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Follies of the Madmen #261
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 06, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1960s, Cars
Follies of the Madmen #260
Is the falling-down part of skiing really what the resort wants to highlight?
From the Daily Illini for December 19, 1967.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 15, 2015 -
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Category: Regionalism, Screwups, Sports, Advertising, 1960s
2-Star Review
Truth in advertising. A poster for the new movie Legend, starring Tom Hardy, prominently displays the fact that the reviewer for the Guardian gave it only a two-star review.
The reviewer reacts on Twitter:
Incredible way of making my two star review seem like I didn't hate the film pic.twitter.com/zvOyIxHQ3h
— Benjamin Lee (@benfraserlee) September 8, 2015
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 09, 2015 -
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Category: Movies, Advertising
Climate Change Coke
As our poor abused planet whipsaws between extreme cold and extreme heat on a minute-to-minute schedule, only Coke can help soothe our pain. The "melting glacier" allegory at the end is effective, albeit unsubtle.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 09, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Nature, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #259
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 07, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Nineteenth Century
Stevie Staple-Freak
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 02, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Superheroes, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #258
Ideally, shouldn't those four women playing "1-2-3 Redlight!" be dressed as Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall?
And shouldn't a fabric named "Glo-Weave" have some shine-in-the-dark properties?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 31, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, 1960s
1956 Commercials: 7 minutes Total Per Hour Show
Now, that's weird! Especially when compared to double that amount today.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 29, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Television, 1950s, 2010s
Father Pierre Monastery Herbs
Original ad.
I wish I could find a picture on the internet of the packaging for this product. Or learn who the legendary Father Pierre was. Alas, even the mighty Web does not have the answer to everything.
But I did find out the ingredients.
As to the recipe's effectiveness, I cannot attest.
Apparently, this current-day Russian product also known as "Monastery Herbs" has a different composition.
"Ingredients: rose hips, currant leaves, birch leaves, roots and rhizomes Elecampane, grass oregano herb St. John's wort, willow (willow-herb)."
Russian page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 25, 2015 -
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Category: Body, Nature, Religion, Advertising, Excrement, 1940s, Russia
Cheerios Kid and Cheerios Sue
From the days when a commercial could hold an entire narrative arc in thirty or sixty seconds. Apparently the Kid and Sue were thrill-seekers who could not resist dangerous environments.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 14, 2015 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Food, Advertising, 1960s
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