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Follies of the Madmen #434
I think there should be a line of fine-art perfumes. Imagine the allure of "Smell like Salvador Dali!"
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 13, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Perfume and Other Scents, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #433
Our zippers are for crazy people.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 09, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, 1950s, Brain Damage
Follies of the Madmen #432
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 06, 2019 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Fashion, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #431
Has this fellow decided to masochistically shame himself by creating this pitchfork doppelganger? Or did the local bad boys construct it and leave it on his lawn, and he is now gazing at it ruefully, realizing the veracity of their taunt? Or thinking, "There, but for the grace of Vitalis, go I."
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 03, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
The Readinjack
The ad copy is unique.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 02, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Advertising, Chindogu, 1940s
Coated tongue means self-poisoning
From back in the day when advertisers just tried to scare consumers silly:"Coated tongue means self-poisoning. Correct it by all means."
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 28, 2019 -
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Category: Advertising, 1930s, Diseases
Follies of the Madmen #430
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 24, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Disasters, Public Indecency, Sex Symbols, 1950s
Recipe for Boiled Wife
Using cannibalism to help sell air-conditioning.
Newsweek - May 24, 1965
Dixon Evening Telegraph - May 8, 1970
Smithfield Times - Aug 5, 1970
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 17, 2019 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Advertising
Follies of the Madmen #429
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 16, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Tobacco and Smoking, 1970s
Worst Cereal Name and Ingredients Ever?
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More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 14, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Twentieth Century, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
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