Anthro Advertising
Between 1933 and 1936, the Arcadia had a
brief stint as a boxing venue. The most noteworthy bouts at the Arcadia
took place in 1934, when a still relatively unknown Joe Louis won three fights, two by knockout, on his way to claiming the world heavyweight
boxing championship. Then, in 1936, the building’s owners, looking to
cash in on the growing popularity of roller skating, converted the
Arcadia into a roller rink. It continued to operate as a roller rink
through the next two decades. During the late 1950s, the Chicago
Westerners of the women’s professional roller derby league played some
of their home matches at the Arcadia Gardens.
In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 4, 1959, an extra-alarm fire destroyed the building.
Walter Early paints Elsie's portrait, 1939 World's Fair.
Moo.
Demetre Ski Clothing.
Bell's Buffalo Soap. Early 1900's, purpose of product is unclear to say the least. Oh. Bell's is out of Buffalo New York, hence the name.
The Carfax Car Fox.
The Hamm's Bear
Duracell.
Energizer.
Buzz the Bee, Honeynut Cereal.
Joe Camel. Mascot use ended in 1997.
The Trix Rabbit, tweaking hard.
Alexsander Orlov the Meerkat, ComparetheMarket.com, commonly confused with CompareTheMeerkat.com. A shout out to
Very nice! You've got both Elsie *and* Elmer. And in the 45-plus years that I've been eating the Filet-O-Fish I've never once seen that "Phil A. O'Fish" thing -- very weird!
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of filets, what's with the Chick Fil-A thing? I assume it's some kind of meme involving Westboro Baptist Church, but what does it mean??
That was a left wing satire of Chick Fil A, I took it down because you know what could happen if the clowns at blogger decide that we are taking a position one way or the other. Apolitical, that's us!
ReplyDeleteHeh -- yes! Free from partisan rancor and political cant; our only cause: truth! And fur.
DeleteHere in the UK we have a family of Meerkats in commercials. These meerkats are also Eastern European despite being African animals. The whole joke is the accent compare the market, sounds like meerkat in a heavy Slavic accent. Look em up, you could probably do an entire article on them.
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OK, thanks for the tip. I added in Aleksandr to the post. I never heard of this ad campaign but it is perfect for this post. Great stuff.
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