Tomorrow’s higher standard of living will put electricity to work for you in ways still unheard of!
The Yoda Hat (1982)
That’s kind of a creepy-looking Yoda lurking there in the background… more like Yoda’s pervert cousin, I think…
Spread Your Legs!
Now there’s a slogan! Surely people at the time would’ve noticed the not-so-subtle innuendo, right?
The most profane advertisement for ponchos ever written.
Speaking as someone who works in the advertising industry, this is actually a pretty good one. Direct, benefit-driven, with a strong, imperative call to action (“You want a fucking poncho”) and aspirational material (“bitches up on your dick”). Too bad the dude who wrote it didn’t tell us where to get one…
Neat old ad visualizing the X-15 launching from beneath a B-52, high over the deserts of western Utah (my home state).









