No Purchase Necessary: When Sweepstakes Were Groovy
When everyone gets themselves worked up in a Powerball frenzy, I tend to think about sweepstakes and how much cooler they seemed back in ...
Showing posts with label Retro Advertising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retro Advertising. Show all posts
When Coffee Was Just Coffee
Image: ABC At what point does a cup of coffee stop being a cup of coffee? Probably at the point you add caramel brûlée flavoring to it...
Howdy, Partner: What the Kiddos Wanted to Be For Christmas in 1959
This will be my last post before Christmas, so before we get into it let me just wish all of my readers that celebrate it a very merry, h...
Wanna Curdle? Why I Love Cottage Cheese
I love cottage cheese. Well, somebody had to say it. Cottage cheese is often overshadowed these days by Greek yogurt, and gets a bad r...
Why We Need to Bring Back the Anti-Pollution Advertising Campaigns of the '70s
Americans are trashy, and I don't just mean reality TV families. On any given day, I'll find litter on the street in front of ...
Strange/Funny Vintage Ads From Thanksgiving Past
Thanksgiving is rapidly becoming the Rodney Dangerfield of holidays -- it just doesn't seem to get much respect today, with retailers...
Not Your Pop's Playboy Anymore
"What sort of man reads Playboy?" In light of the news this week about Hugh Hefner's famed mag ditching nude photos from th...
Chevrolet's Strange Foray Into Folk Rock Music: Chevrolet Sings of Safe Driving and You
Remember that time when Chevrolet released a folk rock album about safe driving featuring Carly Simon? I'm sure you have this gem in...
Anti-Smoking Ads in the 1960s?
I found these great ads on Flickr (all except for the color one, which was on Pinterest) credited to a user named smashingbird . This...
Sake To Me: Western Celebs in Bizarre Vintage Japanese Commercials
It's no secret that the Japanese are big fans of Western celebrities, which means their commercials that feature them are often una...
Mad Men's Brilliant, Ambiguous Finale: It's the Real Thing. Or Is It?
***SPOILER ALERT. Don't read if you haven't watched last night's episode yet and don't want to know how it ended!*** I...
Vintage Ads That Make You Go Blech!
We all know that sex sells, but what about content that can only be described as stomach churning? I apologize in advance for the eye and br...
Mother's Little Helper: Vintage Drug Ads Aimed at Women
Something I've discovered recently is how many prescription anti-anxiety drugs were marketed towards women or their husbands back in ...
Sleazy Car Dealership Commercials From Yesteryear
I just bought a new car, a bright red 2014 Jetta with some nice bells and whistles that was marked down by $4,000 to make room on the lot...
I Am the One Who Hawks: Bryan Cranston's TV Commercials
I must confess one thing before starting this blog post: I've never watched a single episode of Breaking Bad . In fact, I don't t...
Save a Poster: An Interview with Andy Golub, Author of "Beautiful Colors"
Note: all images, photos and videos in this post are used with the permission of Andrew Golub. Big thanks for allowing me to share them! ...
Vintage Ads: Real...Or a Really Good Fake?
With Photoshop so prevalent today, anyone can mock up a fake "vintage" ad. Some are quite obvious...like the ads I've seen f...
Today's Go Retro Blog Post is Brought to You by a Very Drunk Orson Welles
Paul Masson has nice wood? Huh? Where was I, again? Oh yeah...if you grew up as a kid in the late 70s or early 80s then you may remembe...
Mmmmmmm....Metrecal!
When I came across the vintage ad above for the diet drink Metrecal, I was both repulsed and fascinated by it. It looks like Pepto-Bismol ...
Awkward Ads
Sometimes, you come across a vintage advertisement that makes you do a double take. You ask yourself if you're really seeing what you...
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