And the Award for Most Inappropriate Ad Goes To …
A friend of Jeanette Ordas sent her this 1970s ad made for CBC Radio. My how times have changed! Link - via Nag on the Lake
Original post by Alex
Archive for Advertising
Money on the Move
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This must be an ad for shoes, but the animation is interesting no matter what the product. -via Everlasting Blort
Update: Our readers have pointed out this is an ad for a coin counting service. Thanks!
Original post by Miss Cellania
Buy a Dollhouse, Get the Real House Free
It’s a buyer’s market in real estate these days -I know, I’m trying to sell one, too. A Michigan couple weren’t having much luck selling their home when they came up with a gimmick that generated publicity if nothing else. Gerry and Cindy Mann are now throwing in their home for free, if you want to buy a miniature replica for $169,000!
Using a 1-foot-to-1-inch scale, Cadwell fashioned an exact replica of the Mann house about 15 years ago for the family’s three (now-grown) children to enjoy.
The retired engineer toiled for more than a year on the structure, eschewing dollhouse kits for elbow grease. He cut the wooden swinging closet doors, trimmed the sandpaper shingles and wired the electric fixtures himself.
All in all, the Manns estimate, the dollhouse is worth a couple thousand dollars. Gerry and Cindy are hoping the digs will soften the blow of the $167,000 mark-up.
As consummate salespeople, […]
Original post by Miss Cellania
Corset Ads
Victoriana has a collection of corset ads from the early 1900s. It’s good to know that at one time, you could choose from rust-proof corsets, glove-fitting corsets, or even a “fairy bust form”. Link -via Everlasting Blort
Original post by Miss Cellania
Levi’s “Onion Peel” ad shows real beauty isn’t about makeup or fancy clothes
All you need is pair of Levi’s. As long as you’re anorexically thin, I guess. Via AdFreak.
Original post by jstruan
This New School Uniform Sponsored By …
Students in Kunming, China, are getting new school uniforms … that are decked out in ads! The stylish orange jackets are covered with the logos of Marlboro, Ferrari, Vodafone and Shell:
The parents were shocked to see that their children now looked like they were part of a Formula One pit crew, but in China there is little the parents can say or do about the situation.
The kids don’t seem to mind the logo placements and even if they did get a little stressed out, they now know which brand of cigarette will help calm their nerves.
Link | Story at sina.com.cn [in Chinese]
Original post by Alex
A retro-futuristic Ray Bradbury helps sell prunes
What a strange and wonderful television commercial! Ray Bradbury predicts travel via pneumatic tubes by the year 2001 - and becomes an unwitting prune spokesperson to boot. [YouTube]
Original post by Adam Stanhope
