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Follies of the Mad Men #137
Did you ever realize that goldfish were such astute fashion consultants, able to comment knowingly on zipper failure?
Read the text at the original site.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 20, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Fish, 1940s
According to Plan
The glories of asbestos, miracle fiber!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 14, 2011 -
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Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, 1950s
Rube Goldberg Bach Device
It's had over two million views, but just in case you haven't yet seen it.....
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 12, 2011 -
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Category: Music, Advertising, Rube Goldberg Devices
You Had Me At “Bacon”
I was flipping through one of my old copies of Popular Science when this ad caught my eye, so I went to Google Books to find a digital version from their Popular Science archive.
(From the October 1967 issue of Popular Science)
I'm sure many of you will agree that this prospect alone would be enough to shell out the equivalent of roughly $5,000 for one of those new-fangled microwave ovens...
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Fri Apr 01, 2011 -
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Category: Advertising, Products, Bacon, 1960s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
How to Smell Like Sean Connery
From Life magazine for Dec 17, 1965.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 22, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Movies, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #135
It might be true that large corporations such as KFC can crush the government, but is it really necessary to illustrate this unpleasant truth so dramatically?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 17, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Government, Asia
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I found this on the icanhascheezburger-owned site "Historic LOLs." It's mostly just regular captions on vintage pictures, but occasionally they post actual vintage ads like this one. Be sure to check it out if you are interested in vintage pictures and ads.
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Mon Mar 14, 2011 -
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Category: Advertising, Products, Surrealism
Leave It to Roll-Oh
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 13, 2011 -
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Category: Domestic, Robots, Advertising, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #134
This is an actual Japanese McDonald's ad that has become somewhat notorious for its over-the-top portrayal of youthful excitement.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 10, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Toys, Asia
Follies of the Mad Men #133
The problem here is the product, first of all. Who wants to smell like a hillbilly? We all know what hillbillies smell like: manure, chewing tobacco, unwashed linens and athlete's foot. Given this product to tout, all the advertising guy could come up with is a Daisy Mae-type figure totally emasculating the wearer of this cologne. Good going!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 09, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Regionalism, 1960s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
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