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1948 Valvoline Ad
The connection between "the girl" in the swimsuit and the "faultlessly lubricated" car seems a bit of a stretch. But hey, who needs a logical reason when you've got a girl in a swimsuit in your ad!Source: Time - Feb 16, 1948
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 25, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, 1940s
Pens for Men
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 21, 2015 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Television, Tools, Advertising, 1950s, Men
Follies of the Madmen #254
Having little mannikins of the performers standing on their records is a vivid metaphor about the living quality of the sound. But then to set those records and their passengers rafting down the river--well, the metaphor gets a little jumbled, to say the least.
Original advert here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 20, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Music, 1950s
DeSotos in Space!
This subject line will definitely be the title of my next SF novel.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 09, 2015 -
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Category: Aliens, Advertising, 1950s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #253
If only Hollywood had made John Carter of Mars in 1979, with Cher as Dejah Thoris, they would have had a surefire hit!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 05, 2015 -
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Category: Fashion, Hollywood, Movies, Music, Advertising, Science Fiction, 1970s
Paddle Pops
More proof that everything is upside-down in Australia, as good old Popsicles become Paddle Pops.
Also, as in our previous entry on Gaytime Raspberry Roughs, I could easily imagine someone getting more than they bargained for when they requested a "paddle pop," especially if you went into a sketchy corner grocery store and asked for the flavor known as "dragon popper" and got some amyl nitrate instead.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 01, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Junk Food, 1960s, Australia
Laundry Shaming
This would be so great if it happened today. Can you imagine the ruckus on social media if some darling tyke came home with an accusatory advertisement pinned to its clothes?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 30, 2015 -
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Category: Family, Hygiene, Advertising, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #252
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 28, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Comics, Junk Food, 1960s, Parody
Ice Cream as Health Food
Original ad here. (Scroll to the left.)
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 13, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, Children, Junk Food, Nutrition, 1930s, Australia
Follies of the Madmen #251
Is that patchwork hippo supposed to be sexy? Because it's posed pretty sexily.
No, I don't want to think any more about this....
From Playboy for September 1983
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 08, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Sex Symbols, Shoes, 1980s
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