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Follies of the Mad Men #39

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[From Life magazine for April 23 1971.]

The other day, watching that commercial of Lucky Strike cigarettes square-dancing, I speculated on how one could distinguish female from male cigarettes. Twenty years after that commercial, Madison Avenue had the answer! Female cigarettes are "pretty" and have decorative floral emblems on the filters!

Wasn't it wonderful that "women's lib" allowed tobacco companies to sell more cigarettes to a previously under-served population?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Oct 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (9)
Category: Addictions, Business, Advertising, Death, Fads, Gender, Women, 1970's

Follies of the Mad Men #36

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[From Playboy magazine for May 1980.]

Because satyriasis and nymphomania are such funny hooks with which to pitch a lubricant.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Oct 12, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (13)
Category: Addictions, Sex, Business, Advertising, Products, Technology, 1980's
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