Anthropomorphism
Cheerios Kid and Cheerios Sue
From the days when a commercial could hold an entire narrative arc in thirty or sixty seconds. Apparently the Kid and Sue were thrill-seekers who could not resist dangerous environments.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 14, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Food, Advertising, 1960s
Gene Vincent’s Cat Man
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 06, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
Elektro the Robot
No need to worry about the Singularity with Elektro.
Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 23, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Puppets and Automatons, 1930s
Balloon Land
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 19, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Death, Surrealism, Cartoons, 1930s, Fictional Monsters
Follies of the Madmen #246
From Playboy for June 1973.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 13, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1970s, Women, Cars
A Tale of Momentum and Inertia
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 03, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Destruction, Cartoons
The First Dog Whisperer
Much iconography that was once taken for granted as part of our culture now means nothing to people. Does any youth of today understand that a Napolean hat = crazy?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 26, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Nutrition, Dogs, 1960s
Cartoon Insect with Dog’s Head
1) Multiple limbs.
2) Insect antennae.
3) Called a "jitterBUG."
4) Dog's head.
One of these things does not belong.
Original image here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 11, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Comics, Surrealism, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
Two Dogs Get Married
This is exactly what conservatives warned us would happen in a godless nation.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 03, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Weddings and Marriage, Dogs
Follies of the Madmen #238
A pelican garbed in Colonial clothes with lettering on its pouch is not the intuitive choice for a booze mascot.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 30, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, 1940s, Alcohol
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