Giant People in Ads
Follies of the Madmen #474
Somehow this image of a visiting insurance giant is not reassuring to me. He implies more destruction, rather than solace.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 20, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Destruction, 1960s
Giant terrorizes mechanic
It's been a while since I've added anything to my occasional series about giant people in ads. But here's an example from 1982 that ran in the New Yorker.
This ad was evidently part of an extended campaign Ford ran in the early 80s featuring giant men in garages. Back in 2012, I posted another example from the same campaign.
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 13, 2018 -
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Category: Giant People in Ads
The Giant Leg Sign for Nylons
Source of foto.
Source of foto.
Judge the likeness for yourself.
Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 01, 2017 -
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Category: Body, Movies, Regionalism, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, 1940s
Thai Commercial for Sylvania
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 16, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Products, Horror, Foreign Customs, Fictional Monsters
Giant Telephone Engineers
These 1957 General Telephone System ads are the latest addition to my slowly growing collection of Giant People In Ads.Soon no one will be able to deny the truth of my thesis that a race of giants lives amongst us, and that for decades the advertising industry has been dropping hints about their existence.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 05, 2016 -
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Category: Giant People in Ads, 1950s
Giant Hand From Sky Terrifies Motorists
Another entry in our occasional series of ads featuring giant people.
source: Newsweek - Aug 26, 1963
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 20, 2015 -
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Category: Giant People in Ads, 1960s
More Giants!
Pitiless beautiful-people giants stalk and dominate mere mortals, making our helpless planet and civilization their careless playground.
And that makes me want to use your airline?
Alex is on to something here!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 29, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Air Travel and Airlines, Asia, Fictional Monsters
Do Giants Live Amongst Us?
As I pondered this ad, which ran in Time magazine (May 1983), I realized that here on WU we've slowly been accumulating evidence that a race of giants lives amongst us, whose existence is occasionally revealed to the world in advertisements. Consider, for the sake of comparison, these two other ads that Paul and I have previously posted:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 28, 2012 -
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Category: Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Cars
The Attack of the 20-Foot Baby
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 30, 2012 -
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Category: Babies, Advertising, Giant People in Ads
Follies of the Mad Men #2
[From The Saturday Evening Post for December 16, 1967]
Whenever you put a giant woman in a skirt next to normal-sized people, the inevitable first thought engendered in the viewer is, "Can I see up her dress?" In this instance, the second thought is: "Is she going to pick up that car and use it as a marital aid?"
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 12, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Products, Fashion, Obsessions, Fetishes, Sexuality, Cars
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