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Follies of the Mad Men #17
Babes really go for guys who carry around liquor store props.
"Is that a Jeroboam in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 29, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Sexuality, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #16
[From Life for May 22 1964.]
Eeeyeeuw! Can you imagine going for a delicious, delicious piece of white chocolate, and ending up with a mouthful of margarine?!?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 28, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #15
Our booze appeals mainly to Eighteenth-century highwaymen.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 27, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Celebrities, Crime, History, Hollywood, Inebriation and Intoxicants, 1960s
On the Road
What are they?
One hundred percent installments of FOLLIES OF THE MAD MEN!
You'll be treated to man-sized tissues and oversized-liquor bottles, salt-shakers full of deadly substances and animalized businessmen, among other goodies. I'm sure you'll enjoy this parade of wacked Madison Avenue brainstorming.
I won't be able to participate in the comments threads till I get back, but rest assured I'll read them then!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 26, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Travel, Weird Universe, Paul
Criminal Confession For Sale
Ebay seller "pepullperson" once committed a crime that he's never told anyone about. But for the right price, he's willing to tell you. He says he's doing this to make some money so that his "loved ones are taken care of." Bidding is currently at $20, so he's well on his way.My guess: He'll confess to committing eBay fraud. But what if the police are the winning bidders?
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 25, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Crime, Stupid Criminals
On the Nod
When you wake up after trying this, please report back to WU Central with the results.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 24, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Drugs, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Regionalism
Follies of the Mad Men #14
This illustration, by the way, comes from the great Abner Dean.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 22, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Insurance, Death, Explosives, Pets, Dogs, Stupidity
Worst. Crackers. Ever!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 21, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Products, Food, Inventions, Stupidity, 1960s
Poo-Pourri
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 20, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Domestic, Hygiene, Excrement, Inventions, Scatology
Follies of the Mad Men #13
There is nothing spectacularly "weird" about this particular entry in our series, except that the artist is William Steig, the famed illustrator and author responsible, most notably in Hollywood terms, for Shrek. It's curious to see him turning his talents to advertising during his early career, as so many artists who later grew rich and famous once did.
Perhaps the true vestige of weirdness here, though, is the image of the proud boy wearing his Jughead cap. You can learn about the history of the Jughead beanie and how to make such a cap yourself at Juggie's Wikipedia page. Or perhaps you'd want to buy one readymade, either here or here.
But maybe you want to go for the entire Jughead look!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 17, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Hollywood, Literature, Books, Fantasy, Movies, Comics, 1940s
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