Squash Your Wife

Similar ads from the 60s and 70s: "Electrify your wife," "Recipe for boiled wife," and "Beat your wife tonight... at bowling."

Clearly this was a theme that appealed to ad execs of that time.

New York Magazine - Mar 7, 1977

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 12, 2024
Category: Advertising | Wives | 1970s

Comments

There was that 60's Jack Lemmon movie, "How To Murder Your Wife", that I saw, unfortunately. It was set in Manhattan, as I recall. I guess they're playing off of that.

Posted by Virtual on 01/13/24 at 06:32 AM

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