Category: Products
Follies of the Mad Men #92
Would anyone want to carry a condom that advertised its presence by thumping?
Follies of the Mad Men #91
[From Life magazine for September 15, 1941. Two scans, click either to enlarge.]
Choking your wife equals nicer shirts in the future.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Mar 04, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Violence, Husbands, Wives, 1940's
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Violence, Husbands, Wives, 1940's
Follies of the Mad Men #90
Is it smart to emphasize to parents, the toy-buyers, how goddamn noisy your products are?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Feb 27, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Toys, 1960's
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Toys, 1960's
Follies of the Mad Men #89
This detergent turns ragamuffins into altar boys.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Feb 23, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1960's
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1960's
Follies of the Mad Men #87
Musical gorilla = humorous.
Relevance of musical gorilla to candy bars: uncertain.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Feb 09, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Music, Candy
Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Music, Candy
Follies of the Mad Men #86
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Feb 02, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Vegetables
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Vegetables
Follies of the Mad Men #84
[From Playboy for April 1983.]Here's the thing about visual icons: you should know what their standard meaning is before you attempt to use them.
Rowboat plus lake plus two individuals equals romance. Or fishing buddies. That's it, your only two choices. With the presence of a gaily striped parasol and the lack of fishing equipment, however, you're pretty much limited to romance.
So what this ad is saying is: "Wear our shoes and all your dates will look like hippos." Or possibly: "Those who wear our shoes are closet furries." Or maybe: "Our customers work for a carnival and like to spend their leisure time in costume."
Take your pick.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Jan 25, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Bestiality, Fetish, Furries, 1980's
Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Bestiality, Fetish, Furries, 1980's
Follies of the Mad Men #83
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Jan 20, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Horror, Injuries, War, Weapons
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Horror, Injuries, War, Weapons
Follies of the Mad Men #82
Nude Skydive from Patrick Zimmerman on Vimeo.
Boobs = NSFW.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Jan 15, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Europe, Breasts
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Europe, Breasts
Follies of the Mad Men #82
Feminism = equal access to cancer.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Jan 05, 2010 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Feminism, Smoking and Tobacco, 1960's
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Feminism, Smoking and Tobacco, 1960's

Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Birth Control , Public Indecency, Asia