Food & Gum The William Wrigley Jr. Company, the maker of several types of chewing gum originally sold products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, Wrigley began packing…
Tag: Advertising
The Mysterious Hot Dan The Mustard Man This is probably the most obscure advertising mascot in the history of advertising. He is obviously the spokesperson for French’s Mustard. He is…
Subvertising refers to the practice of making spoofs or parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make some sort of statement. Subvertising can take the form of a…
Good Eating In A Loaf Ground meats of all kinds provide tasty loaves that make exciting, varied main dishes. Very exciting. Yes. Mmmm mmmm.
This is Mrs. Filbert’s New Idea … Make a cake with mayonnnaise! Now, you must watch Mrs. Filbert cook up a storm in this 1979 television advertisement. Sadly, we never…
Sounds Like Whizzing Through Space! Why, it’s the Space Pilot Helmet, a Tarco Toy. 1952 … Pre-Sputnik Period Space Toys Basically a plastic beanie with a pin-wheel attached.
Vintage Hams Whether it be Sunday, Easter, Christmas, Funeral, Church Socials, Miscellaneous Gatherings … it doesn’t matter. Just add the ham! Bon appétit!
In 1955, Jockey Briefs trying to sell their boys undergarments by showing young boys shoving guns down their underwear. No word on if the campaign was successful or not, but Jockey…
The Pipe That Hef Smokes You’re going to want to pick this up pretty fast. It’s the pipe that Hugh Hefner smokes. So it’s got to be cool. There’s no…
Bowling It’s only a game. Seriously man, take it easy. Better not have that fifth drink either.