Appliances
Follies of the Madmen #413
Thousands of microscopic ballerina feet beat your carpet clean.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 17, 2019 -
Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Surrealism, Appliances, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #343
Why is hubby vacuuming during relaxed beer-and-pretzels hour? OCD? Submissive ritual with dominant mistress? Your guess is as good as the copywriter's!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 26, 2017 -
Comments (5)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, 1950s, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #341
Sweeping up the crumbs from a toast carpet is a thankless task.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 14, 2017 -
Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, 1940s
Worst Appliance Innovation Ever
"Sit right down and rest your elbows on these convenient patented elbow warmers."
No idea why this great idea did not catch on.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 18, 2017 -
Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Appliances, 1950s, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Miss Food Freezer
Continuing our exploration of strange beauty contests, here's the Miss Food Freezer contest of 1951.
Arizona Republic - Mar 6, 1951
The favorite to win seemed to be Marianne Davis, who had already won the title of Miss General Electric. I could be wrong, but in the publicity photo below I think they've got her wrapped in freezer wrap while she sits on top of a deep freeze.
Arizona Republic - Mar 19, 1951
And sure enough, Marianne Davis won the coveted title of Miss Food Freezer. As far as I can tell, 1951 was the only year the contest was held. So she was the one and only Miss Food Freezer.
Arizona Republic - Mar 24, 1951
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 23, 2017 -
Comments (5)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Appliances, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #330
This wife has a problem bigger than an inconsiderate husband--he's a clinical alcoholic!
From THE ELKS MAGAZINE for November 1950.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 17, 2017 -
Comments (6)
Category: Addictions, Alcohol, Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, 1950s
Mystery Gadget 49
Part of a household appliance once more common than it is nowadays. But what?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 08, 2017 -
Comments (4)
Category: Appliances, 1950s
Mr. Omelet
I am very sad that the original "Mr. Omelet" pan which debuted in 1976 has been rechristened as simply "Rolled Omelet" pan, and lost its wooden handle.
I am even sadder that I can learn nothing about its illustrious inventor, Robert S. Bardin, and that the only image I have of him is a featureless smudge.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 09, 2016 -
Comments (5)
Category: Domestic, Appliances, Inventions, 1970s
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 -
Comments (13)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Death, Appliances, 1950s
X-Ray Stove Polish
"Cannot explode." Well, that's a relief!
Some more info here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 05, 2016 -
Comments (7)
Category: Technology, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Appliances, 1900s
| Who We Are |
|---|
| Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. He has recently begun blogging on many curious topics with three fellow writers at The Inferior 4+1. Contact Us |