Advertising
Follies of the Madmen #282
Chimps improve every product.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 16, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, 1950s, Cars
Edible Nail Polish
KFC Hong Kong has announced that it's created edible nail polish. It will come in two flavors, Original and Hot & Spicy. The company says, "To use, consumers simply apply and dry like regular nail polish, and then lick—again and again and again."Obviously a marketing gimmick, but seems that they really are going to produce some of this stuff.
More info: adweek.com
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 09, 2016 -
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Category: Cosmetics, Food, Advertising
Mystery Illustration 19
What product was this extremely funky individual advertising?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 01, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #281
Those puny digits of females--how can they even grasp a writing instrument?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 24, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Writers, 1960s, Men, Women
Aussie Cars: the Holden
I can't say I had ever heard of the Holden line of cars prior to my recent research.Some great 1960s motifs and attitudes in the second video: "Toranas are really groovy!"
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 21, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Cars
Sexy Lingerie
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 03, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Underwear, 1910s, Women
Be a mindsticker
1969 ad campaign for Tab.Other possibilities they might have gone with: Be a brain-adhesive. Be a thought-glue.
via: Modern Mechanix, reddit
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 27, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #278
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 26, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Religion, 1960s, Cars
Bill Ding
Continuing Paul's ongoing theme of strange corporate mascots — "Bill Ding" was a corporate mascot, created circa 1950, and shared by a number of building supply stores. But was he a giant robot, a wooden puppet, or a walking/talking building? I'm not sure.Seems to me he's gotta rank as one of the laziest efforts ever to come up with a corporate mascot. I mean, Bill Ding. Really? (Though, to be fair, he's better than Clippy, the Microsoft Office mascot).
The name wasn't even original, since Bill Ding was also the name of a popular children's toy, Bill Ding the Balancing Clown, introduced in 1931.
Pottstown Mercury - May 24, 1950
Lethbridge Herald - Jan 31, 1950
Bernardsville News - Feb 16, 1950
Update: Thanks to Bill G. for sending along a picture of some Bill Ding Balancing Clowns.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 24, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings
Canada Dry Liquors
The complicated story of how a soda company came to market its own brand of booze is entertainingly told here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 21, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, Alcohol
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