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I found a great collection of vintage ads on Flickr. The Delmonte ketchup ad above would be cool to run as a PR trick today. Of course, no one will “get it” and it will get banned ASAP. But it should generate a lot of free media, and when the press ask about it, just say that the ad was “post ironic”.

Some of the ads are still good, some really doesn’t work today.

If all ads were this good, people would turn on the tv just to watch the ads. So let’s all aim for this whenever we get the chance to direct a spot.

Awesome! I want one now

Grandburo store.

And the future.

The future of digital agencies via Made by many

Whatever you think about Thatcher, this ad is simply brilliant.

Not only has it won awards for best ad of the century, it also firmly positioned Saatchi & Saatchi as the conservative ad agency. But maybe that will change as they are now working for Brown.

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