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Follies of the Madmen #525
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 02, 2022 -
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Category: Sports, Advertising, Junk Food, Dogs, Asia
Follies of the Madmen #524
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 27, 2022 -
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Category: Robots, Technology, Advertising, Cats, Asia, Pregnancy
Join the Dodge Rebellion
I'm not sure what all the near-disasters that Pamela Austin was made to face had to do with a "Dodge rebellion," but apparently this series of ads was very popular in the 1960s.Info from Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood:
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 20, 2022 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s, Cars
From bashful schoolteacher to man-about-town
Sounds to me like the guy bought a Mustang and became a jerk.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 15, 2022 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #523
Source (pages 10 and 11).
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 05, 2022 -
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Category: Aliens, Advertising, Comics, Cereal, 1950s
Ads between telephone rings
I can only imagine how annoying it would be to have to listen to advertisements between rings whenever you phoned someone. And unfortunately the technology to do this has been developed. Neil Sleevi was granted a patent for it in 1989 (Patent No. 4,811,382), and Bell Atlantic promptly bought the rights to it.
Faced with public outcry, Bell Atlantic subsequently claimed that, even though they did buy the rights to the patent, they never had any intention of inserting ads between telephone rings, dismissing the entire notion as a silly rumor. But I'm pretty sure they would have done it if they had thought they could get away with it.
Baltimore Sun - Dec 14, 1991
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 02, 2022 -
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Category: Technology, Telephones, Advertising, Patents, 1990s
Burberry Hero—man/horse duality
AdWeek named this as the weirdest fragrance ad of 2021. I'd have to agree.From YouTube:
A new masculine spirit exploring the house codes of duality and the power of the animal kingdom.
A man in search of transformation and metamorphosis as a new modern heroism.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 28, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Advertising, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
To Gladden Hearts and Lighten Labor
Surprise, Honey! Now get to work.
1937 - via Science History Institute
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 25, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Gender, 1930s, Christmas
Follies of the Madmen #522
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 16, 2021 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Body, Hygiene, Advertising, Surrealism, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #521
Our candy is the only thing that offers solace to this hideous cyborg who lives a life of eternal anguish and pain.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 04, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Candy
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