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Follies of the Madmen #226
Clunkiest metaphor ever. Garment causing deadly vision obstruction that will be shredded by fanbelt = engine protection.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 02, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Motor Vehicles, 1960s
Japanese Schoolgirl Parkour
Already showing five million+ views--but maybe as new to you as it was to me?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 31, 2014 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Advertising, Teenagers, Asia, Natural Wonders
Avoid the Noid
During the 1980s, Domino's Pizza ran a series of ads featuring "The Noid" -- an annoying creature that ruined pizzas intended for delivery. By ordering pizza from Domino's you could supposedly "Avoid the Noid."The ads were very successful, but were abruptly cancelled in January 1989 when a man named Kenneth Lamar Noid "wielding a .357 magnum revolver stormed into a Domino’s in Atlanta, Georgia and took two employees hostage" for five hours.
Mr. Noid's problem with Domino's was that he believed their ads "specifically made fun of him."
Mr. Noid was found innocent by reason of insanity, but that was the end of Domino's Noid campaign.
You can read the full story at priceonomics.com.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 28, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, 1980s
Follies of the Madmen #225
Who ever knew that Snap, Crackle & Pop had villainous counterparts in Soggy, Mushy & Toughy?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 26, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #224
All the fake employee singing in the world could not save the Robert Hall chain from bankruptcy a mere 4 years after this commercial aired.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 21, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Retailing, Music, 1970s
Speer’s Sambuci Wine
What is this miraculous "sambuci wine?" I'm glad you asked.
Preparation.—Take of elder bark, parsley root, each, in coarse powder, 1 ounce; sherry wine, 1 pint, or a sufficient quantity. Form into a medicated wine by maceration or percolation, as explained under Vina Medicata, and make one pint of the preparation.
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—Wine of elder is useful in dropsical diseases, especially ascites, and dropsy supervening upon scarlatina or other exanthematous diseases. Dose, 2 fluid ounces, 3 or 4 times a day.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 10, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, Natural Wonders, Nineteenth Century, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #223
Those crossbars replicate the excruciating pain of the infamous parental sofabed from Seinfeld.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 09, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Appliances, 1960s
Knox Gelatine
Odd choice of photo to advertise their product, since this Big Red team member seems to be suffering from some kind of intestinal distress. From the Cornell Alumni News - Oct 19, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 07, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, 1930s
When Barbie Met Ken
Who ever knew it happened at a dance?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 02, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Toys, Teenagers, 1960s
5-Day Deodorant Pads
Do you have to abstain from washing your pits for five days to make this work and get your money's worth? I note this item still exists. Any experience with it among WUvies?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 30, 2014 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1950s
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