retro ad: hilariously sexist 1960s Xerox commercial
Xerox! Enabling women’s incompetence and men’s willingness to put up with it since 1960!
1960s
retro ad: 1960s Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head commercial
From the days when you had to supply your own potato (or other vegetable).
retro ad: 1960s Lady Sunbeam hair dryer commercial
I don’t know about you, ladies, but I always carry my Lady Sunbeam hair dryer around as a fashion accessory…
retro ad: 1960s (?) Super Sugar Crisp commercial
Super Sugar Crisp bought a zoo! Sugary cereal for super power! *facepalm*
The Rum Diary (review)
It’s hard to imagine that Hunter S. Thompson created his semiautobiographical journalist Paul Kemp as such an ineffectual figure…
Doctor Who thing of the day: the ‘Guardian’s 1963 review of the first two episodes
Critic Mary Crozier was less than impressed…
retro ad: 1960s Muppets Purina dog food commercials
Rowlf, you whore.
The Help (review)
If movies that’re all men and no women can be universal, so can this one. This is The Shawshank Redemption.
watch it: “The Train” Stella Artois ad
This is one of the cleverest and most entertaining ads I’ve seen in a while.
retro trailer: “You Only Live Twice”
I thought I’d feature this as a contrast to the upcoming spy spoof Johnny English Reborn, but danged if this trailer isn’t as funny as Rowan Atkinson as a secret agent.
