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Non-Stop Smoking
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 03, 2023 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Advertising, Smoking and Tobacco, Nineteenth Century
The Edsel Show
Even titanic star power could not save this famous automobile disaster. The interspersed commercials are great too.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 01, 2023 -
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Category: Success & Failure, Television, Disgrace, Shame, Infamy and Downfalls, Advertising, 1950s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #572
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 30, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Junk Food, Wimps, Milquetoasts and Cowards, 1960s, 1970s
How television benefits your children
The text of the ad basically admits that it's the parents that television benefits, not the children. Because TV is the greatest nanny ever created. Park the kids in front of the boob tube and you don't have to worry about keeping them out of trouble.
Advertising Age - Sep 11, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 25, 2023 -
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Category: Television, Advertising, Children, 1950s
Chimera Car
Genetic engineering has gone too far!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 25, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Surrealism, Dogs, 1960s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #571
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 24, 2023 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Advertising, 1960s, Alcohol
Potato Fish, Potato Bug, Potato Bird
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 17, 2023 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Food, Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #570
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 12, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Advertising, Air Travel and Airlines, 1970s
Wife Gets Smart, Makes Husband Happy
In 1941, Safeway began including comic strips in their newspaper ads. The comics continued throughout World War II until 1947.Nat Gertler collected these comic-strip ads together in a book titled Wife Gets Smart, Makes Husband Happy. It's a collection WUvies might enjoy since it offers a bizarro window onto the concerns of mid-20th century American families.
One theme in particular emerges repeatedly: wives desperately trying to manage the moods of their husbands (the husbands being either cranky, obnoxious, clueless, or lethargic). Somehow the wives always manage to save the marriage by shopping at Safeway.
More info: AboutComics.com, Amazon
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 08, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Comics, Books, 1940s
Ford: The Going Thing
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 05, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Advertising, 1960s, Cars
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