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From the Ground Up
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 06, 2008 -
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Category: Agriculture, Business, Products, Nutrition, Documentaries, 1950s
The Front Line
As we all prepare for our imminent minimum-wage jobs during the economic meltdown, let us study how to perform them to the best of our abilities, with a cheerful smile. Consider the job of "supermarket checker," circa 1965.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 02, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Food, Jobs and Occupations, Movies, Documentaries, Retail Establishments, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #47
You know what your problem is? Not enough yeast. I suggest increasing your beer intake.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 21, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Health, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #46
"Dig this crazy mixed-up ice cream!" "Man, it's real cool!"
Yeah, because beatniks like Maynard G. Krebs eat a lot of ice cream!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 20, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fads, Food, Pop Culture, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #45
What kind of kids would a shellfish and a bottle have, and how would they go about reproducing?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 19, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Foreign Customs, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #44
Either a 20th-century man's shoe has been transported through time back to pre-Columbian America, confounding the primitive redksins, or else some 20th-century Native Americans on some especially traditional and cloistered reservation somewhere are incredibly ignorant.
Or, some Madison Avenue genius thought this was brilliant.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 17, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Shoes, Anthropology, 1940s, Time-travel, Native Americans
Speedfit Treadmobil
The Speedfit Treadmobil is either a brilliant idea or a completely stupid one. I'm leaning toward the latter.Arguments in its favor: probably puts less stress on your knees than regular running, and you may be able to pick up some speed on flat surfaces.
Argument against it: You'll look like an idiot on it.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 14, 2008 -
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Products
Summum
A visit to their site will be time well spent.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 13, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Products, Death, Eccentrics, Frauds, Cons and Scams, New Age, Pets, Religion, Lawsuits, Myths and Fairytales
Follies of the Mad Men #43
This appears to be an ad for a brand of French chewing gum. I'm not sure if the notion of a pair of used panties from the Statue of Liberty is adequate enticement to chew the company's product.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 12, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Statues, Monuments and Memorials
Follies of the Mad Men #42
Yet another "disease" that Madison Avenue tried to foist upon the public.
[From Fortune magazine for December 1936.]
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 10, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Furniture, 1930s, Disease
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