Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings
Bad Frog Beer
Can you guess why Bad Frog Beer was banned in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina? The answer is below in extended.
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 15, 2021 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1990s, Alcohol
Buckeye Beer
The revitalized company still exists today, but no mention of reinstating their "mascots," Buck and Billy.Read the history here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 14, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Human Marvels, Regionalism, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Alcohol
Little Mr. Tritium
The Japanese government recently created an animated character that definitely belongs in our ongoing series of strange spokesbeings. It was a "cute fish-like creature with rosy cheeks" that was intended to represent a radioactive hydrogen isotope. The government was hoping that this creature would help gain public support for its plan of releasing contaminated water from Fukushima into the sea.While the government didn't give this creature a name, people have been calling it "Little Mr. Tritium".
More info: The Guardian
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 27, 2021 -
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Category: Government, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters
Mary Mild
Disney released Mary Poppins in 1964. The next year Ivory Liquid Soap debuted a new mascot: Mary Mild, a flying maid. Seems like an obvious Mary Poppins rip-off to me, though I can't find the similarity mentioned anywhere.Mary Mild didn't last long. Within two years, Ivory had canned her.
The ads below ran in 1966 in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and Good Housekeeping.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 18, 2021 -
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Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1960s
The Singing Wastebaskets
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 07, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Surrealism, Junk Food, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Corkhill Meat Loaf Monster
Was Corkhill's spokes-creature supposed to be a snowman, or some kind of living, talking meatloaf? The body seems all wrong for a snowman. So I have a suspicion it was a meatloaf monster.
Wilmington News Journal - Aug 4, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 13, 2020 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #492
Is Miss Fixit a nurse or a child--or both? I'm confused....
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 01, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Hygiene, 1950s, Love & Romance
Follies of the Madmen #486
Just a sample of the horrors you'll see after you drink enough of our booze.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 04, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Delusions, Fantasies and Other Tricks of the Imagination, Horror, 1950s, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #478
The horrifying Hotpoint Corporate Spokesbeing, with a giant Hotpoint logo wedged into its brain, appears to a mother and child.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 01, 2020 -
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Category: Aliens, Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Domestic, Surrealism, 1940s, Brain Damage
Follies of the Madmen #477
Our cigarettes are enjoyed by problematical outcasts and outsiders.
Source of ad.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 25, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Ethnic Groupings, Stereotypes and Cliches, Tobacco and Smoking, 1960s
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