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Vintage Advertisement - political correctness not really given
- Thread starter Zephyros
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Here's what happens today:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42960503
(I posted it earlier on Now This Just isn't Funny - but it seems worth a re-post here
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42960503
(I posted it earlier on Now This Just isn't Funny - but it seems worth a re-post here
)
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
Times have changed indeed.
I recall having seen an old cinema pub reel from the 1950's. It was clearly in the colonial era, and sounded about like this :
"A white man is worth two blacks! But in (name of the shop), you can buy now two white men's shirts for the price of one!"
I recall having seen an old cinema pub reel from the 1950's. It was clearly in the colonial era, and sounded about like this :
"A white man is worth two blacks! But in (name of the shop), you can buy now two white men's shirts for the price of one!"
Naraku
Draconarius
Hard to believe this stuff was once acceptable:
People know better today....right?
https://mashable.com/2017/10/09/dove-racist-facebook-ad/#BZ47pc3HC5qj
People know better today....right?
https://mashable.com/2017/10/09/dove-racist-facebook-ad/#BZ47pc3HC5qj
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
Jump to the year 2100 : "Hard to believe this stuff was once acceptable, wrapping foods in cellophane!"!
bellesouth
Magistrate
My mother told me about National Airlines who ran 'Fly Me' adverts. Later there was one called 'Take me, I'm yours'. Mum had a T-shirt with that on.
KvK
Tribune
The one and only Benny Hill did a skit based on this. He played a woman and said "Hi! I'm Heidi, and I have two Jumbo Mammies."
Naraku
Draconarius
I remember those ads from the 70s that inspired a great deal of backlash and jokes and a 1973 sexploitation movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068599/?ref_=nv_sr_5
I may have seen the movie on VHS, but it must not have made much of an impression.
I'm sure none of this had anything to do with National being bought out by Pan Am in 1980.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068599/?ref_=nv_sr_5
I may have seen the movie on VHS, but it must not have made much of an impression.
I'm sure none of this had anything to do with National being bought out by Pan Am in 1980.
bellesouth
Magistrate
According to one of my husband's favourite records, Pan Am was the only state owned airline never to have made a loss. They made 'negative profits' instead.
Eastern Airlines chairman once said "We lose money on every seat sold but make it up with volume..."
The wierdest thing on that one is the line 'Her husband was crazy about peas!' -
Jump to the year 2100 : "Hard to believe this stuff was once acceptable, wrapping foods in cellophane!"!
I mean, we've got a fair selection of kinks on the Forums, but peas... ?
Naraku
Draconarius
Pam Am was considered the unofficial flagship airline of the US due to its numerous overseas routes and high quality service. However, it was not government owned. If it had been, it might not have shut down in 1991.
here are some more ads to remind some of us of the days when air travel was grand experience and not a horrible ordeal.
I flew on all of these except for Pan Am and I recall Braniff as being the best.
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
A grand experience for the happy few who could afford flight tickets, before the 1970's.
And that flight engineer in the cockpit, that is really politically incorrect today, from the airline's business viewpoint!
