOTE: the text below calls it a 78, but it looks pretty much like a 45 to me.
This 78 rpm record was made by the PAMS (Production, Advertising, Merchandising Service) production company in February 1962 for the Frito-Lay company to promote its Fritos snack food with a dedicated jingle, the “Frito-Twist.” The disc’s white paper label bears the Fritos and PAMS logos on both sides. Side A plays “The Frito Twist,” and Side B contains the instructional “How to Twist.” (In earlier versions of this promotional record, side A featured “Dallas: My Home Town” with “The Frito Twist” on side B.) The music for the “Frito Twist” was written by Euel Box, a Dallas-based composer and arranger best known for his work on the “Benji” movies of the 1970s and 80s, and a music director for the PAMS company. The sound engineer on the recording was Dick McGrew (as noted in the fine print along the edge of the record).The Dallas-based PAMS production company was founded in 1951 by William B. Meeks, Jr., often credited as the creator of the musical station break. In the 1950s-1970s, advertisers looked to music and dedicated jingles to help promote their products. They aimed branded dance fads in particular at teenagers and young adults.
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 20, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Music, Junk Food, 1960s, Dance
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