Some bourbon and cigarettes with that magazine, sir?

For whatever reason, there's been a Life magazine dated November 26, 1971 (title: "The Brain: Part IV: Chemistry of Madness") lying on the sofa in the carport for the past few weeks--I finally picked it up today, flipped through it and was struck by the advertisements. Particularly, the number of ads for vices.

In the rag's 97 pages (including inside front cover and inside/outside back cover), there are 49 advertisements. By sheer numbers, ads for cigarettes lead the pack with nine pages, followed by whiskey with six ads over about 5 1/2 pages.

Far behind but tied for third place are wrist watches with three ads, including an offer to receive a Bullwinkle timepiece through the mail, and ads for automobiles. The only other product that advertises more than once is televisions.

Some of the more interesting promotions are those for an alcoholic drink called "Hop'n Gator," a send-this-ad-with-money offer for a "Swedish army officer's coat," and an offer for readers to send in four proofs of purchase from Sylvania flashcubes in exchange for two pillow cases (?).

An interesting sidebar: the ad on the back cover of the magazine is for "Tareyton" cigarettes, which I wonder have anything to do with the animated "Tarryltons" cigarette billboard in Idiocracy.


::Original research from WigsByGs::