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A Dog’s Life
Crying Dog - Funny blooper videos are here
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 08, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Cars
Follies of the Mad Men #51
Not even the super-science of Captain Video can make your breath tolerable!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 07, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Science Fiction, 1950s
The Something Store
Pay 'em $10, and they'll send you something. "It may be something you need, something you want or something you desire." Or it may not be.
"Your something will most likely be brand new." Or maybe it'll be a used piece of junk.
Some of the things it definitely won't be: alcohol, body parts, cable descrambler, drugs, endangered species, miracle cure, pyrotechnic device, brass knuckles.
Hell, I'm going to undercut them. Pay me $9, and I'll send you something! It might be an empty box, or it might not be...
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 31, 2008 -
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Category: Business
Ralph Pucci Mannequins
Such as the one you see at right.
Check them all out at the Ralph Pucci site.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 19, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Business, Advertising, Fashion, Genitals
Follies of the Mad Men #50
At one time, during either the seventies or the eighties, I believe, this campaign was ubiquitous. I would run across OJ and his boots in every issue of Playboy I intended to cut up for collages, whereupon I would promptly rip out the page intact and mail it to a friend. That's why I had to find a scan on eBay, for this post, and can't tell you the exact provenance of the advertisement.
Of course, today we laugh because of OJ's appearance. "So that's how he was able to escape so fast after the murders! He deployed his third leg!"
But consider the campaign even without OJ.
First you get the off-color allusion to "third leg = penis." Then you get the Addams-Family-style associations of "Our boots are worn by mutants and freaks."
Brilliant!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 10, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Death, Fashion, Shoes, Law, Lawsuits, Sports, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, 1970s, 1980s
Climax Shaft Clamping Collars
Shaft clamping collars have many uses:If you need some shaft clamping collars, consider buying them from Climax Metal Products. Their customers say, "You always have it in stock even on the odd sizes."
I'm not going to make a joke about male chastity belts, or anything like that. via
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 10, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Weird Names
Follies of the Mad Men #49
If you wear one of our sweaters, you'll look like a ridiculous chimp.
"Me Retailer, you Jerk!"
ADDENDUM: Reader Vern notes that the text ridicules the chimp as wearing an older, out-of-style sweater, while the man sports the manufacturer's sleek new model. That's a good point. Nonetheless, how convincing is the comparison, when the human's rival is a monkey?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 08, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, 1960s
From the Ground Up
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 06, 2008 -
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Category: Agriculture, Business, Products, Nutrition, Documentaries, 1950s
Persian Lion Business Trip
The more I watch this, the more I believe the lions are really saying what's in the subtitles.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 04, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Foreign Customs
The Front Line
As we all prepare for our imminent minimum-wage jobs during the economic meltdown, let us study how to perform them to the best of our abilities, with a cheerful smile. Consider the job of "supermarket checker," circa 1965.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 02, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Food, Jobs and Occupations, Movies, Documentaries, Retail Establishments, 1960s
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