Advertising
Don’t Do It Santa!
Arrow Shirts — saving Santa from suicide!
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 25, 2019 -
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Category: Advertising, 1940s, Christmas
Follies of the Madmen #457
Man, that's a hard-nosed ad! No mincing words. Could it run today?
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 17, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Insurance, Death, 1950s
Broadway Themed Pajamas
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 16, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Entertainment, Fashion, 1950s
Nancy Sinatra for RC Cola
Nancy tries to escape the all-white dystopia of George Lucas's THX 1138.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 13, 2019 -
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Category: Architecture, Business, Advertising, Surrealism, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #456
Who knew gas pumps were such gossips?
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 10, 2019 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, 1940s
Shake-a Pudd’n
Recipe for disaster.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 07, 2019 -
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Category: Accidents, Food, Advertising, Children, 1960s, Dance
Ex-Lax Movies
An 'Ex-Lax Movie' doesn't sound like something I'd want to watch. Actually, it's something I'd actively avoid. And I can't imagine the phrase sounded much better back in 1939 and '40 when Ex-Lax ran these ads in magazines such as Life and Woman's Home Companion.
Betty: I don't know which is worse... constipation or the remedy!
Sally: You're silly to punish yourself that way. Why don't you try Ex-Lax?
Betty: Ex-Lax? You expect that to work for me... a little chocolate tablet?
Sally: Don't let its pleasant taste deceive you. Ex-Lax is a dependable laxative—thorough and effective!
LATER
Betty: No more strong, bad-tasting laxatives for me! That Ex-Lax was just the thing. It fixed me up fine!
Sally: What did I tell you! We've used Ex-Lax in our family for over 30 years.
Mr. A: Whew! I hate the very thought of having to take a cathartic.
Mr. B: You wouldn't if you'd try Ex-Lax. It tastes swell—just like chocolate.
Mr. A: Ex-Lax? That's what we give the youngsters. What I need is dynamite!
Mr. B: Don't kid yourself! Ex-Lax is plenty effective, if that's what's worrying you!
LATER
Mr. A: Boy, I feel like a million this morning! That Ex-Lax sure is great stuff!
Mr. B: You said it, pal! We've been using Ex-Lax in our family for more than thirty years!
Mr. Wright: Gee, Honey, this stuff is awful! Why do all laxatives taste so bad?
Mrs. Wright: All of them don't. Ex-Lax tastes like delicious chocolate.
Mr. Wright: Ex-Lax! That's all right for you and Junior, but I need something stronger!
Mrs. Wright: No you don't! Ex-Lax is as effective as any bad-tasting cathartic.
LATER
Mr. Wright: I sure am glad I took your advice. It's Ex-Lax for me from now on.
Mrs. Wright: Yes, with Ex-Lax in the medicine chest we don't need any other laxative!
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 06, 2019 -
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Category: Advertising, Excrement, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #455
Imagining oneself swimming through filthy dishwater is not the turn-on the advertisers imagine it to be.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 02, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Miniature People in Ads, Domestic, 1950s
Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Commercial
In 1997, Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, made an ad for Pizza Hut. Political Scientist Paul Musgrave discusses it in a feature-length article in Foreign Policy magazine.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 30, 2019 -
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Category: Politics, Advertising, 1990s
Follies of the Madmen #454
Mental burdens of college life.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 26, 2019 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Business, Advertising, Domestic, Fashion, Hygiene, 1950s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia
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