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Follies of the Mad Men #120

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[From Life magazine for January 10 1949.]

This hideous Donnie Darko-style image will haunt you forever, and make you swear off beer-drinking at once.

Furries and beer: two things that must never mix.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Aug 25, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (4)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Furries, 1940's, Alcohol

Follies of the Mad Men #119



Mad Men, here's a secret: music is the realm of emotion and poetry and piercing observations, of romance and satire, of history and dreams.

So when you create a song that is full of boring statistics about a boring object, you look like an idiot, and so does your product.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Aug 19, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (14)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Appliances, Music, 1960's

Follies of the Mad Men #118



It's all fun and games until someone gets their chest burst open.....
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Aug 13, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (16)
Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Products, Movies, 1970's

Follies of the Mad Men #117



Can you imagine Angelina Jolie touting a Kia? No? That's because there is no more glamour in Hollywood or Detroit.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Aug 07, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (7)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, ShowBiz, 1950's, Cars

More Than You Ever Wanted To Know…

About disposable razors. Way back in the day, a razor was a single blade with a wooden handle. And it worked. But that wasn't good enough. Makers of disposable razors have been adding blades since the 1970s, until today, when ShaveMate introduced a razor with six (yes, six) blades. And not just more blades, but their Titan 6 has shaving cream in the handle and a moisture strip. This is great news for the man that wants to remove several layers of skin from his face without that terrible razor burn effect. Read the amusing article for more.
Posted By: Nethie | Date: Tue Jul 27, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (17)
Category: Body, Humor, Hygiene, Products, Facial Hair

Coke Adds Death?

Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Jul 26, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (10)
Category: Business, Products, Death, South America

Follies of the Mad Men #116



Airplanes, what airplanes? There were airplanes in this ad?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Jul 19, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (9)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Travel, Transportation, Russia

Follies of the Mad Men #115

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[From Life magazine for December 13 1943.]

Okay, if you want to claim that your shaving cream will make the Average Joe resemble a movie star, wouldn't you pick Errol Flynn, say, or even Humphrey Bogart, rather than Frankenstein's monster?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jul 14, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Movies, 1940's, Facial Hair, Fictional Monsters

Follies of the Mad Men #114

Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Jul 05, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (11)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Furries, LGBT, Europe

Follies of the Mad Men #113


Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jun 30, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (5)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1970's, Sex
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