watch it: 1950s Nash Rambler commerical
Starring Brer Rabbit from Disney’s notorious Song of the South.
advertising
war is good for business
The revolution will, in fact, not only be televised, it’ll be packaged for advertisers and marketers. Try the new Baharat Flavored Doritos!
watch it: 1970s Old Spice commercial
Women love sailors because they smell like Old Spice? Yeaaaah, that’s the ticket…
watch it: 1970s Fritos commercial
I forgot I remembered that jingle — “Muncha buncha, muncha buncha Fritos go with lunch” — until I heard it again here.
creeping fascism: “There’s a soldier in all of us”
This Call of Duty: Black Ops ad has been bothering me. There most certainly is not “a soldier in all of us,” even if we like to play military style computer games. So why does this ad campaign — and this game — resonant with audiences?
watch it: 1930s Essex Terraplane car ad
At first I thought, “Those 1930s people were weird, with their ads you had to read.” And then came the foolish stunt with the airplane. Now that’s American advertising!
watch it: 1980s Encyclopedia Britannica commercial
This kid may well be the winner of the Most Obnoxious Child in Advertising, 1980s Era.
watch it: 1980s Life Call commercial
She’s fallen, and she can’t get up…
watch it: 1980s 1-800-FLOWERS New Year’s ad
One of the weirdest ads I’ve come across yet…
watch it: 1980s Atari Christmas E.T. commercial
I fight it rather disturbing to think about E.T. masquerading as Santa. I also wonder if a being from a culture that has mastered intersteller travel would find the Atari 2600 game system rather primitive.
