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Follies of the Mad Men #33
I insist on having my next new car delivered by magical flaming meteor!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 04, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Music, 1960s, Cars
Follies of the Mad Men #32
Okay, here's today's lesson, ad guys, and I'll only tell you once:
YOU NEVER COMPARE YOUR PRODUCT TO A PLAGUE OR STD, EVEN IN JEST!!!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 01, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Food, Sports, 1970s
Aristocrats of Fashion
Do you have enough Bemberg rayon clothes in your wardrobe? If not, watch this!(But be warned! Only a partial video remains to us down the ages. You'll never get to see the implied all-rayon wedding.)
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 30, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, 1930s, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #31
Product placement in entertainment media is nothing new. Here's how the classic fairytale of Cinderella can be improved by the addition of a Chevrolet.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 29, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Movies, Cartoons, Myths and Fairytales, Marriage, 1930s, Dance, Cars
Polish Film Posters
Well Medicated has posted a collection of 50 Polish film posters. I picked out three at random: The Empire Strikes Back, Rosemary's Baby, and The Getaway. Compare them to the American versions below. I like the Polish ones better. |  |  |
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 26, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Entertainment, Movies, Advertising
Follies of the Mad Men #30
This ad was part of a long campaign for the product, which depicted men and boys doing common tasks in public in their underwear. Kinda the male equivalent of the famous "I dreamed I went to work in my Maidenform bra" series of ads. No matter the possible plausible logic of the creators, this series conjures up nothing so much as a kind of weird nation solely populated by mentally challenged males, where outer clothing has yet to be invented.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 25, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Stupidity, 1950s, Men
Follies of the Mad Men #29
Chick Chick and Presto Rabbit are the stuff of nightmares! Any child would surely run screaming from these hideous mascots. Note that the company that makes these kits is "Fred Fear"!!!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 22, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Holidays, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #28
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Ingesting almost two hours of vintage cigarette commercials for the same brand might be dangerous to your health. Symptoms may include light-headedness, uncontrollable giggling, and a desire to stick two cigarettes in your mouth simultaneously. Indulge with caution!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 18, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Television, Tobacco and Smoking, 1950s
Follies of the Mad Men #27
James Brown's got nothing on this guy!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 17, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Marriage, Family, Children, Husbands, Parents, Wives, Pets, Dogs, Technology, Gender, 1950s
The Armhole Odor Test
You may not have heard of Odo-Ro-No, but you've heard of the word it coined -- "B.O." It began using the term in 1919 in its ads for women's deodorant. Women were warned that if they had "B.O." they might never get a man.Later Odo-Ro-No introduced the wonderfully off-putting concept of the "Armhole Odor Test" in its ads. This was the test:
I've never seen Odo-Ro-No in a store, but apparently Walgreens still sells it.
Links: Who invented body odor?
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 14, 2008 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising
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