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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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From The Progressive Farmer, November 1958

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I don't care how effective it is. I'm not swallowing 666 tablets."

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

You can go with 666 glasses of liquid instead.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 10 points 1 week ago

Now with free stickers!

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The medicine's name was said 'Six-sixty-six', not 'six-six-six'. Radio ads for the medicine had the following jingle, sung to the tune of Farmer in the Dell:

Six-sixty-six
Six-sixty-six
Colds make you feel so bad,
Take Six-sixty-six

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It also explains why it’s called that (it was the next number in the original pharmacist’s prescription book).

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This makes it so much better.
I can almost hear the chime.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 points 1 week ago

If you properly satanised your hands, you might not need it

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] hexx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

IT HAS MORE!

[–] raoulraoul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, allow an old type fetishist (I've since had therapy) a moment to say how I just loved those Filmotype phototypefaces. ❤️🕴️🥰❤️