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Virginia Slims: “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby”

The Virginia Slims commercials were some of the most memorable cigarette ads of the late 1960s and 1970s, built around…

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Posted in 1960's 1970's

Sorry, Charlie!

The StarKist “Sorry, Charlie” campaign started in 1961 and gave us one of the great advertising mascots: Charlie the Tuna….

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Posted in 1960's

You Get A Quick Tan With QT !

1963 was a little early for me to go out and get a quick tan. I just did it the…

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When Aftershave Came With Self-Defense Instructions

Hai Karate was one of those aftershaves that sold the joke as much as the scent. It launched in 1967…

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Posted in 1950's 1960's

“Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya…”

That line was everywhere. The ads promised you didn’t need much, just a small dab, and suddenly you’d look sharp,…