Advertising
Follies of the Madmen #278
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 26, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Religion, 1960s, Cars
Bill Ding
Continuing Paul's ongoing theme of strange corporate mascots — "Bill Ding" was a corporate mascot, created circa 1950, and shared by a number of building supply stores. But was he a giant robot, a wooden puppet, or a walking/talking building? I'm not sure.Seems to me he's gotta rank as one of the laziest efforts ever to come up with a corporate mascot. I mean, Bill Ding. Really? (Though, to be fair, he's better than Clippy, the Microsoft Office mascot).
The name wasn't even original, since Bill Ding was also the name of a popular children's toy, Bill Ding the Balancing Clown, introduced in 1931.
Pottstown Mercury - May 24, 1950
Lethbridge Herald - Jan 31, 1950
Bernardsville News - Feb 16, 1950
Update: Thanks to Bill G. for sending along a picture of some Bill Ding Balancing Clowns.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 24, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings
Canada Dry Liquors
The complicated story of how a soda company came to market its own brand of booze is entertainingly told here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 21, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #277
Consider the iconography: woman who forgot to rinse off all the soap bubbles from her bath provokes love and/or lust among male subway riders.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 17, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1950s, Men, Women
“I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke!”
Egyptian swingers get down with Coke.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 12, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Foreign Customs, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #276
1) Sausage pancakes.
2) Cocktail shaker preparation.
3) Wife-swapping ambiance.
Everything you could want in a commercial!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 04, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Sexuality, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #275
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 19, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Hygiene, Hermits, 1960s, 1970s
Mystery Illustration 16
What product is this illustration trying to sell?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 14, 2016 -
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Category: Advertising, 1920s
Follies of the Madmen #274
Horny beach bunnies switch instantly from thoughts of lust to thoughts of dental hygiene.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 12, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Children, Parents, 1960s, Teeth
Follies of the Madmen #273
Happy Joe Lucky was no Roger Rabbit, but he does a credible job here with Gisele MacKenzie.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 06, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Television, Tobacco and Smoking, Cartoons, 1950s
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