watch it: 1960s Jell-O commercial
Poor Chinese baby!
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watch it: 1950s Cheerios and V8 commercial
Whoever uploaded this to YouTube says it’s 1940s, but it looks more 1950s to me: Wow! Can I still get one of those rockets? It’s a toy and a game! It crashes imaginary astronauts into the moon! It’s totally cool!
watch it: “Sean James and Al Joyner respond to the Tebow Super Bowl ad”
A special bonus Super Bowl Sunday Web Video of the Day — a Planned Parenthood response to the Tim Tebow anti-abortion ad that will be airing during the game: Trusting women? Radicals! Socialists! Terrorists! Everyone knows we can’t trust women. As soon as we start letting women have autonomy over their own bodies, it’ll be … more…
watch it: 1980s Teddy Ruxpin commercial
Terrifying:
question of the weekend: If you were given a free commercial spot during the Super Bowl, what would you advertise?
Super Bowl 44 will be played next Sunday, February 7, and amidst all the usual hubbub about the commercials that will air during the game is some controversy over an anti-abortion spot produced by the ultra-ring-wing Focus on the Family featuring Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow. Jezebel looks at why the ad itself is just … more…
watch it: 1960s Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots commercial
But I don’t understand: Where do you plug in the Wii nunchuk?
question of the day: Does anyone really trust celebrities?
This week Forbes magazine published its list of “The Ten Most Trusted Celebrites”. They’re talking about trust when it comes to marketing: Consider this: Before his late November car crash, the world-class golfer was a marketer’s dream–a consummate professional on the course and guarded family man off. Brands from Nike and Accenture to Gillette and … more…
watch it: 1939 Chevrolet ad, in Technicolor!
This predates commercial television, and certainly color television, so this must have been shown at the movies: YouTube poster steviebboy69 makes an excellent point: Dad’s in a suit and tie, and Mom has on a dressy dress and chic hat. Are they dressed up to go see the grandparents or are they dressed up to … more…
watch it: 1950s ad for Dorothy Gray Salon Cold Cream
When they talked about “suffering for beauty,” they weren’t kidding:
watch it: “Space Chair Project”
The folks who created this Toshiba ad in the U.K. dared to dream that a chair could fly. Be sure to watch all the way through to the end:
