Old Creepy Ads

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1. breathing in fumes » Dziwaczne stare reklamy, on May 6th, 2007 at 10:55 am Said:

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2. Marty Weil, on May 6th, 2007 at 3:32 pm Said:

   What a great post. A wonderful example of the joy of ephemera…brilliant.

3. Misha, on May 6th, 2007 at 4:07 pm Said:

   Lysol… were they serious???

4. Noticias y artículos interesantes del 2007-05-07 | hombrelobo, una mente dispersa, on May 7th, 2007 at 3:39 pm Said:

   […] 4 - Old Creepy Ads | Weirdomatic […]

5. Geek, on May 7th, 2007 at 5:38 pm Said:

   This is a superb collection - I linked it from our site. The pig is funny as hell!

6. Unicorn Bacon » Old Creepy Ads, on May 7th, 2007 at 6:24 pm Said:

   […] Old Creepy Ads | Weirdomatic You want me to put Lysol WHERE??? […]

7. Fukkad, on May 8th, 2007 at 1:03 am Said:

   it must have taken a lot of time and hard work to collect all, Great Work!
   Cheers!

8. old creepy ads at McCann Blog, on May 8th, 2007 at 5:16 am Said:

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9. ***Dave Does the Blog, on May 8th, 2007 at 6:16 am Said:

   Potpourri for Tuesday…

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10. World Invaders, on May 8th, 2007 at 6:23 am Said:

    links for 2007-05-08…

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11. Paul, on May 8th, 2007 at 10:50 am Said:

    This fucking rocks!!! Take me back, to the good old days. I especially love the lysol…get your ass back in the kitchen and clean woman!!! LOL.

12. 2tanter » Blog Archive » Är detta vad som väntar 2tanter?, on May 8th, 2007 at 11:09 am Said:

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13. Creepy Ads | Upside, on May 8th, 2007 at 1:14 pm Said:

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14. Creepy Ad #2 | Upside, on May 8th, 2007 at 1:27 pm Said:

    […] « Creepy Ad #1 […]

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16. Alonline » Weird adverts from the fifties, on May 8th, 2007 at 4:22 pm Said:

    […] At least I think they are from the Fifties: they’re definitely from around that period, and they are all definitely weird, and some slightly unsettling. I rather liked the advert for “prompt control of senile agitation” - it amused me. Head to this page to see these adverts for yourself. […]

17. Working Man’s Preprocessor : Scary vintage advertisement., on May 10th, 2007 at 4:17 am Said:

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18. MeMo, on May 10th, 2007 at 1:10 pm Said:

    You should see Minnie…

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19. GOOFYBLOG » Blog Archive » Odd 20th Century Ads, on May 11th, 2007 at 12:50 pm Said:

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20. beajerry, on May 11th, 2007 at 10:03 pm Said:

    Those are fascinating.
    I like the Thorazine one.

21. Frank Fonzorelli, on May 14th, 2007 at 3:25 pm Said:

    Bring back the 50’s again! Back in th good old days, back in the
    usa!bn

22. ComeAcross » Condensed knowledge, on May 14th, 2007 at 5:43 pm Said:

    […] Weirdomatic has a post with examples of old, creepy ads. I don’t know, Max Factor’s beauty micrometer seems reasonable enough, given the need to look fairly perfect on screen. Have a look and decide for yourselves. […]

23. Old Creepy Ads : Weird Daily, on May 19th, 2007 at 8:49 am Said:

    […] Sometimes it’s really scary what the human mind can conceive for advertising. Strange, weird and creepy ads of the past century. [link] […]

24. links for 2007-05-19 : Alistair Brown, on May 19th, 2007 at 9:18 am Said:

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25. Nerdcore — links for 2007-05-19, on May 19th, 2007 at 3:22 pm Said:

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26. Shad0w, on May 20th, 2007 at 9:34 am Said:

    The Lysol add is unreal. “Lysol Brand Disinfectant” Indeed!

27. christian, on May 24th, 2007 at 10:19 pm Said:

    gratulation wery god

28. Sistaweb » Friday Five + 1, on May 25th, 2007 at 1:27 am Said:

    […] * Gruselige alte Werbungen. Da bleibt einem teilweise die Spucke im Hals stecken. […]

29. Shawn, on May 25th, 2007 at 6:11 pm Said:

    Oh man these are sooo rad.

30. links for 2007-05-26 | diydollars.com, on May 25th, 2007 at 8:29 pm Said:

    […] Old Creepy Ads “For Prompt Control of Senile Agitation….THORAZINE!” (tags: weird creepy strange advertising ads) […]

31. FB Revolution | Fashion, photography, videos and music » Blog Archive » Freakies Cereal Commercial, on May 26th, 2007 at 7:23 am Said:

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32. katie allison granju » creepy, creepy ads, on June 1st, 2007 at 1:25 pm Said:

    […] These are truly….DISTURBING, yet strangely compelling. I think my favorite is the one of the hog butchering himself.   […]

33. Too Long Without A Link Dump « Newscoma, on June 3rd, 2007 at 11:39 am Said:

    […] Courtesy of Katie Allison Granju, I spent a lot of time looking at these old ads. The hog ad was my favorite, in all it’s disturbing weirdness, too, KAG. […]

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35. A Vision Of The Future » Thermal, on June 4th, 2007 at 8:04 pm Said:

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36. John Roberson, on June 14th, 2007 at 9:40 am Said:

    I can’t remember the little Philip Morris mascot’s name, but he is far and away the most sinister ad pitchman ever. That expression could be worn while torturing someone.

37. Sally Sears, on July 8th, 2007 at 12:36 pm Said:

    Yes, the 50’s were very weird. I remember them well. On top of these ads, we also had very bad pop music and awful movies. I was driven to read books until the 60’s came along. I printed the “Thorazine for senile agitation” ad and stuck it up on my husband’s mirror in the bathroom. If I could get some, I’d give it to him in the mornings.

38. Esclavos del Sistema » Blog Archive » Viejos y raros anuncios, on July 12th, 2007 at 9:13 am Said:

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39. Darryl Mason, on July 14th, 2007 at 3:23 am Said:

    “thorazine can help the old and belligerent senile live a composed and useful life.”

    as what? permanent sofa sitter?

    brilliant collection of ads. Mind you, there’s plenty around today that will be viewed as disturbing and freaky in 20 or 30 years time.

40. Alexandra, on July 14th, 2007 at 4:07 am Said:

    I’m sure of it

41. chrissyb, on July 18th, 2007 at 4:13 pm Said:

    i hate ginger kids, creepy!!

42. Don’t Believe Everything You Read « The Incontiguous Brick, on July 23rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm Said:

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43. a thaumaturgical compendium » Blog Archive » Remaindered Links: Amusingly Creepy Edition, on July 27th, 2007 at 7:57 am Said:

    […] 50s farm girls singing about potato salad. And some creepy old ads as a […]

44. Friendly Jim, on July 29th, 2007 at 11:22 pm Said:

    These are some scary ads. Wonder if they actually sold anything. The ones with the demonic children are the funniest.

45. jupzchris.com / My First “Digg”, on July 31st, 2007 at 7:47 pm Said:

    […] Submitted “Old Creepy Ad’s” the other day and for a few day’s it got a couple digg’s and then I woke up and saw a […]

46. Melissa Maples, on August 1st, 2007 at 10:09 am Said:

    These are tremendous. So glad I stumbled upon this.

47. Sigh « citizen geek, on August 8th, 2007 at 6:40 am Said:

    […] Strange old ads. […]

48. Old Creepy Ads - The Moscow Expat Forums, on August 13th, 2007 at 4:28 am Said:

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49. a photo, on August 23rd, 2007 at 2:51 am Said:

    Strange… but fun

50. Steamwork Revolution Blog, on August 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pm Said:

    The end of Artkon 2007, Project Status Check, the End of Summer…

    Well, here we are at the end of Summer, the end of August (practically), and the end of Artkon 2007….

51. Neato stuff « Me mind…, on September 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 pm Said:

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52. ana, on September 26th, 2007 at 11:24 am Said:

    Lysol, Cigarettes, drugs and a whole bunch of meat….. Wow!

53. ellzbell(l), on October 2nd, 2007 at 3:11 am Said:

    creepy? more like crappy!!

54. STEPHANIE, on October 12th, 2007 at 12:02 pm Said:

    I HAVENT LAUGHED SO HARD IN A LONG TIME! THANKS!!!

55. Old Creepy Ads « TV Shows and Television, on October 14th, 2007 at 2:44 am Said:

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56. November 14th - Market Station « Fassing Pancy’s Fanatic Glow Beings, on November 27th, 2007 at 7:39 am Said:

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57. Mike Soriano, on December 19th, 2007 at 6:10 am Said:

    OMG these ads are so funny…..and i showed my girlfriend and she laughed so hard, she started crying……Thank you….I LOVE U GUYS SOOOO MUCH!!!!
    HEY get somemore once and a while to make me laugh now and then.

58. dodong schumacher, on January 12th, 2008 at 2:46 am Said:

    i like ads of demonic children…!!!! ^_^
    heroin…i like that ad too.

59. dodgsun, on January 12th, 2008 at 7:54 pm Said:

    ..and we wonder why the world is in such a mess//LOOK what our parents used!!!!! hmmmm…i think we should bring some of them back!!….hmm can i have 1 bottle of thorazine and a serpasil please doc…thaaaaaanks doc

60. Expo, on February 3rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm Said:

    Wow, this is really something. From now illegal drugs to animals that seem to gain pleasure form slaughtering themselves. When these adverts were made did someone even give them a second look?! The adverts of the children in particular. Did anyone during the production of these images ever look at the images”. Did they ever think: “wow thats one creepy, strange kid, maybe we should change it.” And yeas the cigarette person and the Lysol adverts had to be the best. Wow Lysol, there just aren’t words to describe the insanity involved in that. But my pick for #1 is the “Pears’ Soap”. Did they intend for it to look like the kid would die underneath that wash tub?

61. Expo, on February 4th, 2008 at 2:51 pm Said:

    Oh an the Philip morris kid was Johnny Roventini, he died in ‘98. http://www.bellhop.org/ This site has more on him.

62. AJV, on February 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pm Said:

    “The Lysol ad is unreal”

    All ads are exaggerated like that at times.

    These are fun to look at. Couldn’t people from the time these ads came out see that there was something strange about them, I guess not.

63. Neha Nair, on March 9th, 2008 at 1:35 pm Said:

    What’s creepiest is that Union Carbide is the same factory that essentially caused the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in India in 1984.

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65. Jess, on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm Said:

    Are those maggots on that kid’s plate? Oh god…

66. severellyhappy, on April 5th, 2008 at 10:31 am Said:

    An ad for tolerance and open-mindedness. Values change. Culture changes. Certainty is almost always a mistake.

67. Elena, on April 9th, 2008 at 2:31 am Said:

    thanks for posting this amazing collection!

68. pligg.com, on April 10th, 2008 at 6:00 am Said:

    Reclame vechi si ciudate [EN]…

    Afise publicitare ciudate din vremea cand reclamele la tigari erau permise….

69. hermleo, on April 26th, 2008 at 1:28 pm Said:

    I have been collecting old add for a while. I find them strangely refreshing from the “hipe” ad campains we are assulted with now days.
    On the other side, the old ads seem to sinister, and pander to the idea that the consumer was “stupid”.

    Great site!

70. Frances, on May 10th, 2008 at 8:18 pm Said:

    I have nothing clever to say except hahahahahaha!!! Hilarious

71. amanda, on May 20th, 2008 at 9:06 pm Said:

    those pics with food…well the spaghetti looks like intestines, and there are even two livers on another picture. why is everything so red and gross?

72. amanda, on May 20th, 2008 at 9:07 pm Said:

    o and the jam being spread on that bread is the creepiest…that girl’s face, and that red, RED knife…

73. Jacob, on May 31st, 2008 at 11:28 pm Said:

    I’m never looked at something with such horrified fascination. The baby under the tub looks like it’s melting! I don’t even understand what they were trying to say. This is what will happen if you use Pear soap?!?!

74. Vintage Adverts | THESCRAPBOOK, on June 5th, 2008 at 5:26 am Said:

    […] lot of these ads are brought together here, some funny, some odd, some just plain wrong (like the Union Carbide India advert, with the catchy […]

75. leanneeee, on June 13th, 2008 at 4:43 pm Said:

    ROFL @ the lysol add you want me to put it where now?!

76. Tony, on June 27th, 2008 at 6:15 pm Said:

    To read about Union Carbide’s wonderful legacy in India:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_accident

77. mirna, on July 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm Said:

    bizzare

78. Lexapro side effects., on July 4th, 2008 at 1:38 am Said:

    Lexapro side effects….

    Lexapro side effects….

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