Tag: advertisements
In the late 70s, Subaru entered the U.S. market big time and ran this fascinating ad that found Americans with last names of American car makers to admit that Subarus were better. It closes with Geral
This is a genuinely astounding document. An hour of interviews with old musicians concluding with them playing the Dr. Pepper theme song. Doc Watson, Muddy Waters, Maybelle Carter, Bill Monroe, Bo Did

1947 wisdom is the best wisdom.
If you were facing a loathsome Tory such as Theresa May and you had the great leftist filmmaker Ken Loach at your disposal, wouldn’t you use him? This is amazing. The Ken Loach ad is great but h
This ad seems less than effective.
I do love truth in advertising. From 1962
In comments yesterday, heckblazer alerted me to this brilliance of 1865 advertising. That is now one of my favorite advertisements of all time. Can’t wait to use it in a class.
I’ve been putting together a lecture for tomorrow’s U.S. Environmental History class on atomic nature and I came across this ad, which I just could not resist sharing with you. Good times.
- Now we see the violence inherent in the system
- Ground zero
- LGM Film Club, Part 276: The Oeuvre of Morris the Cat
- Does France have more restrictive abortion policy than Mississippi? (SPOILER: no and please stop pretending you know anything about abortion policy)
- The corporatization of the university, faculty salaries edition
- Victory for White Life
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,131
- Undead constitutionalism
- The Ballad of Mark Uterus
- The Cultural Heritage Cost of Climate Change