Friday, 21 February 2014

Awkward! 28 Cringe-Worthy Vintage Product Endorsements


There's a moment in your typical advertising brainstorm when the people charged with wrestling the creative elements to the ground cry uncle, settling on a clumsy compromise for the sake of getting on with the really important business - billing their clients.

Many vintage ads feature unfortunate celebrity endorsements, from Mark Twain shilling for Campbell's soup to Bill Gates touting the virtues of the latest Radio Shack computer. Is a clown really going to convince us to buy tires for our cars?

(thanks Ben)

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