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Follies of the Madmen #285
Wait a minute--I'm confused by the graphics. Does this product come from outer space?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 14, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
Follies of the Madmen #284
Reminding me of that old proverb, "If billfolds were neckties, publicists would be geniuses."
Scanned from Good Housekeeping for December 1953.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 09, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Holidays, Surrealism, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #283
"But, Betty, I can't fit the corpse into the upright model so easily!"
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 26, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Death, Appliances, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #282
Chimps improve every product.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 16, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, 1950s, Cars
Edible Nail Polish
KFC Hong Kong has announced that it's created edible nail polish. It will come in two flavors, Original and Hot & Spicy. The company says, "To use, consumers simply apply and dry like regular nail polish, and then lick—again and again and again."Obviously a marketing gimmick, but seems that they really are going to produce some of this stuff.
More info: adweek.com
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 09, 2016 -
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Category: Cosmetics, Food, Advertising
Mystery Illustration 19
What product was this extremely funky individual advertising?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 01, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #281
Those puny digits of females--how can they even grasp a writing instrument?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 24, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Writers, 1960s, Men, Women
Aussie Cars: the Holden
I can't say I had ever heard of the Holden line of cars prior to my recent research.Some great 1960s motifs and attitudes in the second video: "Toranas are really groovy!"
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 21, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Cars
Sexy Lingerie
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 03, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Underwear, 1910s, Women
Be a mindsticker
1969 ad campaign for Tab.Other possibilities they might have gone with: Be a brain-adhesive. Be a thought-glue.
via: Modern Mechanix, reddit
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 27, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s
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