Vintage Ads with Science / Technology Themes

Engineering & Science Humor - RF CafeThese engineering and science tech-centric jokes, song parodies, anecdotes and assorted humor have been collected from friends and websites across the Internet. I check back occasionally for new fodder, but it seems all the old content is reappearing all over (like this is). The humor is light-hearted and clean and sometimes slightly assaultive to the easily-offended, so you are forewarned. It is all workplace-safe.

Humor #1, #2, #3

It is amazing what passed as good advertising strategy back in the early days of the media. Some of the ads are zany, some are incredibly politically incorrect, and others are downright dangerous. These examples have been making the rounds on the Internet in the last few months, so I have collected the ones with a science / technology theme.

All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

RF Cafe - Vintage Alien Power Pinball Machine Ad

Today, aliens do Wii between conquering worlds

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Ohio Art Mighty Tiny Ad

iPod prototype?

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Western Electric TV Phone Ad

Impressive, actually

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Datacomp Computer Ad

The "s" word - it sold then, it sells now

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Rigid Ad

Even if you weren't going to buy a Graviton Polarity Generator, you will

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Subaru Babe Magnet Ad

I had forgotten what a babe magnet Subarus used to be... not

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Commodore Computer Ad

It probably wasn't even plugged into a GFI receptacle

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Iver Johnson Revolvers Ad

Hmmm... I'm a big 2nd Amendment guy and NRA member, but this is goes a bit too far

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Ride Sharing HOV Ad

Maybe use this as a billboard to keep cheaters out of the HOV lanes!

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Electrolux Ad

Not really appreciating the analogy here... (Q. Are those man boobs I see?)

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Western Electric Phone Ad

Color sure was ugly back then

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Apple Computer Ad

I think their market share is still about the same

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Schlitz Beer Ad

Engineers drink beer, so this ad is relevant

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Del Monte Catsup Ad

How times have changed. Now it's always men who are lame buffoons in ads.

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Tiparillo Ad

The census is science, so I included this ad

 

 

RF Cafe - Vintage Pitnep Boews Ad

Whoa! Did they really print that?

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