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Fresh-Up Freddie
Disney characters have touted much merch. But rarely has the studio designed a character expressly as a corporate spokesman. The exception is Fresh-Up Freddie for 7-Up.But what a godawful mess he was, all over the stereotype map.
In this non-embeddable commercial Freddie is manic like Woody Woodpecker or Daffy Duck. Then he does a Maurice Chevalier imitation. There are real humans and teenybopper birds.
Still manic, but now he's also a "teenager" Fred Astaire.
Some kind of socialite William Powell/Richie Rich.
Texas oil baron.
Now he talks like Speedy Gonzalez, as a bullfighter.
Cowboy.
And last but not least, Freddie has a sex change.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 25, 2014 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Cartoons
The Seagram’s Nightmare
Does this bout of insane tedious bickering make you want to purchase Seagram's liquor?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 23, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Dreams and Nightmares, 1970s, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #218
That's either a carnivorous plant, or some bigtime genetic engineering!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 18, 2014 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Products, Surrealism, 1940s
Pot-Smoking Jesus
An ad by a Seattle burger restaurant, inspired by the fact that Easter Sunday is on April 20 (4/20), which is a special day for cannabis enthusiasts.Of course, some people are already saying that the ad offends them. But in the ad's defense, there is a long-standing argument that Jesus and his disciples probably were cannabis users. Though I doubt that argument is endorsed by the Vatican. [mynorthwest.com]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 16, 2014 -
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Category: Religion, Advertising
Dr. Sanden’s Electric Stimulator
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"Seminal weakness" indeed!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 15, 2014 -
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Category: Scams, Cons, Rip-offs, and General Larceny, Sexuality, Advertising, Twentieth Century, Genitals
No More Rice Krispies!
Back in the late 1960s, Rice Krispies ran three opera-themed commercials, which are remembered as some of the most popular commercials of all time. I found two of them on YouTube (Pagliacci - Vesti La Giubba, and Madame Butterfly). The third one, which featured the Toreador song from Carmen, doesn't appear to be online. At least, I can't find it.The Vesti La Giubba commercial is, by far, the most famous of the three, to the extent that whenever some people hear the song, they immediately think of the commercial. As reported by LA Times writer Diane Haithman in 2005:
Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 10, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s
Cat & Budgie
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 08, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Advertising
Va-rice-ity
Serve him plain rice and nothing else. He won't expect that.The ads were part of a 1969 campaign by the Rice Council of America.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 07, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s
Eat More Sugar
An advertisement run in 1959 by "Sugar Information Inc.", which was an organization created by sugar producers in order to convince Americans to eat more of their product. All indications are that they succeeded. [via Backstory Radio]
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 20, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, 1950s
Armalite Arms David
This ad by American gun company Armalite not only has seriously offended some people in Italy (in particular the director of the Accademia Gallery where the David statue is located, who says that the ad is disrespectful to Italy's dignity and culture) but also has got them lawyering up. Because in Italy the likeness of a work of art must apparently be licensed by the government for commercial use. Even if the work of art is over 500 years old. [guns.com]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 12, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising
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