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Giant People in Ads
Giant People in Ads
Giant Hand From Sky Terrifies Motorists
Another entry in our occasional series of ads featuring giant people.
source: Newsweek - Aug 26, 1963
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 20, 2015 -
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Category: Giant People in Ads, 1960s
More Giants!
Pitiless beautiful-people giants stalk and dominate mere mortals, making our helpless planet and civilization their careless playground.
And that makes me want to use your airline?
Alex is on to something here!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 29, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Air Travel and Airlines, Asia, Fictional Monsters
Do Giants Live Amongst Us?
As I pondered this ad, which ran in Time magazine (May 1983), I realized that here on WU we've slowly been accumulating evidence that a race of giants lives amongst us, whose existence is occasionally revealed to the world in advertisements. Consider, for the sake of comparison, these two other ads that Paul and I have previously posted:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 28, 2012 -
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Category: Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Cars
The Attack of the 20-Foot Baby
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 30, 2012 -
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Category: Babies, Advertising, Giant People in Ads
Follies of the Mad Men #2
[From The Saturday Evening Post for December 16, 1967]
Whenever you put a giant woman in a skirt next to normal-sized people, the inevitable first thought engendered in the viewer is, "Can I see up her dress?" In this instance, the second thought is: "Is she going to pick up that car and use it as a marital aid?"
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 12, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Products, Fashion, Obsessions, Fetishes, Sexuality, Cars
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