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Follies of the Mad Men #120
[From Life magazine for January 10 1949.]
This hideous Donnie Darko-style image will haunt you forever, and make you swear off beer-drinking at once.
Furries and beer: two things that must never mix.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 25, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, 1940s, Alcohol
Manpacks
Manpacks is your savior!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 20, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Underwear, Men
Follies of the Mad Men #119
Mad Men, here's a secret: music is the realm of emotion and poetry and piercing observations, of romance and satire, of history and dreams.
So when you create a song that is full of boring statistics about a boring object, you look like an idiot, and so does your product.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 19, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, Music, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #118
It's all fun and games until someone gets their chest burst open.....
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 13, 2010 -
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Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Products, Movies, 1970s
Follies of the Mad Men #117
Can you imagine Angelina Jolie touting a Kia? No? That's because there is no more glamour in Hollywood or Detroit.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 07, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, ShowBiz, 1950s, Cars
Coke Adds Death?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 26, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Products, Death, South America
Follies of the Mad Men #116
Airplanes, what airplanes? There were airplanes in this ad?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 19, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Travel, Transportation, Russia
Follies of the Mad Men #115
Okay, if you want to claim that your shaving cream will make the Average Joe resemble a movie star, wouldn't you pick Errol Flynn, say, or even Humphrey Bogart, rather than Frankenstein's monster?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 14, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Movies, 1940s, Facial Hair, Fictional Monsters
Follies of the Mad Men #114
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 05, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, LGBT, Europe
Follies of the Mad Men #113
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 30, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1970s, Sex
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