Stereotypes and Cliches
Orienta
From the Wikipedia page:
The album's liner notes stated that the music "resembles the dreams of an imaginative person who has fallen asleep during a 'Dr. Fu Manchu' movie on television," with vignettes that "combine the sounds of the East with the wit of the West; the charm of the Orient with the humor of the Occident."[1]
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 16, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Asia
The Clairol Beauty Game
This is a game which promotes learning about perms and hair styling.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 28, 2021 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Games, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling
The Philco Overnighter
Those gals! Can't even listen to music without touching up their lipstick!
Ad source.
Photo source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 25, 2021 -
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Category: Cosmetics, Radio, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Women
Follies of the Madmen #493
Yak, yak, yak on the phone all day about makeup! Those gals!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 18, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Cosmetics, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Women
What a Country!
This is a show that could bring the nation together again.Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 16, 2020 -
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Category: Education, Stereotypes and Cliches, Television, Foreign Customs, 1980s
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
The Mashuganishi Yogi
Use embedded player, or go to the source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 04, 2020 -
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Category: Humor, Parody, Satire, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, India
Follies of the Madmen #464
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 01, 2020 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Business, Advertising, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Men, Women, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #462
Swiss watch inexplicably personified as a sleeping Mexican.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 20, 2020 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Stereotypes and Cliches, Foreign Customs, Europe, North America
Follies of the Madmen #458
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 26, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Men, Women
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