Advertising
What’s Their Motto?
Your assignment: to come up with this company's slogan. I'll volunteer the old Timex one, although it's not quite right: "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking!"
Surely WU-vies can do better!
Original ad here. Scroll down.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 15, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Public Indecency, Technology, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #166
Ye Olde Colonial Hepcats. And that's "James Madison Avenue" to you!
Wait for second spot after the fadeout.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 12, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1950s, Eighteenth Century
Soul Brothers Scotch
Ah, yes, from that famous African Scotsman, Shaka MacDonald.
"No 'fronts' here, baby. Soul-Bros Scotch is really 'OUR' thing! If you think we're putting you on--get it out of your mind!"
Original ad here. Worth a visit to read the rest of the text.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 09, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Racism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Alcohol
Brown Bobby
Get rich quick with triangular donuts!
Explanation here.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 03, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Technology, Junk Food, Appliances, 1930s
Follies of the Mad Men #165
Be patient: the special Japanese calorie-burning underwear shows up onscreen eventually.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 25, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Exercise and Fitness, Underwear, Dance, Asia
Insane German Yogurt Ad
Trust me: you want to watch this one in full-screen mode.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 21, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Europe
Follies of the Mad Men #164
Wow! Talk about overkill!
The four mythic national beasts of China, Russia, Great Britain and the USA pull the chariot of the Goddess of Freedom--all to sell socks!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 21, 2011 -
Comments (4)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
Beer Production, Rube Goldberg-Style
I personally would never drink a beer contaminated with heavy-metal drumming.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 18, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Surrealism, Alcohol
Follies of the Mad Men #163
I cannot believe that even in the 1920s, this Wrigley's mascot was anything less than a source of nightmares to children everywhere.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 15, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Children, Junk Food, 1920s
Turkish iPad Commercial
1950's/1960's ipad commercial (Turkish) from Clint Lealos on Vimeo.
In honor of Mr. Jobs.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 07, 2011 -
Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Computers, Europe
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