An Ad In The 70s Had Awful Advice For Bowlers: “Beat Your Wife Tonight”
In the 1970s some people in the bowling industry thought they’d come up with a clever way to get more people to the lanes, but they chose poorly when it came to the words.
The First Skywriting Was, No Surprise, For Advertising
On or around this day in 1922, a pilot wrote the first skywriting message in the United States. It was a way to demonstrate an advertising technique that would be a big part of business for the next few decades.
Leonard Cohen, Of All People, Once Played A Villain On “Miami Vice”
Leonard Cohen's music and poetry have influenced other songwriters and poets for decades, but then there was the time he guest starred on the 80s action series “Miami Vice.”
Buy A Box Of Cereal, Get A Square Inch Of Land In The Yukon
It was on this day in 1955 that began a promotional campaign for the ages: where you could buy a box of cereal and find a deed to some land inside each specially marked box.
Why You Can’t Use Pepsi Points To Get A Fighter Jet
A guy tried to use a huge number of points in a Pepsi reward program to buy a fighter jet, which the soda maker had jokingly offered in one of its ads. It didn't work, but still, an A for effort.
Competitive Dreidel Is The Best New Hanukkah Tradition
Take the Hanukkah favorite, dreidel, and turn the intensity way, way up. Now you've got Major League Dreidel, a growing new sport in New York City.
“I wanna be addicted to roller skating… not crack”
Not since Eagle Man took the Midwest by storm have I been so moved by a commercial.
A Flock of Seagulls Sings Dylan – I Mean, A Flock of Seagulls
Now to keep balance in the universe, Seagulls lead singer Mike Score must now fly around a beach and/or a grocery store parking lot and make bird noises.
Let’s Bring the 70’s Together With – Wait, This is a VD COMMERCIAL?!?
If you should ever invent time travel, please do not take me hostage and force me to go back to the 1970's.
Burger King Deposed; The People Demand Mr. T
If I was Wendy, I'd be freaking the heck out right now.