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Follies of the Mad Men #22
Pure jittery brainbuzz in a handy grenade-shaped shaker.
Beware of putting anything in your mouth that comes from a company named "International Minerals & Chemical Corporation."
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 03, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Science, Technology, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #21
The weirdest thing about this ad is the notion that an airline would give a customer something for free!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 02, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco, Flight, Travel, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #20
Judging by the reaction of the people in the background, these are either a) real transgenic tiger men walking down the street; or b) very convincing masks. In either case, the viewer is forced to ask, "Are tigers particularly famous for their sartorial choices?"
BONUS: this ad may serve as Furry porn, if you're so inclined.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 01, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Fashion, Sexuality, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #19
Those darn males! We've already seen that they need to be spritzed regularly with Poo-Pourri, and now we find out that they make three times as much mucus as women!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 31, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Hygiene, Body Fluids, Gender, 1960s, Couples
Follies of the Mad Men #18
Because nothing says "breakfast time!" like marshmallows roasting on skewers.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 30, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #17
Babes really go for guys who carry around liquor store props.
"Is that a Jeroboam in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 29, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Sexuality, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #16
[From Life for May 22 1964.]
Eeeyeeuw! Can you imagine going for a delicious, delicious piece of white chocolate, and ending up with a mouthful of margarine?!?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 28, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1960s
“People Will Talk”
The double-page ad below appeared in this week's New Yorker and is getting lots of attention from blogs.
The model in the ad is transgender queen Amanda Lepore. According to Adrants she "had her first cosmetic surgery at age 15, decided to have a sex change in high school, led a failed suburban housewife life and then hit New York for fame and fortune." You can check out her website (in places NSFW).
The ad definitely makes you look, but would it make you buy a Jawbone Bluetooth headset?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 28, 2008 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Advertising
Follies of the Mad Men #15
Our booze appeals mainly to Eighteenth-century highwaymen.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 27, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Celebrities, Crime, History, Hollywood, Inebriation and Intoxicants, 1960s
On the Road
What are they?
One hundred percent installments of FOLLIES OF THE MAD MEN!
You'll be treated to man-sized tissues and oversized-liquor bottles, salt-shakers full of deadly substances and animalized businessmen, among other goodies. I'm sure you'll enjoy this parade of wacked Madison Avenue brainstorming.
I won't be able to participate in the comments threads till I get back, but rest assured I'll read them then!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 26, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Travel, Weird Universe, Paul
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