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Wate-On
Based on the strange clothing and the thing that looks like an asteroid in the top right corner, I think the two people are supposed to be futuristic space travelers of some kind. Why they're in an ad for a weight-gain product, I don't know.
Sports Illustrated - June 5, 1978
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 17, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Space Travel, 1970s, Dieting and Weight Loss
Follies of the Madmen #575
Who knew a simple cough could prove fatal?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 16, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Advertising, 1960s, Diseases
Solacen lightens the load of worry
I'd worry too if I had a giant crow standing behind me.
Circa 1967. Reproduced in The
Medical Runaround (1973) by Andrew Malleson.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 13, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s, Mental Health and Insanity
Commercials to Cringe By
Can these parodies outdo the actual ads in weirdness? Especially limited to audio-only? Have a listen!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 07, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s, Parody
Disco Body Shaper
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 05, 2023 -
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Advertising, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #574
Just in case you can't parse what's happening in the top panel of this ad, the woman has been inundated by the spill out of a gigantic dirty clothes hamper, like the one in the second pic.Source of ad.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 28, 2023 -
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Category: Domestic, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Hygiene, Advertising, Clothing, 1940s
Kreskin’s ESP Game
Kreskin's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 26, 2023 -
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Category: Games, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Advertising, 1960s
UK TV Ads of the 50s and 60s
Some rarer items for your weirdness appraisal. I like the one with Tarzan. The one for Fish Fingers unintentionally resembles a Monty Python skit.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 24, 2023 -
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Category: Television, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s, United Kingdom
Bricks Thru Windows Don’t Open Doors
I am not sure how many rioters would be dissuaded by such a mild-mannered advertising campaign.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 23, 2023 -
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Category: Noises and Other Public Disturbances of the Peace, PSA’s, Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, Advertising, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #573
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 21, 2023 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Advertising, Sex Symbols, Cars
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