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Follies of the Madmen #389
"Our whiskey tastes like carrots."
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 14, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, 1940s, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #388
Dress so as to resemble a soda can.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 08, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #387
Don't be a "Pipestem Pete!" Also, how does "energy" fit into a very specific list of vitamins and minerals?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 01, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Food, 1950s, Bodybuilding
Follies of the Madmen #386
Very convoluted ad for the Sir Galahad watchband that will add courage to your wrist.
By the way:
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 25, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Television, 1940s, Comedians
Follies of the Madmen #385
Our shoes are comparable to hideous sea monsters.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 22, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Advertising, Shoes, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
Follies of the Madmen #384
How the heck did that tub get out there, and how's that naked gal going to get home?
And without plumbing, will she fill it, pail by pail, with seawater?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 18, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Nature, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1950s
Bacchus After-Shave
Very strange 1969 ad campaign for Bacchus after-shave. The premise is that instead of leaving a giant horse outside of Troy, the Greeks actually left a "towering bottle of Bacchus," and that this caused the Trojan women to become so wild with lust that the Trojan men no longer had time for fighting.It then follows this up with the tagline: "The Romans conquered an empire with it. Go out and conquer yours."
But what do the Romans have to do with the Trojan horse? Rome didn't even exist at the time of the Trojan war. I guess there's a vague connection because the Romans believed they were descended from the Trojans, but even so the history seems hopelessly muddled.
Esquire - Jan 1970
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 16, 2018 -
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Category: History, Advertising, 1960s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Follies of the Madmen #383
Our swill is so vile that nothing is possibly beneath it.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 16, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1970s, Alcohol
The Advertising Chair
When the chair rocked, visible adverts scrolled in the arms of the chair. So much for our age having a monopoly on intrusive ads.
Complete patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 12, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Technology, Advertising, Interior Decorating, 1900s
Follies of the Madmen #382
Associating your product, even in jest, with reviled aristocrats: not the smartest move.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 11, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Royalty, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
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