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The California Ad, 1980s. It was another time and it was another place. · XDL

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The California Ad, 1980s. It was another time and it was another place.

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Adverts were way better back in the 1980s & 1990s. Case study: Gregor Fisher. Photo booth. Comb-over. Hamlet cigar. Good advertising was a cigar called Hamlet.

@James Melville

They don't make ads like this anymore 😜😜😜😜

@Colonel AD, SM🇮🇳

Candy Goes To Hollywood (1979)

@Red Letter News

One line from Brooke Shields turned a Calvin Klein jeans commercial into one of the biggest advertising controversies of 1980. In 1980, 15-year-old Brooke Shields appeared in a Calvin Klein jeans campaign that became one of the most controversial advertising campaigns of the

When Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in Japanese noodle commercials in the 1980s.

When Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in Japanese noodle commercials in the 1980s.

It's 1984 all over again. "𝑮𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑻𝒀 𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑳 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑵 𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑶𝑪𝑬𝑵𝑻"

ecom brands are doing $100k/day with this simple style of ad documentary ads instead of opening with “here’s our product” you start with something people actually want to know “in 1952, coffee companies had a problem…” old footage, newspaper clippings, weird facts, voiceover

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