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Important mother-daughter conversation
I'm not sure of the exact date when this ran, but from the price of the shirts, it must have been sometime in the 1960s.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 26, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, Underwear
Follies of the Madmen #356
The metaphor is so strained and odd, that the reader will surely just go, "Huh?"
Source of ad. (Scroll forward one page.)
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 22, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Surrealism, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #355
Oh, no! Will Mr. Decay catch runaway Mr. Tooth? The suspense is unbearable!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 14, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Children, 1950s
Crest Cavity Creeps
This will obviously be rebooted as a Hollywood Blockbuster any day now.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 09, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, 1970s, Fictional Monsters
Nuts & Bolts Toiletries
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 06, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Follies of the Madmen #354
"That should give you time to mow the lawn!"
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 04, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Family, Food, 1960s
Edible Bonsai
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 03, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Surrealism, 1960s
“Captured” Vietcong Slipper Sandals
Back in 1967, the Haband mail-order company of New Jersey wasn’t selling many of its sandals, until it came up with the idea of advertising them as “captured” Vietcong slipper sandals, claiming they were the “First big style find of the war!”You had to read the fine print to realize that it was simply the design of the sandals that had been captured. And even so, not really, because they had been selling the same sandals for years.
The company later reported that it was the most successful ad they had ever run, and that the 'captured' sandals sold "like mad."
As far as I can tell, they ran this ad for at least a year.
Palm Beach Post - Feb 11, 1968
Sydney Morning Herald - Mar 19, 1967
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 26, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, Shoes, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #353
Source of ad.
"Our paper towels make women horny."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 23, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, 1950s, Women
Follies of the Madmen #352
Put the noisy little brats in the unsafe cargo area, why not?
Source of ad.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 19, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Family, Children, Parents, 1980s, Cars
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