Posted on May 16th, 2008 by Benny
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As the generations that grew up in the 80’s and 90’s is turning into a nice and proffitable target audience, marketeers seem to be turning more and more to the stuff my generation grew up with. Robert pointed you to a nice example; Mr. T aka [...]
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Filed under: Brilliant, Classic, Golden oldie, Parody
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Benny
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Having your own website has its advantages. For instance, I sometimes enjoy myself just watching what search phrases that lead to our site you guys use from Google. “boobs simpsons” seems to lead to our site for some weird reason, as does “chocolate last supper church”.
Every now [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Classic, Funny, Golden oldie
Posted on February 9th, 2008 by Benny
Yesterday, I was watching a movie called “Good bye Lenin” on television. It paints a nice picture of communist country East Germany (the former DDR) at the time the Berlin wall fell, including all those small details you never really think about.
In this movie, there are various scenes in which the main characters are watching [...]
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Filed under: Bad, Golden oldie, Informative, Propaganda
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Robert
The world changes right? Wrong! Check the picture above to see the first advertisement in history. It’s part of a ruin in Turkey, formerly known as Ephesus. Ephesus was the capital of Asia when Rome controlled it.
The advertisement is 2.000 years old and it’s on the side of a road that leads to the Temple [...]
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Filed under: Golden oldie, Informative, Making of, Picture, Weird
Posted on November 29th, 2007 by Robert
Ever wondered how a car is made? Me too, but this video doesn’t clear up that question. This early 50’s commercial does however show how simple cars were by then.
A joy to watch because it shows the difference between commercials then and now. I mean, everybody knows car commercials nowadays, and to be honest, [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Commercial, Golden oldie
Posted on November 28th, 2007 by Benny
From the time they were invented, computers have always been an “uncool” product. Sure, they pretty much changed our whole way of life overnight, but even now people tend to assosiate them with nerds.
One brand seems to conquer this image and make computers seem cool stuff everyone should have. After years and years of [...]
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Filed under: Commercial, Golden oldie, Old & New
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by Robert
Here’s an old favorite. It’s pretty old, but still hilarious. Some commercials never start to bore. This is certainly one of those. The slogan of the insurance company (Centraal Beheer) is “even Apeldoorn bellen” translation: “Just call us.” Apeldoorn is the city where Centraal Beheer have their headquarter.
Fons Bruijs the genius behind this simple [...]
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Filed under: Beautiful, Commercial, Funny, Golden oldie, Insurance