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Follies of the Mad Men #39
The other day, watching that commercial of Lucky Strike cigarettes square-dancing, I speculated on how one could distinguish female from male cigarettes. Twenty years after that commercial, Madison Avenue had the answer! Female cigarettes are "pretty" and have decorative floral emblems on the filters!
Wasn't it wonderful that "women's lib" allowed tobacco companies to sell more cigarettes to a previously under-served population?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 19, 2008 -
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Category: Addictions, Business, Advertising, Death, Fads, Gender, Women, 1970s
Follies of the Mad Men #38
Exactly how does one distinguish a male from a female dancing cigarette? I suspect this of being subliminal homosexual propaganda, since all the dancers look identical to me!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 14, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Tobacco and Smoking, 1940s, LGBT, Dance
Follies of the Mad Men #37
We saw how the advertising industry created the concept of "B.O." for "body odor." Here, less successfully, they tried to triple the problem. Note how coyly the term "other personal odors" is used to refer to farting.
Is there any scientific proof that chlorophyll tablets do anything in the human body?
And don't you just love the look of disgust on that gal's face?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 13, 2008 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Hygiene, Medicine, Obsessions, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #36
Because satyriasis and nymphomania are such funny hooks with which to pitch a lubricant.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 12, 2008 -
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Category: Addictions, Sex, Business, Advertising, Products, Technology, 1980s
Follies of the Mad Men #35
Yes, in the 1950's every husband and father had to be emasculated in every possible way. Imagine trying to conduct some kind of Tennessee Williams-inspired affair with your local Liz Taylor of the suburbs while wearing these. The laughter would be heard from one end of the motel to the other!More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 11, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Humor, Jokes, Public Indecency, Husbands, 1950s
The Mulabhanda Cushion
But if you're not an accomplished yogi yet, you might want one of these comfy little pillows shaped just right to help you.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 09, 2008 -
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Category: Body, Business, Products, Human Marvels, New Age, Foreign Customs
Animated Hitch Critters
They also come in Bass, Dog, Duck, and Motorcycle-Riding Pig.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 09, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Products, Cryptozoology, Inventions, Chindogu, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Foreign Customs, Trucks
Bigfoot Lawn Statue
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 08, 2008 -
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Category: Aliens, Animals, Business, Products, Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Human Marvels, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Chindogu
Anti-Plumber’s-Butt Shirts
The Duluth Trading Company specializes in unique "longtail" shirts that help alleviate the problem and social ill of "Plumber's Crack." They've obviously invested much thought in the matter, as you can see from this schematic of the problem. But useful and practical as such shirts may be, there's simply no excuse for Plumber's Butt Playing Cards.More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 05, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Fashion, Games, Tradesmen, Manual Laborers, and Skilled Workers, Public Indecency
Follies of the Mad Men #33
I insist on having my next new car delivered by magical flaming meteor!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 04, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Music, 1960s, Cars
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