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Follies of the Madmen #358
These people look abnormally happy, considering that they have such mutual bad breath and are in close proximity.
Original ad, alas, now locked away behind the CHICAGO TRIBUNE paywall.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 05, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #356
The metaphor is so strained and odd, that the reader will surely just go, "Huh?"
Source of ad. (Scroll forward one page.)
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 22, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Surrealism, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #355
Oh, no! Will Mr. Decay catch runaway Mr. Tooth? The suspense is unbearable!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 14, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, Children, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #353
Source of ad.
"Our paper towels make women horny."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 23, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, 1950s, Women
Follies of the Madmen #351
Uncertain what "umph" actually tastes like.
Source of ad.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 16, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Tobacco and Smoking, 1980s
The Fourth Kingdom
Animal, vegetable, mineral--and Bakelite!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 10, 2018 -
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Category: Technology, Advertising, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, Products, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #350
"Telltale beverages" = booze.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 03, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Hygiene, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #349
FRANK ZAPPA'S LUDEN'S COUGH DROPS COMMERCIAL from ED SEEMAN on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 31, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Music, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #347
Wait for the radioactive soap traces.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 15, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #346
I was unaware that mermaids were lured by cigar smoke.
Full ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 12, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Cryptozoology, Tobacco and Smoking, 1940s
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