Our Terrible Wonderful Past: 2009

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Where's My Future?

This is from 1966. Are there planes that can take off from downtown yet? I don't even know. I didn't even know about that french plane crash till like a couple days ago.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

At Least

What a fucking back handed compliment. "He may be stupid, but he's not that stupid."

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Mod Scientist

"Mod Scientist", how great is that? How has that not been used, like a ton, for like a ton of Mod guys. Also Vonnegut.

Maple Walnut

She'll fight to the end for capitalism. I love it when they put ads for capitalism in things you buy.

That title alone is going to get me tons of hits. Also, it's never been difficult for attractive young things to get together banging. I say this because I was thinking, "Man, I wish that free sex thing was around today! I would love youth orgies in student apartments." Then I realized "They still do that. They just don't call you fatty."

When There's No Man Around...

I thought this was just one random ad, the first time I came across it in a 1950s mag, but now I'm starting to see that this was actually their slogan, for years.

Mighty Mom

If the mom of 1965 used twice as much energy as her mom, how much energy does the mom of today use? Also, they've apparently been using the whole "You're a mom, you're amazing, wow, go you" line of advertising for friggan ever.

Pot Problem

1965

Shaggy Dog

For some reason I don't mind Celebs doing Pipe Tobacco commercials as much as I do cigarettes.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Strange Truth

Like if Dali did an ad for salt.

HALSEY

Says what he thinks.

Experience Is The Best Teacher

Another classic Camel ad. Thank God for the war.

Massachusetts Sucks

I've long been a Massachusetts booster (and a California detractor), but damn, look at this one two punch of suck. Also, do you think there's a bunch of swears edited out of Eugene O'Neill's statement?

Springfield, MA

For those that doubt that Springfield was always a totally insane place. 1957.

Controlled Emotion

Great human or greatest human?

New Weapon

You don't see ads for new weapons anymore. Not in TIME magazine at least. Unless you count politics as a weapon...THE ULTIMATE WEAPON!

SUPERSONIC SUPREMACY

And they have a plan. It's called "SUPERSONIC SUPREMACY". God. What a time to be alive. What a time to be a fucking reader of TIME magazine! It's like, you're in the waiting room at the dentist and you pick it up, "Oh, 'Supersonic Supremacy', that sounds great! That'll show those commies!". It was a simpler time to be sure but at the same time, man, we never see ads for supersonic supremacy, just new reality tv shows showing washed up 80s singers.

Where There's Life

Does anyone else find this ad completely bizarre? It's like, "Budweiser lists it's ingredients on the side. Not that that's something you really cared about, but now that we mention it, don't you like it? Oh and were not going to list the ingredients here, because, that would make sense."

Ha! Get it?

Everyone from Portia Del Rossi to Nathan Lane.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Van Johnson

Oh no. Van Johnson, not you too.

No It Isn't

Welcome to 1955. No one has cancer...yet.

Tyrone Power

Oh Tyrone Power. Not you too.

A Friend In Need

Not a man in sight

THEM

Another example of who TIME magazine's reading demographic was in the 1950s. The bosses baby, the bosses.

Walking For You

Again. Where's my future?

Operation Big Switch

You know, in case of atomic attack. ADs like this give one a better insight into the fucked up mind of the American in the '50s. Helps you understand where old people are coming from. Literally, their magazines were full of advertisements just off-the-cuff about nuclear holocaust, almost saying "Hey, when it comes, which it will, we'll be there to help!".