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Vincent Price in a Tilex commercial from the 80s
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Vincent Price in a Tilex commercial from the 80s
1969 Pontiac Bonneville
The 1970s, a time when "dieting" wasn't a lifestyle, it was a personality trait, and Fresca was the bottled liquid courage required to lift your girlfriend without throwing out your lower back. This ad is selling us a dream where citrus-flavored chemicals and cyclamates (or saccharin, depending on the week's FDA ruling) grant you the core strength of an Olympic gymnast.
Note the hyper-specific calorie count: 2 1/2 calories. Not two. Not three. That extra half-calorie is where the "frosty" flavor lives, apparently. They’re laughing because they’ve achieved the ultimate 1973 aesthetic: looking like they’ve never seen a carbohydrate in their entire lives while sporting haircuts that require more hairspray than the ozone layer could ever forgive. It "works like a diet drink," which in 1973 terminology usually meant "tastes like a battery but makes your swimsuit fit."
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Beautiful Kenneth in an advert for Fresh Cream Cakes (1985) 🌹
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Vintage STEM Ad 302 - Kaiser Chemicals 2 - 1966 by Johnny El-Rady Via Flickr: TIME Magazine, May 6, 1966