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The Vacuum Cap

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Original ad here. (Scroll down.)
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Jan 16, 2012 | Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, 1900's, Hair and Hairstyling

What’s It To You?





A great combo of mad science and rampant consumerism. Half an hour of better living thru chemistry.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Jan 15, 2012 | Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Design and Designers, Domestic, Technology, 1950's

Follies of the Mad Men #173



The Rolling Stones for Rice Krispies.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Jan 05, 2012 | Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Music, 1960's

Follies of the Mad Men #172



Our brand of liquor will destroy your country and its most cherished landmarks.

What? That's not the message you intended?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Dec 28, 2011 | Comments (4)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, South America, Fictional Monsters, Alcohol

Follies of the Mad Men #171

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Yeah, sure--it's 1973 and all your hippie pals are going to give up dope for whiskey just because the maker decorated the boxes like outtakes from Yellow Submarine.


Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Dec 24, 2011 | Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Cartoons, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970's, Alcohol

Follies of the Mad Men #170

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Now that PBR is a hipster beer, I wonder if they will revive this old ad campaign which is like some Twilight Zone episode where humans have been turned into hideous 2-D ribbons.

Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Dec 15, 2011 | Comments (3)
Category: Aliens, Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Products, 1940's, Alcohol

Follies of the Mad Men #169

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You saw the Janus-faced cat. You saw the Janus-faced baby. But little did you think that such mutants could grow up to have a profitable career in advertising!

Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Dec 11, 2011 | Comments (3)
Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, 1950's

Follies of the Mad Men #168

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"Why, yes, sir, I was just about to xerox my butt!"
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Dec 06, 2011 | Comments (7)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Technology, Sex Symbols, 1970's

Banned Advert



Explanation here.

Watch it quick, before it's yanked.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Dec 02, 2011 | Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Officials, Humor, Africa

Mystery Ad

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What product is being touted by this curious pronouncement?

Find out here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Dec 01, 2011 | Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, 1930's, Brain
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