Hot Sexy Ladies = Ovaltine

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Oakland, CA

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Kaiser Refractories of Oakland, CA 1966

So much new vocabulary!  Posted because I am in Oakland today :D

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WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT

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Simpsons 1989 promo.

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If the Simpsons were a person, it would be able to go to bars.

And if Bart aged in real-time, he would be my age, which would be 30.

You feel old now.

Continental commercials

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Another nice airline now gone.

( One , better one, after the cut.  )

Saturday Sexism #1

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Perhaps the worst of this bunch, it's hard to say. 

Kaynee shirts, 1938


For those who can't quite read it, allow me to share the joy of this ad copy.  Lacking any other purpose, the distinctly unhappy woman trapped in the middle of these gents is known only as "Toots".  Seriously.

"The Answer to a Maiden's Prayer" (= apparently,  a guy in a Kaynee shirt)

* THREE ANSWERS, in fact -- and all of them pretty smooth.

How do you like the snooty new Kaynee penitentiary stripe on the gent at the left?  Or the Kaynee white (for purity, of course) on the fair-haired boy next to Toots?  Or perhaps you prefer the sporty little plaid job on the wheelsman.

But whichever you pick (and there are dozens to choose from), remember this - whether you're stepping out to do a little private pitching - or just girling around the reservation, or merely mingling manfully with the males - a Kaynee shirt is essential to your real social success. 

ETC.

Honestly, it's so overloaded with wink wink nudge nudge say no more that my head is spinning.  Poor Toots looks like she's had enough of it.

Saturday Sexism #2

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Old Dutch Cleanser, 1937  (possibly a repeat?)



Where to start - Marriage = Cleaning or Wife = Cleaner?  Or "It'll be FUN keeping our house clean!"

Or "I'm not getting smarter, silly, I'm just buying better cleanser :giggle:"?

Saturday Sexism #3

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The Fifth Season, 1970s



GUY paragraph: He cares for the good things in life.  He's an achiever.  He's confident.  He likes his clothes smooth, sexy, comfortable -- masculine.  (Isn't is sad to make that dash carry all that implication?)

GAL paragraph: She makes the right decisions about her man, about her looks, about her clothes.

ugh, they're both ghastly.  Not enough strikeout in the world for JUMPSUITS.*

*but if you like them, ENJOY:  http://www.retronaut.co/2012/02/mens-jump-suits-1970s/

Saturday Sexism #4

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Budweiser, 1956


Full size 1136x1600

So, to recap: Hubby forgot everything about being a good host and an independent person, so she saved his ass. Not because she's smart, but because SEEING Budweiser made her think "hospitality".  She then spent the evening absent, presumably, in her dressing gown, and GOT  A KISS for being so gosh darn wonderful.  If only she didn't look as young as Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet. (12)

Saturday Sexism #5

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Pacific Woollens, 1946  (partial crop)



Top left - indecisiveness in a man?  heaven forbid.
Top right - insisting on too small a size that one can "still fit into" despite the obvious
Bottom left - worrying about having an identical outfit as another man has on
Bottom right - overspending carelessly?  What's particularly interesting about this last one is that there is no role reversal.  There's STILL not a shocked woman in charge of the purse - it's another guy!