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All Over Rain Cover
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Air holes? Who need to breath so long as you're dry?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 14, 2013 -
Comments (8)
Category: Death, Fashion, Advertising, 1940s, Weather
Jockey—They Keep Their Fit
In 1955, Jockey Briefs ran an ad campaign featuring young boys shoving guns into their underwear.
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Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 13, 2013 -
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Category: Guns, Advertising, Underwear
“I Can’t Take a Boy with THAT Many Pimples!”
My question: if this happened to Jack in 2013, could he launch a successful discrimination lawsuit?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 08, 2013 -
Comments (5)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Body, Work and Vocational Training, Advertising, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #212
Could you bring yourself to eat a sentient, talking cheese? With a Rasta accent?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 07, 2013 -
Comments (3)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Food
Bradley Column Shower
A 1961 ad for the Bradley Column Shower. Maybe it's just me, but it looks like the guy in the middle is getting pretty familiar with that column.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 02, 2013 -
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Category: Advertising
Boulder Face
Does your face look like weathered rock? Then we want you on our TV show. Print ads from 2007 for some program called AXN Faces. [via coloribus.com]
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 27, 2013 -
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Category: Advertising
Follies of the Madmen #211
Yes, aliens probably have never had a cup of cocoa until they visit Earth; and if individuals of their kind live for hundreds of years, that would indeed be a very long time to go without cocoa.
But you know what? Aliens, cocoa...? Forget it! I still don't get the connection, no matter how hard I try.
Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 25, 2013 -
Comments (15)
Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Products, Chocolate, 1960s
Grape Nuts Flakes Promotes Fisticuffs
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 19, 2013 -
Comments (9)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Regionalism, Violence, 1950s
Jii! Jii! Jii!
A dose of weirdness from Japan:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 06, 2013 -
Comments (8)
Category: Advertising, Asia
Follies of the Madmen #210
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 29, 2013 -
Comments (7)
Category: Animals, Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature
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