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Seemed odd to me that the ad would not only mention that they've got "a patent on flavor," but also give the patent number (3828800). So I had to look it up. Turned out to be a fairly boring patent for "an improved cigarette filter material... formed from the porous, granular salt of a weakly basic anion exchange resin."
Sports Illustrated - Nov 14, 1977
Coos Bay World - Nov 4, 1978
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 13, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Patents, Smoking and Tobacco, 1970s, Billboards
Follies of the Madmen #589
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 06, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Junk Food, Wild West and US Frontier, Twentieth Century
Husbands too like Premarin
Make your wife pleasant again with Premarin!By the 1990s, Premarin had become the most frequently prescribed medication in the United States. Now, according to Wikipedia, it's down to number 283.
The word 'Premarin' is a portmanteau of PREgnant MAre uRINe.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 05, 2024 -
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Category: Medicine, Advertising, Husbands, Wives, 1950s
Forehand Guns
The choice of dog killers and stagecoach robbers.
Recreation magazine - Aug 1899
Recreation magazine - Dec 1899
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 28, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Weapons, Nineteenth Century
Stan Freberg’s Chun King Commercials
Well-known for his comedy and innovative commercials, Stan Freberg outdid himself for the Chun King campaign.If you go to YouTube, you can see a classic hour of comedy that Freberg did with Chun King as the sponsor.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 24, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Humor, Television, Advertising, 1960s
The Orgy Game
Even the legendary site Board Game Geek has no additional info on this item.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 22, 2024 -
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Category: Games, Advertising, 1960s, Sex
Follies of the Madmen #588
I wonder if they legally licensed Batman and the Flash from DC Comics?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 20, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Candy, Cartoons, Psychedelic, 1960s
Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?
Some discussion of the ad from Paradoxes of Nostalgia by Penny Von Eschen:
It sounds like the ad inspired quite a few parodies, but I was only able to find one:
The ad also provided the name for a 1988 album by the punk rock group The Neurotics:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 16, 2024 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #587
We have seen instances of this theme before: a giant nuclear mushroom cloud does not indicate death and destruction, but rather it shows your product is powerful.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 07, 2024 -
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Category: Death, Music, Advertising, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1960s, Weapons
Miss Fluffy Rice
She was an animated corporate mascot, but her name also alluded to all the "miss" titles popular at the time. Thankfully the ad men didn't put her in a bikini. Though she is topless, which is a bit risqué.
Ladies' Home Journal - Feb 1962
Oakdale Journal - Sep 10, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 04, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1960s
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