Business
Follies of the Madmen #310
Mocking the ignorance of your desired customer: always a good move!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 09, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #309
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 31, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Nature, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #308
Yes, I want my product associated with the destruction of property and possible loss of life. That's a glamorous ambiance!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 23, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1960s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #307
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 15, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Wives, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #306
Tiny, tiny Cigarette Elf delivers tobacco goodness!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 08, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Products, Tobacco and Smoking, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #305
Australia offers the rest of the world its giant mushroom phallus.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 20, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Music, Public Indecency, 1970s, Australia
Follies of the Madmen #304
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 15, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, 1960s, Weapons, Native Americans
Follies of the Madmen #303
Yes, Dumont TV is as destructive and unstoppable as an atomic explosion.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 08, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Destruction, Television, 1940s, Weapons
World’s Oldest Active Salesman: 1939
Jump to 3:12 for this feature. I hope I move as good at that age as Charles Thurston did.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 30, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Human Marvels, 1930s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #302
TV in the teepee. What could be more natural?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 26, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, Television, 1950s
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