Advertising Is Good For You

I got your raisins right here

Natalie Dee's vision of the Sun-maid Raisin girl. (Click image to enlarge.) See more of her wonderful work on her website.

Jack in the Box pays a visit to McDonald's

Can't decide if this is funny or disturbing.

Click image to enlarge.

Source: My Confined Space

It's a good thing the recently deceased Oscar Mayer the Third didn't live to see this

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashed into someone's house in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Read all about it HERE.

 

The Wienermobile in happier times.

Oscar Mayer may be looking for a new Wienermobile driver. If you're interested, more information is available HERE.

To read more about Oscar G. Mayer, here is his obituary.

Addendum posted 5:00 pm

Found the after picture on Gawker:

The stories behind ten iconic logos

Neatorama has an interesting, quick-read post: the stories behind ten famous logos:

Morton salt's umbrella girl
Heinz' 57 varieties
Green Giant's jolly green giant
Laughing Cow's earring-wearing bovine
The Quaker Oats man
Gerber's baby
Aunt Jemima
Betty Crocker
Chef Boyardee
Sara Lee

These are the depictions of Betty Crocker over the years.

1936 Betty looks like she's standing trial for murder.

1972 Betty looks like Dracula in drag.

I'm guessing that when they created the current Betty they were trying to blur her ethnicity. I like the idea but the execution looks too much like a photograph and that ruins the romance of the brand.

1955 Betty is the only one who looks like she actually bakes cakes.

For some reason I can't explain, 1965 Betty is my favorite. How about you?

Advertising Icons: They certainly are working it

Debonair Magazine has posted the Top 10 Best Dressed Advertising Icons which includes the Jolly Green Giant as #8 and Mr. Peanut as #6.

McDonna: Over a Billion Serviced by Albert Crudo

CLICK HERE to see some of Albert Crudo's other works.

Ronald McDonald caught flashing his McNuggets

Speaking of sad

Cereal Mascot Reunion by artist Rob Sheridan.

The artist says about this work:

It's kind of about the strange, uncomfortable feeling of reuniting with old friends only to find that the magic just isn't there anymore - and in turn, about the melancholy "nothing will ever be as good as it used to be" type of nostalgia, of which I am increasingly fond. And of course, a tribute to the late, great, wood-paneled, shag-carpeted 1970's rec room.

More information, including how to purchase this print, visit Sketchblog.

It's certainly no Weinermobile

But then the Weinermobile doesn't look quite like the Weinermobile, either.

The newest Oscar Mayer Weinermobile is built on top of a MINI Cooper.

It used to look like this.

Sources: Floyka , Autoblog Green

Charming ad for Meinl decaf

Nice play on Meinl's iconic logo.

Advertising agency: Demner, Merlicek & Bermann, Vienna

Source: Ads of the World

A fantastical look at advertising icons

This painting, by artist and sometime commercial illustrator, Todd Schorr, is titled, The Hydra of Madison Avenue . . .

This one is titled, A Goober and a Tuber in an Exchange of Fisticuffs . . .

Discuss among yourselves.

Ronald McDonald visits Wendy's

Source: Bits & Pieces

Brand names for Halloween: Franken Berry

You can't go wrong with Franken Berry.

 

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