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Christmas Tune Co-opted
Curse you, Halo Shampoo, for tricking me into thinking I was going to hear a nice rendition of "Jingle Bells."
Also, smart move you made, covering up the majority of the hair in your hair-centric commercial with hats.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 16, 2015 -
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Category: Holidays, Advertising, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
Follies of the Madmen #267
It's funny, because women don't know which end of a lathe is up!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 08, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, Tools, Hair Styling, 1960s, Women
Follies of the Madmen #266
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 28, 2015 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Advertising, Products, 1960s, Cars
Television Set for the Differently Abled
Very forward-looking and thoughtful of Westinghouse to create a TV set that aided one-handed people. Of course, nowadays you only need one finger (on the remote) to tune!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 27, 2015 -
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Category: Television, Advertising, 1950s, Differently Abled, Handicapped, Challenged, and Otherwise Atypical
Hog dogs with a message
In 1990, the Viskase Corp. debuted a breakthrough in hot-dog technology. It had developed an edible ink that allowed messages to be printed onto hot dogs during the manufacturing process.As far as I can tell, this technology failed to find a market. The NY Times reported that "the Viskase Corporation found no takers for its offer to print edible-ink ads on hot dogs."
Perhaps this was because a) what kind of message is best delivered via hot dog?, and b) hot dogs are usually covered with condiments, which would hide the message.
Image source: Newsweek - Jan 22, 1990
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 14, 2015 -
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Category: Food, Junk Food, Advertising, 1990s
Follies of the Madmen #264
That young couple is stopping not to admire the tablecloth but to gawk and laugh at the grade-school-dropout, simpleton-style hat worn by Dad.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 10, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Family, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Headgear, 1950s
Anything you can do out of a suit you can now do in a suit
If I ever tried this move, I'd be stuck that way forever.
Source: New York Times Magazine - Apr 30, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 03, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, 1970s
Groovy Gasoline
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 27, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #263
The deodorant that combines the crushing force of Niagara Falls with the brutal chemicals of a municipal water-treatment plant.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 26, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Nature, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #262
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 17, 2015 -
Comments (9)
Category: Annoying Things, Business, Advertising, Products, Death, Insects and Spiders, 1960s, Australia
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