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Dairy Box - Old Fashioned Girl - (1983) :30 (UK)

Crown Royal - No Cheapskate - 1983 . print (USA)

Remind your father that he didn't raise a cheapskate
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Coleco - Smurf (CA classic) - 0:30 (USA)

Hey there are smurfs!

Virginia Slims - "You've come a long way baby" Ambition Suppression 1982 print USA

Myrtle Ladwig's Ambition Suppression.

Right Guard - Right Beat - (1982) :30 (UK)

Timotei - Every day - (1982) 0:30 (UK)

Timotei Shampoo basically ruled the 70s and 80s with a simple campaign idea: get a pretty girl, a white dress, meadows full of Timotei flowers and a v

MTV - Launch commercial (1981) :30 (USA)

Before the unforgettable tagline "I want my MTV", the channel enticed people with sneak previews of music videos.

Memorex - Live vs computer graphics - (1981) :30 (USA)

The question asked with rainbow colored computer graphics help - is it live or is it memorex?

Yardley: Where will your cologne be when you want it most? (1980) print (USA)

Yardley introduces the cologne that lasts like a perfume: Daylight Encounter.

McDonald's - Hash Browns - (1978) :40 (USA)

McDonald's hash Browns may look funny, but they taste good.

Crown Royal - The Butler Did it - 1978, print USA

The Butler did it. And you thought Absolut ads were sparse. 

Love's Baby Soft - Innocence is sexy - (1975) :30 (USA)

Love's baby soft which promises your skin will be as soft as a baby's bottom, and that is sexy while a young model licks a lollipop with a n

Kotex - Be John's wife. Be Kathy's mother. Be your own woman. (1972) print

"Be John's wife. Be Kathy's mother. Be your own woman. But be sure"

Cornsilk - What does it take to make a girl blush these days" 1971

Nowadays, if a couple of sweet "nothings" whispered in her ear won't bring a natural glow to a girl's complexion, a little bit of

Afri Cola - Alpha waves - (1971) - 0:30 (Germany)

Charles Wilp created the most iconic ads for Afri-Cola.

Sugar Crisp: Jackson 5 (1971) :30 (U.S.A.)

The Jackson 5 sing their hit for an insanely edited commercial for Sugar Crisp cereal.

Chevelle SS 396 - In ten seconds your resistance will self-destruct (1970) print USA

It's getting tougher and tougher to resist.

Maybelline - Jewels for your eyes - print (1970) USA

Maybe it's Maybelline?

"Scroll along in panty hose by Berkshire" (1970) printad

"the leg goes for a Scroll in Berkshire's sheer, sandalfoot panty hose of Actionwear."

Lee - "Get a leg up with Lee" (1970) printad

"Get a leg up with Lee"

Johnson & Johnson - Baby Soft Baby oil - When you have the face a girl & the body of a woman

Johnson & Johnson sold baby oil to grown women who wanted to look like little girls and have the skin of a baby back in the 1970s.

Movie Star ruffly thing and Julie Numar Catwoman 1970

Julie Newmar catwoman Movie Star ruffly thing

Carnation Instant Breakfast - Carolyn Brand off to school 1970

Los Angeles teen Carolyn Brand models for this ad

Peter Max paints panty hose for Burlington-Cameo - print, 1970

Peter Max is a German-American artist known for using bright colours in his work.

Seats - the Doesn't Slip (1969) printad

"It really doesn't cling!"

Maidenform Tric-o-lastic - I dreamed I stretched ... (1969) print USA

1969 Maidenform Tric-o-lastic Bras Print Ad I Dreamed I Stretched Here to There
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Motts - "Clamato" - 0:30 (USA) 1969

Motts "Clamato" juice - GM gone bad?

Afri Cola - Super-sexy-mini-flower-pop-op-cola (1968) :60 (Germany)

Super-sexy-mini-flower-pop-op-cola - alles ist in Afri-Cola! 

Summer Blonde® "Say the sun did it" print 1968 USA

"Say the sun did it"

Coty - "Play it with warm lips and soft eyes, very gently" 1968

To launch their "romantic theme and variations" palettes, Coty brought out the flutes and got a little suggestive.

Lestoil - Women of the future - 1968

"Women of the future will make the Moon a cleaner place to live"

Ford: "Take the Mustang Pledge" 1967

"I will not..." vs "I will"

"Think pretty... Seamprufe does" (1966) printad

"You're a woman and Seamprufe knows it"

PanAm - The Jet is fairly common, the airline is one of a kind (1965) print USA

The Jet is fairly common, the airline is one of a kind

Marlboro - All the world enjoys a Marlboro - print, 1964

"A satisfied customer"

Kodak Instamatic - "Cameras load instantly, automatically" 1964, print

Kodak Instamatic has this nice three image demonstration of how their camera was loaded with film, since the easy load was the selling point.

TANG - Orange, Tang, Tomato comparison 1964 print

Tang comparing to tomato.

TANG - a weeks supply for a family of five - 1963

In every jar of TANG there is a weeks supply for a family of five.

Snow Crop Orange Samoa - Love me in December - print, 1963

"Love me in December as you did in May."

Visst Katten, 'Apotekarnes' vatten" subway posters 1960

Cute ad from days before

"Trust Swanson" TV Brand Swiss Steak Dinner print ad, 1960

Trust Swanson. Their Swiss steak is the kind you can cut with a fork.

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