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Reezig
The idea of my feet enjoying an energy drink sounds too much like something out of a Clive Barker horror story.
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 15, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising
Commercials from 1979
The concerns of forty years ago seem idyllic by comparison to the present.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 15, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s, Nostalgia
Follies of the Madmen #400
And just as lethal!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 10, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Death, Tools, 1920s, Weapons
Follies of the Madmen #399
Of course the sole of one's foot resembles a snooty toff with monocle--after your LSD trip!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 07, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Drugs, Shoes, 1940s, Feet
Follies of the Madmen #398
Usage of this product enables user to read the mystical language of flowers.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 29, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Body Fluids, Languages, Nature, 1950s
1966 Revisited
Not only do you get the intro and outro to a stinker of a sitcom, but also a litany of worries--headaches, upset stomachs, flyaway hair--that seem positively benign in 2018.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 26, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #397
I detect the influence of A Charlie Brown Christmas on this unlikely morality play.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 24, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Excrement, Dogs, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #396
George Lucas had to keep his hand in between THX 1138 and the first STAR WARS film.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 19, 2018 -
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Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Food, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #395
Shaving is just like Gulliver serving as a golf course for Lilliputians.
Full ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 15, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Surrealism, 1930s
Assembling a Maverick
Thanks to WU-vie MarkMcD, I was alerted to the existence of this great commercial, the inverse of my earlier post on disassembling a Beetle.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 14, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, Reader Recommendation, 1970s, Cars
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