Advertising
Forehand Guns
The choice of dog killers and stagecoach robbers.
Recreation magazine - Aug 1899
Recreation magazine - Dec 1899
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 28, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Weapons, Nineteenth Century
Stan Freberg’s Chun King Commercials
Well-known for his comedy and innovative commercials, Stan Freberg outdid himself for the Chun King campaign.If you go to YouTube, you can see a classic hour of comedy that Freberg did with Chun King as the sponsor.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 24, 2024 -
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Category: Food, Humor, Television, Advertising, 1960s
The Orgy Game
Even the legendary site Board Game Geek has no additional info on this item.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 22, 2024 -
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Category: Games, Advertising, 1960s, Sex
Follies of the Madmen #588
I wonder if they legally licensed Batman and the Flash from DC Comics?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 20, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Candy, Cartoons, Psychedelic, 1960s
Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?
Some discussion of the ad from Paradoxes of Nostalgia by Penny Von Eschen:
It sounds like the ad inspired quite a few parodies, but I was only able to find one:
The ad also provided the name for a 1988 album by the punk rock group The Neurotics:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 16, 2024 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #587
We have seen instances of this theme before: a giant nuclear mushroom cloud does not indicate death and destruction, but rather it shows your product is powerful.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 07, 2024 -
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Category: Death, Music, Advertising, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1960s, Weapons
Miss Fluffy Rice
She was an animated corporate mascot, but her name also alluded to all the "miss" titles popular at the time. Thankfully the ad men didn't put her in a bikini. Though she is topless, which is a bit risqué.
Ladies' Home Journal - Feb 1962
Oakdale Journal - Sep 10, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 04, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1960s
You Are All Alone
Several famous works of science fiction, horror and fantasy play with the solipsistic notion that only certain individuals are "real," while the rest of the world is fake. One of the best such tales is Fritz Leiber's highly recommended "You're All Alone," depicted below.
But it seems weird for an ad campaign to promote such a notion, as Van Heusen shirts did in the late 60's. A critical survey explains:
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 01, 2024 -
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Category: Fashion, Paranoia, Suspicion, Solipsism, and Non-Player Characters, Advertising, 1960s
Debbie Merritt, the half-baked girl
It looks like Debbie Merritt didn't just burn. She got absolutely fried.When the ad says that this was a "medically supervised test," does that mean a doctor sat there and watched as she roasted herself?
Ladies' Home Journal - June 1970
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 26, 2024 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s, Skin and Skin Conditions
Follies of the Madmen #586
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 26, 2024 -
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Category: History, Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1960s
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