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Mary Mild
Disney released Mary Poppins in 1964. The next year Ivory Liquid Soap debuted a new mascot: Mary Mild, a flying maid. Seems like an obvious Mary Poppins rip-off to me, though I can't find the similarity mentioned anywhere.Mary Mild didn't last long. Within two years, Ivory had canned her.
The ads below ran in 1966 in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and Good Housekeeping.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 18, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #496
Tarzan chews Dentyne.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 03, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Foreign Customs, 1940s, Teeth
The World’s First Color Commercial
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 17, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Television, Tobacco and Smoking, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #495
These tires only available in Lilliput.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 08, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Motor Vehicles
The Singing Wastebaskets
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 07, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Surrealism, Junk Food, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
The Door-Knobs Threaten Them
Another example of the early 20th-century advertising industry trying to terrify customers into buying their product.Although they were right that door-knobs can transmit disease.
Ladies Home Journal - 1926
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 05, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, 1920s, Disease
Follies of the Madmen #494
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 28, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Slavery, Bondage and Indenture, Nineteenth Century
“Perfect smoke column from end to end”
The model looks slightly out-of-it as the "Accu-Ray" machine deposits an endless supply of cigarettes into her hand. Perhaps, like James Bond, she had a 70-cigarette-a-day habit that had to be constantly fed.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 23, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, Smoking and Tobacco, 1950s
Admiral Cigarettes Film
The cigarette genie appears!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 23, 2020 -
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Category: Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Advertising, Smoking and Tobacco, Nineteenth Century
Plan a super spread for Thanksgiving
A recent ad from Giant Foods, given a double meaning by Covid. More info: nbc.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 21, 2020 -
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Category: Advertising, Thanksgiving, Diseases
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