Business
JAPP Energy Bar Commercials
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 18, 2012 -
Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Junk Food, 1990s
The Vacuum Cap
Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 16, 2012 -
Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1900s, Hair and Hairstyling
What’s It To You?
A great combo of mad science and rampant consumerism. Half an hour of better living thru chemistry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 15, 2012 -
Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Design and Designers, Domestic, Technology, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #173
The Rolling Stones for Rice Krispies.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 05, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Music, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #172
Our brand of liquor will destroy your country and its most cherished landmarks.
What? That's not the message you intended?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 28, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, South America, Fictional Monsters, Alcohol
Follies of the Mad Men #171
Yeah, sure--it's 1973 and all your hippie pals are going to give up dope for whiskey just because the maker decorated the boxes like outtakes from Yellow Submarine.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 24, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Cartoons, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s, Alcohol
Follies of the Mad Men #170
Now that PBR is a hipster beer, I wonder if they will revive this old ad campaign which is like some Twilight Zone episode where humans have been turned into hideous 2-D ribbons.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 15, 2011 -
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Category: Aliens, Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Products, 1940s, Alcohol
Follies of the Mad Men #169
You saw the Janus-faced cat. You saw the Janus-faced baby. But little did you think that such mutants could grow up to have a profitable career in advertising!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 11, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #168
"Why, yes, sir, I was just about to xerox my butt!"
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 06, 2011 -
Comments (7)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Technology, Sex Symbols, 1970s
Banned Advert
Explanation here.
Watch it quick, before it's yanked.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 02, 2011 -
Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Officials, Humor, Africa
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