Just for Laughs
While searching through journals and finding ads and articles I fondly remember, in the back of my mind I also noticed the ones that unintentionally always made me laugh. Some of these ads ran for decades, yet were so over-the-top, hokey, or tacky that they stayed buried in my subconscious after all these years.
I had no trouble finding a motherlode of them. These are just a few!
By the way, no offense intended! For all I know, some of these ads might be for very good products. What I do know, is that, for me, the entertainment value of the ads themselves is great!
Enjoy!
1) Who can forget the timeless "Blowgun Ad" featuring shirtless guy and his dead anteater dangling in the air? Has any ad ever packed so much into such a tiny space?
2) Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rambo, Dirty Harry....just a few of the movies that inspired spin-off product merchandising. (I passed over several Rambo survival knife ads.)
3) Right up there with "blowgun guy", was cigar-smoking BB machine gun guy!
4) I'm sure there's a collectors forum for these (not!).
5) You know it's classy when you can say "I got it from the Franklin Mint!".