Advertising
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Mornidine advertisement, 1959.Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 81, No. 1, p. 59. Now she can cook breakfast again… when you prescribe new MORNIDINE (brand of pipamazine)A new drug with specific effectiveness in nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, Mornidine eliminates the ordeal of morning sickness.With its selective action on the vomiting center, or the medullary chemoreceptor
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Lets not kid ourselves ,Sex Sells, even in this ‘woke’ era. It has always been like this and will continue to do so. Sex attracts attention. Though it’s often a taboo subject, companies that use sex in their marketing often create effective and memorable campaigns. Brands such as Victoria’s Secret and GoDaddy have created ads
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How things have changed. Nowadays we wouldn’t dream of giving our children cocaine to treat sore throats or toothaches, Firstly because we know how devastating cocaine is and secondly we would be arrested, But in days of yore it was perfectly acceptable to give you offspring and indeed yourself a ‘healthy’ dose of cocaine.
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Advertising is important for every company. If done properly it is what generates sales, if it is done badly it can become costly. I remember when I worked for Philips they had an ad campaign with the slogan “Lets make things better” no one realized that this implied that things were not great to srart
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++Contains some nudity++++ Fear not, I haven’t turned my site into a porn site, not that there is anything wrong with that, but each to their own and that just isn’t me. But because we live in a PC world and so many people get so easily offended I felt compelled to start this blog
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In this PC world these ads would cause outrage and for most rightfully so, but I have to admit that the’dinosaur’ in me finds some of these quite amusing. Ah the good old days. What can you say? Marlboro Cigarettes 1944 What woman doesn’t want a toaster. This is one is even weird for
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It is not often I am speechless but that is exactly what I was when I saw some of these advertisements and products from days of yore. You would not get away with it by today’ standards. Vintage newspaper ad for heroin Who doesn’t like a bit of cocaine on their candy. Stay fit
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In this PC world these ads will not be shown anymore and probably rightfully so. However you’d have to admire the humor in them. For example the poster above .Every story of true love begins in the kitchen. Why wait to put your new wife to work until after she’s out of her wedding dress?
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In this PC world these ads will not be shown anymore. Usually I don’t like Political Correctness, but in this case I am willing to make an exception, Thank goodness for that. Just warning you, there is a possibility you will not sleep again after seeing these. Size doesn’t matter Get that hairy chest and
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Let it never be said I don’t provide a public service with my blogs. I know the Christmas season can be a time filled with anxiety and especially for those men who do not know yet what to buy for their wives or girlfriends(or both). That’s why I decided to help along. With only a
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