Stereotypes and Cliches
Follies of the Mad Men #530
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 18, 2022 -
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Category: Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1960s
The Pleasure Pad
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 04, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Stereotypes and Cliches, Offices, Business Supplies, Institutional Regulations, 1970s, Women
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
Suzy Homemaker Is a Square
"She even washes regularly!"
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 04, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Stereotypes and Cliches, Toys, Children, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
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!
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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.
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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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