Follies of the Madmen #464

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 01, 2020 - Comments (3)
Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Business, Advertising, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Men, Women, Alcohol

Follies of the Madmen #463

The most potent cosmic force in the multiverse approves of this floor polish.

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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 28, 2020 - Comments (0)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Domestic, 1920s

Follies of the Madmen #462

Swiss watch inexplicably personified as a sleeping Mexican.

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 20, 2020 - Comments (3)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Stereotypes and Cliches, Foreign Customs, Europe, North America

Follies of the Madmen #461

Most hideous and amateurish product mascot ever?



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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 13, 2020 - Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1970s

Immersion in sprinkles

Just a few days ago, on Dec 24, 2019, Maryellis Bunn of New York, NY received patent no. 10,513,862 B2 for a “system, method, and apparatus for simulating immersion in a confection.” The specific confection she had in mind was candy sprinkles. Although the patent extends to include Hershey’s kisses and popcorn.

In other words, what she’s patented is the idea of a pool full of fake sprinkles, which people can immerse themselves in.





This makes more sense once you find out that Bunn is the founder of the Museum of Ice Cream, and apparently one of the activities you can do, if you visit her museum (in either New York or San Francisco), is swim in a pool of fake sprinkles. See the video below.

Bunn's Museum of Ice Cream business is reportedly worth around $200 million, and she only started it in 2016. So, while some are mocking her sprinkle-immersion patent as frivolous, she's laughing all the way to the bank.

Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 08, 2020 - Comments (3)
Category: Business, Inventions, Patents, Candy

Follies of the Madmen #460

Those are growing underwater plants surrounding the buried woman. This is plainly a mermaid, a superhuman, or an unnaturally happy Mob victim.



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Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 06, 2020 - Comments (0)
Category: Business, Advertising, Cosmetics, Death, 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #459

Sanitary pad endows woman with power to make flowers sprout from inanimate objects.

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Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 31, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Body, Genitals, Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Body Fluids, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, 1960s

Stationery

Stationery , Monica Rho, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 18, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Annoying Things, Business, Cartoons

Follies of the Madmen #457

Man, that's a hard-nosed ad! No mincing words. Could it run today?





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Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 17, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Insurance, Death, 1950s

Broadway Themed Pajamas

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 16, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Entertainment, Fashion, 1950s