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Follies of the Madmen #623
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 19, 2025 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Fashion, Advertising, 1940s
The Madison Avenue Beat
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 08, 2025 -
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Category: Music, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Advertising, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #622
Is the radio the man, and the tube the woman--or vice versa?
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 07, 2025 -
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Category: Technology, Advertising, 1930s, Men, Women
Follies of the Madmen #621
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 22, 2025 -
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Category: Destruction, Food, Advertising, 1960s
Dishpan Hands
Bob looks more disturbed/disgusted than hurt.
Ladies' Home Journal - Jan 1945
Lux ran ads throughout the 1930s and 40s, warning women of the danger of dishpan hands, and their warnings eventually reached an unintended audience.
In 1948, a Soviet delegate to the UN explained that the reason Soviet women were not allowed to leave the country with foreign husbands was because that in the West wives became kitchen slaves and developed dishpan hands.
Detroit Free Press - Dec 7, 1948
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 19, 2025 -
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Category: Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Advertising, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #620
Flash mob assembles whenever magical talisman appears.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 07, 2025 -
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Category: Gods, Advertising, Surrealism, Junk Food, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #619
The Women's Laundromat Chorus.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 25, 2025 -
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Category: Domestic, Hygiene, Music, Advertising, 1970s
Troubles caused by harsh toilet tissue
We've posted before about the idea of "toilet tissue illness" that Scott Tissues invented and then advertised heavily around 1930. The idea being that if you used the wrong toilet paper (anything not made by Scott Tissues) you might end up a bed-bound invalid. Here's another example of that campaign.
Good Housekeeping - May 1930
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 21, 2025 -
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Category: Health, Hygiene, Excrement, Advertising
Follies of the Madmen #618
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 13, 2025 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Cereal, Stop-motion Animation, 1950s
The Romantic Women of Iberia
The late 1960s/early 1970s was definitely the peak period for sexual innuendo in Airline ads. Particularly innuendo focused on stewardesses.Other examples: Think of her as your mother (1968), Fly Me (1971), Take me I'm yours (1976)
Life - June 5, 1970
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 04, 2025 -
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Category: Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Advertising, Gender, Air Travel and Airlines
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