what cigarette do you smoke doctor once
again the brand named most was camel the
times they are a-changin welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
shocking ads that would never be
published today for this list we’re
highlighting the most surprising and or
offensive print ads that wouldn’t quite
work in today’s society for obvious
reasons that’s recent number 10 men are
better than women drummond sweaters Heil
Heil
in 1959 an older generation questioned
the emerging trend of rock and roll yet
marketing executives had no problem
bashing women in this Esquire ad
featuring too manly hikers if you look
closely you may notice the struggling
female at the bottom of the ad clinging
on for dear life as the bolded text
offers a disturbing tagline followed by
the line indoors women are useful even
Pleasant well you don’t say the men
actually look horribly confused but
Drummond decided this was the best way
to promote their brand this is
disgraceful
they’re all hostile don’t lie that’s
what I said so
it’s too absurd number 9 because
innocence is sexier than you think
loves baby soft established in 1974
loves baby soft
took a rather disturbing approach in
their early days by sexualizing young
women and we do mean young sure the
times have changed since the liberal 70s
but take a close look at the tagline and
if you don’t see what’s wrong then you
may just be part of the problem there’s
one person nobody can resist and that’s
a baby so love made baby soft with the
innocent scent of a cuddly clean baby
that grew a very sexy with an equally
creepy television campaign one must
wonder who exactly the targeted
demographic was well let’s just say that
even the little teddy bear looks
uncomfortable file this one under
marketing fails at least when it comes
to common decency love’s baby side
because citizens see a new baby number 8
keep her where she belongs
weinberg massage accuse appearing in the
pages of Playboy in 1974 this ad does a
little more than treat its female
subject as a sexualized object but wait
there’s a shoe who really knows what the
heck is going on here as the naked woman
with what looks like a mood ring lies in
the buff while admiring the dreadful
Footwear yeah yeah keep her where she
belongs set a marketing guru I love it
oh and make sure she’s topless and
here’s the unfathomable part his bosses
agreed logic Nath this ad is mysterious
or perhaps it’s just downright absurd
take a look at the damn thing will you
that makes it number seven which
cigarettes do doctors smoke the most
Camel cigarettes timeout where many men
of Medicine usually means just long
enough to enjoy a cigarette in a post
World War two society it’s safe to say
Americans were ready to unwind and by
the late 40s Camel cigarettes provided a
brief escape in this ad that looks like
it’s straight out of Mad Men the text
actually describes the salt-and-pepper
doctor as a scientist a diplomat and a
friendly sympathetic human being
according to this repeated nationwide
survey more doctors smoke camels than
any other cigarette sure that may all be
true but the obvious message here is
that doctors yes doctors prefer to puff
down camels more than any other brand
see how camels agree with your throat
see how mild and good tasting a
cigarette can be today the real question
seems to be whether they’d be alive by
Christmas however back then not everyone
knew that inhaling smoke into your lungs
could be problematic my physicians say
it relaxes the effect they’re idiots
they’ve all been knighted makes it
official then number six if your husband
ever finds out chase and Sanborn coffee
company I think we ought to start off
our afternoon session in a very nice way
by having a very tasty cup of tea
as one of the first American coffee
brands chase and Sanborn had been in
business nearly 100 years by 1952 and
executives then decided that woman
shaming might earn them a few bucks
featuring a female that appears to be
enjoying what seems to be an obvious
case of physical abuse the ad doesn’t
explicitly state that one’s husband may
get angry if the coffee isn’t fresh it
just simply implies that a spanking may
be in order
oddly enough the seated man appears to
be the prototype for a future Don Draper
unamused probably a little confused and
perhaps suffering from short man
syndrome this is ridiculous
Don I’m not gonna let a woman talk to me
like this this meeting is over
number five Arnaz cross-eyed as you
think
Revere copper and brass Inc founded by
one Paul Revere in 1801 yes the Paul
Revere his business Revere copper was
born of the American Revolution however
with this nationalistic advertisement
it’s almost like the public was actually
supposed to believe that other nations
were inferior and the Lord is even
referenced to denigrate the creativity
and intelligence of the Japanese sure
this was standard procedure in 1944 and
people of varying ethnicities have long
found themselves in the crosshairs of
unscrupulous marketing executives but
it’s the overall sentiment of this ad
that is the most troubling of all
religion war ignorant bad combination
number four so the harder a wife works
the cuter she looks
Kellogg’s pep by the late 30s the
average family maybe wasn’t thinking so
much about impending war but about how a
cereal could be fortified with vitamins
for this breakfast promotion the
Kellogg’s executives presented an A
shucks campaign to pull some Jedi mind
tricks on women they perceived to be
impressionable notice the underlining of
cooter she looks and the husband’s
pleasant surprise when he discovers that
vitamins have transformed his honey into
an all-out cleaning and cooking machine
its marketing 101 well at least back
then it was but today it’ll make any
reasonable person shake their head due
to the complete lunacy
of the tagline the fundamental
disrespect disrespect Oh blame number
three why doesn’t your mama wash you
with fairy soap fairy soap NK Fairbank
and his company produced fairy soap and
along with it came one of the most
offensive ads you’ll ever see with a
tagline that’s clearly racially
motivated this ad takes on an even more
despicable sentiment by using children
as the selling point by portraying the
white subject as innocent curious and
clean the message communicated is that
the african-american must be naturally
dirty especially given the absence of
shoes of course there’s a larger
narrative at work here which is both
startling and saddening at the same time
it’s a reminder of how far we’ve come
even if we still have a long way to go
number two it’s nice to have a girl
around the house mister legs with an
inherently masculine brand name this
1970 ad takes the cake when it comes to
carefree misogyny the tagline alone
isn’t necessarily the major problem
mainly because the ad itself also
features the image of a female human rug
adorned with a male foot upon her head
one might be inclined to believe that
mr. legs could have used a little more
tact or anything resembling a slight
balance in gender roles but as the
smaller text notes the woman just
couldn’t help but Letterman walk all
over her after seeing those dandy slacks
from mr. legs
yikes that’s disgusting it’s American
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
number one we are going to use chlorine
all chlorine all soda bleaching and we
scared of got a big boom people get
killed in the process with an a racist
mindset comes a natural inability to
comprehend the realities of others and
beyond the shocking text of this 1910
bleach advertisement the black versus
white premise along an aquatic sunny
horizon is what mystifies the most it
goes without saying that no one should
ever feel like they’re not good enough
because of their skin colour and while
the world has progressed in the last
century it’s always been filled with
people of different appearances and
backgrounds that define the essence of
world culture however back in 1910 it
was unfortunately commonplace to insult
an entire race for the almighty dollar
my main makes autumns of their coffers
go round
money makes Auckland go around it makes
the window do you agree with our list
what shocking ad do you think would
never fly today for more mind-blowing
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com well there’s
the happy ending the girls learned how
to sew it was easy and they got three
dresses for the price of one
the finger sewing shop near you via
their girl
again the brand named most was camel the
times they are a-changin welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
shocking ads that would never be
published today for this list we’re
highlighting the most surprising and or
offensive print ads that wouldn’t quite
work in today’s society for obvious
reasons that’s recent number 10 men are
better than women drummond sweaters Heil
Heil
in 1959 an older generation questioned
the emerging trend of rock and roll yet
marketing executives had no problem
bashing women in this Esquire ad
featuring too manly hikers if you look
closely you may notice the struggling
female at the bottom of the ad clinging
on for dear life as the bolded text
offers a disturbing tagline followed by
the line indoors women are useful even
Pleasant well you don’t say the men
actually look horribly confused but
Drummond decided this was the best way
to promote their brand this is
disgraceful
they’re all hostile don’t lie that’s
what I said so
it’s too absurd number 9 because
innocence is sexier than you think
loves baby soft established in 1974
loves baby soft
took a rather disturbing approach in
their early days by sexualizing young
women and we do mean young sure the
times have changed since the liberal 70s
but take a close look at the tagline and
if you don’t see what’s wrong then you
may just be part of the problem there’s
one person nobody can resist and that’s
a baby so love made baby soft with the
innocent scent of a cuddly clean baby
that grew a very sexy with an equally
creepy television campaign one must
wonder who exactly the targeted
demographic was well let’s just say that
even the little teddy bear looks
uncomfortable file this one under
marketing fails at least when it comes
to common decency love’s baby side
because citizens see a new baby number 8
keep her where she belongs
weinberg massage accuse appearing in the
pages of Playboy in 1974 this ad does a
little more than treat its female
subject as a sexualized object but wait
there’s a shoe who really knows what the
heck is going on here as the naked woman
with what looks like a mood ring lies in
the buff while admiring the dreadful
Footwear yeah yeah keep her where she
belongs set a marketing guru I love it
oh and make sure she’s topless and
here’s the unfathomable part his bosses
agreed logic Nath this ad is mysterious
or perhaps it’s just downright absurd
take a look at the damn thing will you
that makes it number seven which
cigarettes do doctors smoke the most
Camel cigarettes timeout where many men
of Medicine usually means just long
enough to enjoy a cigarette in a post
World War two society it’s safe to say
Americans were ready to unwind and by
the late 40s Camel cigarettes provided a
brief escape in this ad that looks like
it’s straight out of Mad Men the text
actually describes the salt-and-pepper
doctor as a scientist a diplomat and a
friendly sympathetic human being
according to this repeated nationwide
survey more doctors smoke camels than
any other cigarette sure that may all be
true but the obvious message here is
that doctors yes doctors prefer to puff
down camels more than any other brand
see how camels agree with your throat
see how mild and good tasting a
cigarette can be today the real question
seems to be whether they’d be alive by
Christmas however back then not everyone
knew that inhaling smoke into your lungs
could be problematic my physicians say
it relaxes the effect they’re idiots
they’ve all been knighted makes it
official then number six if your husband
ever finds out chase and Sanborn coffee
company I think we ought to start off
our afternoon session in a very nice way
by having a very tasty cup of tea
as one of the first American coffee
brands chase and Sanborn had been in
business nearly 100 years by 1952 and
executives then decided that woman
shaming might earn them a few bucks
featuring a female that appears to be
enjoying what seems to be an obvious
case of physical abuse the ad doesn’t
explicitly state that one’s husband may
get angry if the coffee isn’t fresh it
just simply implies that a spanking may
be in order
oddly enough the seated man appears to
be the prototype for a future Don Draper
unamused probably a little confused and
perhaps suffering from short man
syndrome this is ridiculous
Don I’m not gonna let a woman talk to me
like this this meeting is over
number five Arnaz cross-eyed as you
think
Revere copper and brass Inc founded by
one Paul Revere in 1801 yes the Paul
Revere his business Revere copper was
born of the American Revolution however
with this nationalistic advertisement
it’s almost like the public was actually
supposed to believe that other nations
were inferior and the Lord is even
referenced to denigrate the creativity
and intelligence of the Japanese sure
this was standard procedure in 1944 and
people of varying ethnicities have long
found themselves in the crosshairs of
unscrupulous marketing executives but
it’s the overall sentiment of this ad
that is the most troubling of all
religion war ignorant bad combination
number four so the harder a wife works
the cuter she looks
Kellogg’s pep by the late 30s the
average family maybe wasn’t thinking so
much about impending war but about how a
cereal could be fortified with vitamins
for this breakfast promotion the
Kellogg’s executives presented an A
shucks campaign to pull some Jedi mind
tricks on women they perceived to be
impressionable notice the underlining of
cooter she looks and the husband’s
pleasant surprise when he discovers that
vitamins have transformed his honey into
an all-out cleaning and cooking machine
its marketing 101 well at least back
then it was but today it’ll make any
reasonable person shake their head due
to the complete lunacy
of the tagline the fundamental
disrespect disrespect Oh blame number
three why doesn’t your mama wash you
with fairy soap fairy soap NK Fairbank
and his company produced fairy soap and
along with it came one of the most
offensive ads you’ll ever see with a
tagline that’s clearly racially
motivated this ad takes on an even more
despicable sentiment by using children
as the selling point by portraying the
white subject as innocent curious and
clean the message communicated is that
the african-american must be naturally
dirty especially given the absence of
shoes of course there’s a larger
narrative at work here which is both
startling and saddening at the same time
it’s a reminder of how far we’ve come
even if we still have a long way to go
number two it’s nice to have a girl
around the house mister legs with an
inherently masculine brand name this
1970 ad takes the cake when it comes to
carefree misogyny the tagline alone
isn’t necessarily the major problem
mainly because the ad itself also
features the image of a female human rug
adorned with a male foot upon her head
one might be inclined to believe that
mr. legs could have used a little more
tact or anything resembling a slight
balance in gender roles but as the
smaller text notes the woman just
couldn’t help but Letterman walk all
over her after seeing those dandy slacks
from mr. legs
yikes that’s disgusting it’s American
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
number one we are going to use chlorine
all chlorine all soda bleaching and we
scared of got a big boom people get
killed in the process with an a racist
mindset comes a natural inability to
comprehend the realities of others and
beyond the shocking text of this 1910
bleach advertisement the black versus
white premise along an aquatic sunny
horizon is what mystifies the most it
goes without saying that no one should
ever feel like they’re not good enough
because of their skin colour and while
the world has progressed in the last
century it’s always been filled with
people of different appearances and
backgrounds that define the essence of
world culture however back in 1910 it
was unfortunately commonplace to insult
an entire race for the almighty dollar
my main makes autumns of their coffers
go round
money makes Auckland go around it makes
the window do you agree with our list
what shocking ad do you think would
never fly today for more mind-blowing
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com well there’s
the happy ending the girls learned how
to sew it was easy and they got three
dresses for the price of one
the finger sewing shop near you via
their girl
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