What a strange thing to be advertised in a seemingly serious/educational magazine! You'd think to see that in a comic book or something!
Are there a lot of cheesy ads in those?
According to the inflation calculator, that's 23.80 in today's money. Doesn't seem low to me. And how are you getting to examine the tie for free if you have to give the postman $1.49 on receipt?
By the way, that's creepy.
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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They are here and there, not a lot of them, and only in the '40's issues, for some reason. By the time you get up into the '50's and later, they are almost nonexistent. Not sure why that would be.
I got a kick out of looking at some of the adjectives used to describe it: amazing, spectacular, swank, smart, glorious, high-class, distinctive, magic, lovely... (Glorious??) One I'll agree with: it's distinctive, all right.
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Then again, if his driving were to improve, maybe she wouldn't need Nervine.
Hmm, wonder what proof Nervine might be?
Hmm, wonder what proof Nervine might be?
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Wonder what was in that stuff if it was non -alcoholic and a non-narcotic?
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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I found a page in which a person entails how his grandmother would take it. He said the active ingredient was bromide. I don’t know anything about that, though it sounds vaguely familiar. Supposedly it was effective, though it apparently could cause problems, as well.
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Get yours today!
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Yikes! Have you ever noticed how fear was (is?) often used as a tactic to sell personal hygiene items? An extreme example, here, for sure.
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That's an interesting observation. Most beauty advertisements do use fear tactics in one way or the other, often fear of rejection. In this one, they're using fear that sweat disintegrates clothing.
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Arthur Godfrey for GE Christmas Lights, This Week magazine, 1964
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I wonder if that's the type we had when I was little? Looked exactly like that! They lasted years, too, even till after the paint was chipped away.
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)