Follies of the Mad Men #32

[From Life magazine for April 23 1971.]

Okay, here's today's lesson, ad guys, and I'll only tell you once:

YOU NEVER COMPARE YOUR PRODUCT TO A PLAGUE OR STD, EVEN IN JEST!!!

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Comments

Phred22--I have to cop to actually enjoying wheat germ....

Posted by Paul on 10/01/08 at 12:13 PM

Heidi--ashamed all the way to the bank!

Posted by Paul on 10/01/08 at 12:13 PM

Bela--it takes real talent to write ad copy like that, stripping words of their meaning....

Posted by Paul on 10/01/08 at 12:43 PM

I think he caught it when he and 60 of his closest friends crossed the border into America stuffed in the dashboard of a mid-sized family sedan.

Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/01/08 at 01:42 PM

Guys...wheat germ is a cereal. (I think)

Posted by Pablo on 10/01/08 at 08:45 PM

I heartily applaud all these weird riffs on the nature of the "wheat germ"!

Posted by Paul on 10/02/08 at 10:13 AM

Rick-- I went to highschool with him! Good ol' Buck!

Actually, not. But I did go to highschool with a Tom Collins.

Posted by Paul on 10/02/08 at 11:04 AM

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