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| Fab Detergent, 1952 |
That's just like a man.
This aired back in the days when there was one 1-1/2-minute commercial. Notice the guy's shirt at the end...it looks like he's been irradiated (nuclear glow?).
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time 1:37 size 1.5 mb aired 1952
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| Blue Dutch Cleanser |
The cleanser with the magic touch!
Very vintage retro ad from the '50s, complete with dancing, prancing little Dutch girl with the sparkly wand. A great retro ad.
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time 1:01 size 910 kb aired 1958
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| Action Bleach |
Mid-'60s ad when convenience really mattered. There were bleach pellets, detergent pellets, and even dog-food pellets.
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time 0:32 size 475 kb aired 1967
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| All Detergent (Jane Wyatt) |
Controlled suds detergent.
Jane Wyatt, the mom on Father Knows Best, was right up there with Donna Reed and June Lockhart as the perfect housewife and mother.
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time 1:03 size 935 kb aired 1957
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| Spic & Span |
Why? Why is she cleaning where you just cleaned?
Silly man: mops are for girls, not boys.
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time 0:34 size 496 kb aired 1966
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| Dial Soap |
She likes people;people like her. And people who like people like Dial.
She's the life of the party. And that guy dancing with her sure looks like Ken Berry of F Troop and Mayberry RFD fame.
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time 1:06 size 418 kb aired 1950s
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| Mr. Clean |
Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime and grease in just a minute...
This ad is from the 1950s, and Clean is wearing a ring in his left ear. In those days, it would be shocking for normal men to do this, yet Clean got away with it. Disgusting.
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time 1:09 size 327 kb aired 1950s
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| Wisk's Ring Around the Collar |
Famous for being one of the most annoying commercials on television in the '60s. Who can forget that sneering voice and the look of shame on Mrs. Housewife's face?
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time 0:33 size 418 kb aired 1960s
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| Puffs Facial Tissues |
Feel good? Do it again.
One of the first (if not the first) Puffs ads to appear on TV.
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time 1:02 size 770 kb aired 1960
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| Palmolive Soap |
Aunt Della looks younger than you.
Here's a case where a slap in the kid's face is understandable.
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time 0:33 size 465 kb aired 1962
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| Liquid Trend |
Two cans for only 59 cents.
Liquid Trend dish-cleaning soap. Notice that, back then, it came in cans.
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time 1:02 size 932 kb aired 1958
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| florient (Bess Meyerson) |
But I remembered florient.
Bess Meyerson returning from grocery shopping? Uh-huh...and then she milked the farm cows. Former Miss America (1945), Meyerson was big on the game-show circuit...and seemed attracted to loser boyfriends later in life.
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time 0:34 size 270 kb aired 1962
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| Scotkins Paper Napkins |
Don't want to give the wrong impression.
Hubby is bringing the boss home for dinner, and the little woman saves the evening with her huge paper napkins.
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time 1:04 size 948 kb aired 1957
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| Ajax Liquid's White Tornado |
Holy smoke, a white tornado!
One of many white tornado Ajax ads that swept through the country, with smart housewives confusing the heck out of clueless male utility workers.
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time 0:31 size 383-423 kb aired 1960s
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| Duz Detergent |
It took more than being a good detergent to sell a box of soap. Imagine buying soap just to get your kitchen dishware.
Duz was that way. Buy the soap, get the famous star sapphire design glasses. So...was the soap any good?
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time 0:37 size 401-431 kb aired 1960s
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| Axion Detergent |
Colgate's Axion laundry detergent, as peddled by Arthur Godfrey.
Godfrey, known for his rude, arrogant personality and short fuse, eventually left Colgate on not-so-great terms. Claiming that Axion polluted the environment, he even got Colgate to publicly admit this.
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time 0:37 size 210 kb aired 1950s
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