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Ads From Your Childhood That Will Be In Your Head Forever
Culture Buzz Do you know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? We may never know, but you'll certainly remember these commercials we all grew up with. To see how it all goes down in the ad world, check out The Pitch, Mondays at 10/9c only on AMC.
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Victoria's Secret Catalogue From 1979
I guess potted plants, Oriental carpets and women in sets of three were the thing to be back in 1979? (via beverlyhillshoneys.com)
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15 Vintage Theater Posters
Movie Buzz Theater buffs rejoice: these beautiful lithographs allow us a glimpse into a bygone era of vaudeville shows, plays, and novelty acts that were staged between 1893 and 1907. Some of these performances may seem alien, but others you'll surely recognize.
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Vintage TV Dinner Ads For National Frozen Food Day
Food Buzz Today is National Frozen Food Day. Since I have no idea what that means either, here's some vintage ads for TV dinners with as much mystery to the meat as to today's holiday.
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10 Examples Of Vintage Fashion Adverts
Culture Buzz I don't know what's sexier—the models or the typography. (via notelay.com)
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Racism In 30 Vintage Ads
Warning: these advertisements use racial caricatures and xenophobia to sell otherwise innocuous items like Jell-O and Corn Flakes. In short, this is advertising at its very worst.
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21 Vintage Cat Advertisements
Cats sell. And we're not just talking cat food here; historically, companies have used cats in advertisements for wares ranging from cod liver oil to Corvettes. So without further ado, here's a sampling of twenty one products hawked by cats.
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Vintage Ads Encouraging Weight Gain
“If you want to be popular, you can’t afford to be skinny.” Oh, how the times have changed.
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Vintage Beer Commercials Are Awesome
Food Buzz Wasn’t life simpler before professional sports and girls were used to sell suds?
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Vintage Videophone Ad
Culture Buzz No, this isn't one of those Retro Ads for modern websites. This look at a 1968 version of Skype is an actual ad for a Western Electric Picture phone. Ah, what might have been.
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Vintage Lion Mask Lee Ads
Culture Buzz A set of ads from 1971 for Lee brand pants. I have no idea who green lit this ad or why. My only guess is that creepy lion mask is there only to detract from the ugly polyester slacks they’re hocking. (Via The Last Goddess)
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15 Vintage Products That Are Trying To Kill You
Culture Buzz Pro-Tip: It's hard to create brand loyalty when your customers keep dying. It's hard to believe some of things people use to pay to subject themselves to.
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Funny Vintage Ronald Reagan Ads
Celebrity Buzz Ol' Gipper was quite a looker back in the day. Why didn't he stick to acting?
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Image: Old Gold Cigarettes Will Give You Coke Eyes
Back in 1941, if you gave a lady tobacco and showed her a man in uniform, she would swallow your soul.
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13 Vintage Ads That Would Be Banned Today
Culture Buzz When you see these vintage ads, you'll realize that Don Draper isn't so bad after all. Real Mad Men was way more racist, misogynist, and pedophile oriented. ( Via ).
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Image: Vintage Internet Ads
Won’t it be fun to be grandmas and grandpas and see vintage ads for things like the iPhone and feel nostalgic?
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Image: Why Commas Are Important
This ad for The White Grotto, found in a 1916 issue of Froth (now Phroth) humor magazine, highlights the importance of proper comma usage. If you still don't get it after the first sentence, you've read too far.
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Image: Smoke After Each Course!
Some Thanksgiving survival advice courtesy of the 1936 Camel company. For digestion's sake!
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Video: Evil Ken
So all it takes to turn Ken evil is a wicked 'tache. Add some chops, and he's a movie star. Catch me, I'ma gonna swoon. (via)
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Image: The Nipple Bra
I can't understand why this never caught on! Or maybe it did catch on, and I've been horribly, horribly tricked for my entire adult life.
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