What the Hell Were They Thinking?!? The Vintage Advertising Hall of Shame (PartII)

Posted by yoni67 under Marketing
From http://www.foxnews.com 5270 days ago
Made Hot by: sannwood on June 18, 2010 4:15 pm

Funny, freaky, fightening, offensive, sexist, ridiculous and just plain stupid!

Who the heck put these guys in charge of marketing???

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Written by ivanpw
5269 days ago

I love that "Mighty Tiny" Ad - If there's an iPod with such "vintage" sardine can look, I'll definitely consider to buy it - LOL!

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Written by yoni67
5269 days ago

Ivan,

The "Mighty-Tiny" is quite a beautiful vintage instrument, though with only 3 records, listening would be quite limited. I wonder what three great songs they were?

Yoni

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Written by BambiGordon
5269 days ago

I think that there are some really great ads in there...They spoke directly to the target audience, at the time, in mainly very engaging ways. Now we laugh - however, doesn't mean they were bad ads. I do wish I could get a Teeny Weeny Record Player....

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Written by yoni67
5269 days ago

Bambi,

It would be interesting to see some stats on how effective some of these ads were. though we cringe now, I wonder how acceptable they were in their time.

Yoni

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Written by amabaie
5270 days ago

They use Santa Claus to sell everything today. What the hell are they still thinking?

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Written by yoni67
5269 days ago

David,

Santa sells, no doubt about that. Santa also sells cigarettes? Hmm?

Yoni

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Written by yoni67
5270 days ago

Thanks Ajay!

I think you are right! I also think that in the past these were not considered as offensive or stupid as they are today. Things have changed...I hope!

Yoni

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