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Follies of the Madmen #342
Nestle's = "Ness-uls" Down Under? Who the heck knew? In any case, girls sure do love chocolate-affiliated horoscopes, don't they?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 21, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Candy, 1960s, Women, Australia
The prettiest Christmas dollies
From Mademoiselle magazine, 1970.
Reminds me of this.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 19, 2017 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #341
Sweeping up the crumbs from a toast carpet is a thankless task.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 14, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, 1940s
Not ever to dance again
Is the ad implying that one of her legs got infected from a dirty bandage and had to be amputated? Or perhaps a foot? Because that's the only reason I can think of why she'll never dance again.
Pittsburgh Press - Nov 8, 1936
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 13, 2017 -
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Category: Advertising, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #340
Sexy zebra endorses nylons.
UPDATE: alas, ad now behind a paywall since I found it.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 11, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Sex Symbols, Underwear, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #339
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 06, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #338
Original ad here.
I find this ad too creepy for me even to register the product, as if it were something out of THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
But perhaps that's because I was seriously creeped out by this comic book cover when I was a kid!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 02, 2017 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Products, Puppets and Automatons, Comics, 1950s, 1960s
Mystery Illustration 63
I have erased the thing being sold in this ad. But what possible solution is being touted for this man's incredible distress and misfortune?
Answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 01, 2017 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #337
This seems to elide the whole issue of whether a stepchild SHOULD be treated badly! It's just a given!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 27, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Children, 1930s, Face and Facial Expressions
Shampoo as suicide prevention
The idea of people who try to kill themselves three ways at once is something that occasionally pops up in weird news. Though I'm not sure if it really belongs to weird news or is more of an urban legend.Back in 2014, I posted about an attempted 4-way suicide that was reported in 1922. A man tried to torch, hang, poison, and shoot himself simultaneously. But I was also suspicious of that reporting.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 25, 2017 -
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Category: Advertising, Suicide, 1950s
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