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Rewind: Check Out This Subway Ad from the 70's

Rewind: Check Out This Subway Ad from the 70's

Long before Jared was a spokesman, the sandwich chain was touting the freshness of its products.

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Rewind: 1954 Ad Shows M&Ms Characters Go for a Chocolatey Swim

Rewind: 1954 Ad Shows M&Ms Characters Go for a Chocolatey Swim

This black & white spot for the Mars brand helped propel the now-famous "Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" tagline.

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Rewind: Catsup vs. Ketchup, And Why Peggy Olson Was On to Something With Heinz

Rewind: Catsup vs. Ketchup, And Why Peggy Olson Was On to Something With Heinz

"Mad Men" storylines don't always square with history.

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Rewind: Oh Yeah! This Was Kool-Aid Man Back in the Day

Rewind: Oh Yeah! This Was Kool-Aid Man Back in the Day

The Kool-Aid pitcherman (and pitchman) is getting a makeover after nearly 60 years. Oh yeah!

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Yabba Dabba Cough! Flashback to When The Flintstones Shilled Cigarettes

Yabba Dabba Cough! Flashback to When The Flintstones Shilled Cigarettes

Fred and Co. hold the crown as the most popular cartoon characters ever used to sell products, from smokes to hair products.

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Rewind: 1979 'This Bud's For You' Commercial Featuring Lou Rawls Voiceover

Rewind: 1979 'This Bud's For You' Commercial Featuring Lou Rawls Voiceover

A look back at one of Budweiser's most popular beer campaigns, by the now-defunct D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles in St. Louis.

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Rewind: The Late Ed Koch's Days as a Snapple Pitchman

Rewind: The Late Ed Koch's Days as a Snapple Pitchman

Ed Koch, who died today, is rightly being remembered as a great mayor who saved New York City from financial failure.

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Rewind: When Lance Armstrong Rode in the Super Bowl

Rewind: When Lance Armstrong Rode in the Super Bowl

Back in 2010, Michelob said Lance Armstrong was a model for "beer drinkers who lead active lifestyles."

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Rewind: Watch an Adorable Young Jodie Foster Do The 'Viewmaster Jam'

Rewind: Watch an Adorable Young Jodie Foster Do The 'Viewmaster Jam'

Before the Tinseltown awards and epic speeches, Jodie Foster was a Madison Avenue darling.

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Rewind: Atari's Totally Tubular Beach Party-Themed '80s Commercial

Rewind: Atari's Totally Tubular Beach Party-Themed '80s Commercial

No pale losers for this video-game ad, an aesthetic crossroads of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," "Porky's" and "Tron." Or something.

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Rewind: Watch Heineken's First TV Ad

Rewind: Watch Heineken's First TV Ad

As brand prepares to celebrate 140 years, we take a look back at the first spot, which aired in the Netherlands in 1968.

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Rewind: Sweetness! Walter Payton Croons in Old KFC Ad

Rewind: Sweetness! Walter Payton Croons in Old KFC Ad

Web sensation Sam 'Sweet Feet' Gordon brings back memories of Walter "Sweetness" Payton, who showed off his musical chops in this KFC ad.

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Rewind: When Happy Ho Ho Presided Over Cheerier Times at Hostess

Rewind: When Happy Ho Ho Presided Over Cheerier Times at Hostess

The snack-cake mascot was one of several iconic characters repping the company, which is headed for liquidation.

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Rewind: Brooke Shields' Calvin Klein Ads From Back in the Day

Rewind: Brooke Shields' Calvin Klein Ads From Back in the Day

Can you do an almost-tripod -- roll upside down onto shoulders and tuck in knees -- while solving a math problem? Sounds pretty easy, but try it in a pair of tight, high-waisted jeans.

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Rewind: Carvel's Slightly Creepy But Super Memorable Ads From the Eighties

Rewind: Carvel's Slightly Creepy But Super Memorable Ads From the Eighties

Carvel's Cookie Puss, an ice-cream cake come to life, was the embodiment of the brand's low-budget, home-brewed ad approach.

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Rewind: Folgers Coffee Is Answer to Marital Problems in This '60s TV Ad

Rewind: Folgers Coffee Is Answer to Marital Problems in This '60s TV Ad

For the housewife portrayed in this old coffee ad, the best part of waking up wasn't the Folgers in her cup -- it was having her husband finally quit berating her for making an awful cup of joe.

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Rewind: Polly-O's Cheesy 80's Ad Was an Instant Classic

Rewind: Polly-O's Cheesy 80's Ad Was an Instant Classic

Polly-O's "best part of the pizza" spot made string cheese a huge hit. But why were the kids in its ads speaking French?

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Rewind: When the Church of Scientology Was a Master of Book Marketing

Rewind: When the Church of Scientology Was a Master of Book Marketing

Before "The Master" and before Tom Cruise, there was "Dianetics."

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Rewind: The Days When Radio Shack Hawked Brick Cellphones for $799

Rewind: The Days When Radio Shack Hawked Brick Cellphones for $799

Mobile technology has come a long, long way since 1989 -- and it's gotten a heck of a lot cheaper, too.

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Rewind: When Birds Eye's Ads Took Frozen Peas From Gray to Green

Rewind: When Birds Eye's Ads Took Frozen Peas From Gray to Green

The same year that Advertising Age published its first issue, Clarence Birdseye had just begun peddling his first batch of quick-frozen veggies to Americans.

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