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The Employment

El Empleo / The Employment from opusBou on Vimeo.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Mar 23, 2012 | Comments (4)
Category: Body, Humor, Products, Surrealism, Science Fiction, Cartoons

Follies of the Mad Men #179

VORWERK Stadt der Milben (Mite City) from Sehsucht™ on Vimeo.



Oh, great! Your product makes me feel like a genocidal monster!
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Mar 19, 2012 | Comments (4)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Europe

O. J. Wangen, Evil Paint Seller

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It makes no difference whether you want your house painted or not; whether you want to use Sherwin-Williams or another brand; whether you plan to do it yourself or employ a different company. None of this counts in the face of O. J. Wangen's plan for world domination. "Let us have our way... We will have it, all or part of it in the end."

Original ad here. (Scroll down at link.)
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Mar 18, 2012 | Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Evil, Newspapers, Interior Decorating, 1900's

Trim-Jeans

This product was so bizarre that it inspired a Monty Python skit. See the video below. (I have a vague memory of something about trim-jeans appearing on WU before, but couldn't find anything, so I decided I was wrong.)



Posted By: Alex | Date: Wed Mar 14, 2012 | Comments (10)
Category: Exercise and Fitness, Advertising, Products, 1970's

Worst.  Movie Theater.  Ever.

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Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Mar 13, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Movies, Excrement

Follies of the Mad Men #178



My questions:

1) Did girls and women acquire those same Charles Atlas muscleman biceps shown on the box, or just boys and men?

2) Do they eat Pep on the International Space Station today?

3) Does anyone today still say, "He's got pep!" or "I feel peppy!"...?

And if you haven't had enough cereal trivia, please allow me to highly commend this new book, which is a lot of fun. My review will appear soon at THE BARNES & NOBLE REVIEW.


Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Mar 07, 2012 | Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Family, Food, Nutrition, Health, 1950's

Follies of the Mad Men #177





I'm confused: is this cereal for Beatles imitators or computer programmers?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Mar 01, 2012 | Comments (8)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Cartoons, 1960's

Follies of the Mad Men #176

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Here's my concern. Is this a human Sherlock Holmes wearing a can disguise? If so, it's not one of his masterstrokes.

Or is this a living tin can with fleshy appurtenances? In which case, the ad is the stuff of nightmares!

Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Feb 26, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Literature, Surrealism, 1930's, Fictional Monsters

Aussie Ads







Down Under, we learn: 1) flies are thugs; 2) cigarettes form an integral part of every hootenanny; and 3) female motorists have bigger headlights than their cars.



Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Feb 22, 2012 | Comments (18)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Insects, Tobacco and Smoking, Sex Symbols, 1960's, 1950's, Breasts, Cars

Follies of the Mad Men #175



For one fraction of a second after he sniffs it, I was sure the human was going to chow down on this bowl of dog food. After all, if the dog can talk, why not?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Feb 15, 2012 | Comments (13)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Dogs, 1970's
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