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Follies of the Mad Men #57
This hideous creature is giving me the whim-whams. It's a total juju fetiche. I cannot imagine how any ad man thought this frightful apparition would sell towels. You just know that it's going to scoop out some housewife's eyes with the spoon and scramble her brains with the whisk, all while beating the courageous but small family dog with those wooden legs.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 10, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, 1960s
Strange Congo Signage
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 04, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Money, Signage, Billboards, Foreign Customs, Africa
GM’s Report to the Nation
This week General Motors is asking for $16 billion more from the government. But take a trip back to a happier time, 1943, when General Motors could claim with a straight face that "Victory is Our Business!" From the New York Times, Apr 23, 1943:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 18, 2009 -
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Category: Business
Follies of the Mad Men #56
A special "two-fer" installment of the Follies thread. Two splendid representations of our friends, the Native Americans, from within the lifetimes of many WU readers.
They hate cheap cigars, but are experts in premium house paints.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 16, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s, Native Americans
Follies of the Mad Men #55
Of course, every beautiful young woman I know always asks for prune juice in a cocktail glass whenever she's out in public.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 09, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Excrement, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #54
Alex raised the topic of navels earlier, little knowing I had something of a similar nature in store!This is of course a famous and admittedly effective commercial. But we'll include it in our series of oddities for one trivial reason: no navels shown! In a commercial focusing on several bare stomachs!
It was all part of television broadcast standards back then, just as with the famous I Dream of Jennie prohibition against showing Barbara Eden's navel.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 05, 2009 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #53
Animal abuse: not a guaranteed winning strategy for your advertisement.Also: isn't BMW supposed to be a classy car, not the goofball's favorite?
Hamster Crash Commercial - MyVideo
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 22, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Europe, Cars
Repo Chick
Remember one of the weirdest films ever made, REPO MAN? This month marks the start of filming for a sequel titled REPO CHICK. Let's hope it can live up to its predecessor.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 20, 2009 -
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Category: Aliens, Armageddon and Apocalypses, Business, Death, Movies, Paranormal, Pop Culture, Unsolved Mysteries, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1980s, Cars
Follies of the Mad Men #52
Yes, natural resources will never run out, power will be "too cheap to meter," the utilities love you, and winged cherubs will attend milady's bath.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 17, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Utilities, Domestic, 1940s, Natural Resources
Buddy Love/Luv
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 09, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Products, Movies, Pets, Dogs, Pop Culture, Sex Symbols
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