Domestic
Leave It to Roll-Oh
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 13, 2011 -
Comments (2)
Category: Domestic, Robots, Advertising, 1940s
More Dangerous Than Dynamite!
Petroleum and tidiness: a bad combo.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 15, 2010 -
Comments (2)
Category: Death, Destruction, Disasters, Domestic
It’s Not What You Think
Posted By: Nethie - Fri Oct 15, 2010 -
Comments (14)
Category: Agriculture, Domestic, Nature, Farming
Knight TP Holder
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 16, 2010 -
Comments (10)
Category: Domestic, Interior Decorating, Kitsch and Collectibles
Follies of the Mad Men #122
More ill-conceived use of music in advertising.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 15, 2010 -
Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, Music, 1950s
House Fire Caused By… Spontaneous Combustion!?
Posted By: Nethie - Tue Aug 31, 2010 -
Comments (5)
Category: Destruction, Domestic, Science, More Things To Worry About
Dillo Holder
Order yours here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 26, 2010 -
Comments (7)
Category: Animals, Domestic, Appliances, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Alcohol
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 -
Comments (7)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, Music, 1960s
Can’t Do Anything Right? You Are Not Alone
If you stay up late all the time, like I do, chances are you've seen some of the infomercials that this video is based upon. I'm willing to bet you feel better about yourself after you've watched this.
Posted By: Nethie - Tue Jun 22, 2010 -
Comments (6)
Category: Disasters, Domestic, Entertainment, Humor, Pop Culture, Television, Advertising, Goofs and Screw-ups
Follies of the Mad Men #108
The link between ballroom dancing and home appliances has never been dramatized so effectively.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 03, 2010 -
Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, 1950s, Dance
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