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Twisted Adverts – When Vintage Ads Go Bad
Published by R J Evans in Satire
March 14, 2010
Vintage adverts are huge fun to examine. They give us a window in to times past and can often be inadvertently funny from our twenty first century perspective. However, sometimes, in order to give them that modern twist they have to be given a helping hand. Prepare to laugh yourself stupid at these truly twisted adverts.
Beer -everyone’s favourite from Homer Simpson to, well, Homer Simpson. He once said to Bart, “Son, a woman is like a beer. They smell good, they look good, you’d step over your own mother just to get one! But you can’t stop at one. You wanna drink another woman!” Well, fair enough, but there are dangers in having a little too much of the intoxicating liquor and when it comes to families that is often the worst environment in which to say yes to another excess. Where there is a mother in law involved then things can just – occasionally – go from bad to worse.
They call it a ménage a trios, if Wikipedia is to be believed. Perhaps there is some sacrilege in altering vintage adverts to fit a more modern agenda. Well, it has been said that after religion then advertising is the greatest force in the world. As it turns out, in this day and age one can easily find death threats slipped under the door in the night if one is too outspoken about religion – of almost any variety (but there are two that stand out and I suspect you know to which I am referring). So, to avoid being faced with a homicidal extremist in a wood in a hood then this particular writer will stick to poking fun at advertising. And avoid the Mad Men where possible.
Well, what can be said about this? The bemused young lady is no doubt from Kansas – but she isn’t there anymore, no sir-ee bob. As for the soldiers – quietly appraising her hairdo with their hands on their chins – you know that there is a queer eye for the straight girl going on there somewhere. There may be a slight critique of her outfit going on there too – “What you wearing, Miss Thing?” Perhaps the most blissfully funny – though innocent at the time – is the body of the ad. “But they also brought back the old sense of friendliness that America stands for”. What, no oil in the Philippines then?
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Amusing and great ads.
LOL. OCD Drugs. Love the vintage ad-work. Thanks for sharing!
On your site you have an article that the author did not write.
Here is the link: http://purpleslinky.com/offbeat/forceful-personalities-extraordinary-cases-of-irresistible-attraction/
This is an excerpt from a book, Facts & Fallacies by Readers Digest, on page 377.
Great post..very informative..a work of love..thanks for sharing!
Brilliant. The Western Union one is a bit sick though.
This was LOL-time! Happy New Year!
LOL your humour had me smiling
I found the Heterosexual Advert was the funniest. Not the message, only the ad. I try to keep an open mind even though I’m not for the opposite.
Iol. The vintage greetings cards are cool that they do.
nice! nice!
great work, loved all of the old ad’s,
very best wishes
Aaron
And I didn’t think I could feel any worse than I do right now (today’s my birthday and I turned 49.)
-Just kiddin’! FUNNY stuff RJ!
Thanks for the smiles RJ. I concur – beer overdose around family is a bad idea
@ stickman Happy B’day. The big one is next year!!
I didn’t get most of them.
I like the OCD drug one myself. LOL!
LOl, funny pics+interesting post, a great post!!
LOL thanks or sharing. I like vintage adverts at the best of times but I really love them when they go bad.
Wow, wow, and wow again – that’s ridiculously funny!
Wow, nice post! I really enjoyed this. I will show this to my husband and son who really love funny quotes or anything funny.
Nice reading totally entertaining and wierdly nostalgic
Hello Evans , how fantastic you have done, very nice.
Those are very interesting pictures. Had a few giggles. great one.