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Follies of the Madmen #532
No mincing words here!Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 14, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Business, Advertising, Fashion, Underwear, Magazines, Rants, Warnings, Jeremiads, Prophecies and Cassandra-like Figures
Follies of the Madmen #529
Synesthesia in advertising.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 07, 2022 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Children, Cereal, 1900s
Secretarial Sadism
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 01, 2022 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Sadism, Cruelty, Punishment, and Torture, Women, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #526
Are these supposed to be 18-year-old coeds at university? If so, why do they look 45?From the SATURDAY EVENING POST for 1/14/1961.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 17, 2022 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Stereotypes and Cliches, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, Women
Fingos
A classic business failure. In the early 1990s, the marketing team at General Mills came up with the idea of a cereal that could be eaten without milk any time of day. Despite spending millions to promote it, hardly anyone bought the stuff.From Wikipedia:
As the Gone But Not Forgotten Groceries blog notes: "All cereals can be eaten by hand if you don't add milk."
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 08, 2022 -
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Category: Business, Cereal, 1990s
Follies of the Madmen #520
I have never thought of a percolator as sexy before, but I guess I was misguided...
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 22, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Appliances, Magazines, Sex Symbols, 1970s
Continue Typing, No Matter What!
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 19, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Death, 1930s, Courage, Bravery, Heroism and Valor
Follies of the Madmen #518
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 27, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, 1930s, Skin and Skin Conditions
Kentucky Roast Beef
Here's a neat article about this failed venture by Colonel Sanders.You won't find the image below at that page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 21, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Success & Failure, 1960s
Booth Babes vs. the Teamsters
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 19, 2021 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Conventions, Tradesmen, Manual Laborers, and Skilled Workers, 1970s
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