# Those old Coca Cola ads freak me out **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554 "2006-10-23T14:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/21 "2006-10-24T21:51:52Z")
Dunno about y’all, but the unnaturally rosy cheeks on the wimmen make me want to do a :rolleyes: every time I see them. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/22 "2006-10-24T22:19:23Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] At least the women look healthy. [/QUOTE] That was my impression as well. And I bet not a one of them is waxed, pierced, or tattooed, either. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/23 "2006-10-24T22:27:15Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] [Mmm!! Zeees Cola iz sehr gut!](http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/holocaust/jugen.jpg) [Similarities?](http://www.scanraptor.com/cabernet/ccolaads7/pages/p-Coca_Cola_175.htm) [/QUOTE] IANAD, but the girl in the second ad seems to be suffering from an advanced case of rosacea, poor dear. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/24 "2006-10-24T22:58:08Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] [Mmm!! Zeees Cola iz sehr gut!](http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/holocaust/jugen.jpg) [Similarities?](http://www.scanraptor.com/cabernet/ccolaads7/pages/p-Coca_Cola_175.htm) [/QUOTE] Yes, very similar. But is that cola in the Nazi can? I’m not so sure it’s Coke following the Nazis as it is the reverse. I think it was a common way to advertise. And fascisim is the convergence of corporatism and government. While I also find the ads unnerving, it seems to me like they could be exaggerations of Norman Rockwell. (That Norman Rockwell Gemütlichkeit!) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/25 "2006-10-25T03:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] Yes, very similar. But is that cola in the Nazi can? [/QUOTE] I noticed what appears to be a slot on the top of the can, leading me to believe that this is a poster encouraging people to cheerfully give their spare change when the smiling Hitler Youth member knocks on their front door asking for donations. I seem to remember UNICEF or some similar organization distributing cans like that for collecting donations door-to-door. As I don’t read German, I can’t say whether the text in the image supports or refutes my hypothesis. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/26 "2006-10-25T03:24:47Z")
_Jugendherbergen und heime_ One of the on-line translators says it means “Youth-inns and homes” That is, the girl seems to be seeking donations for youth hostels or youth camps or some such. For indoctrination purposes, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/27 "2006-10-25T03:58:23Z")
Phew! Thought I’d never find this article again… Anyway, with all the Nazi comments floating around, I was put in mind of [this story](http://commercial-archive.com/508.php) about the apparent “borrowing” of a Nazi poster for a modern supermarket ad. Nazi meat! ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/28 "2006-10-25T13:49:53Z")
More happy 1950s people: [They’re Happy Because They Eat Lard](http://www.njdiners.com/images/salad/lard.gif) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/29 "2006-10-25T14:07:04Z")
From Fark: [I’m not sure what part of this picture is the creepiest](http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/cello54a.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/30 "2006-10-25T17:48:17Z")
Re. the WWII G.I.'s enjoying a Coke, that was very true. Uncle Sam made a great effort to send vast quantities of comfort items like Coca-Cola to the boys overseas, to a degree where it evoked the disbelief of our Allies and enemies. In An Army at Dawn, Rick Atkinson writes of how the U.S. supply chain went a _bit_ out of whack in the North African campaign, with boxcars’ worth of shoes, peanut butter and countless crates of Coca-Cola delivered. The British frickin’ couldn’t believe it – a most impressive, seemingly unlimited wealth of materiel, but distributed without an apparent grain of common sense! ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/31 "2006-10-25T18:46:52Z")
I actually love Coca-Cola ads…if you look across the history of the product, I think their advertising is an incredible representation of all phases of Amercian culture. The ones from the 50s may seem a little “Stepford Wife-ish,” but that’s how everything was portrayed in the 50s…wholesome and attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/32 "2006-10-25T19:18:14Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] From Fark: [I’m not sure what part of this picture is the creepiest](http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/cello54a.jpg). [/QUOTE] OMG!!! I am so going to have bad dreams about that little girl. She looks like a demented Cindy from the Brady Bunch. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/33 "2006-10-25T19:38:40Z")
I learned the other day that [Marlene Dietrich smokes Lucky Strike](http://home.snafu.de/fright.night/hp/lucky-stryke.jpg) because it’s milder than any othe brand. Accompanied by the catchy slogan: **L.S./M.F.T** - Lucky Strike means fine tobacco So round, so firm, so fully packed - so free and easy on the draw Also that three (unnamed) independent laboratories have confirmed this intelligence: Lucky Strike is milder than all other cigarettes. (One wonders how they tested this.) And that cheerleaders prefer Lucky Strike to other brands! With a little poem to prove it. “IT’S TOASTED!” ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/34 "2006-10-25T20:35:08Z")
What I found interesting was the painting style used. All those teeth are brighter-than-white – but only sketched in, with little detail. The folds in the clothing: the shadows are right, but it’s low in detail, impressionistic almost. But ah – the product, the \*product! \* Lovingly detailed, with fine brush strokes and subtle shading. The relections in the glass bottle are almost photo-realistic, and even the small amount of foam at the top of the fluid is captured. BTW, I laughed out loud at the “sausagefest” comment. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554/35 "2006-10-26T02:54:05Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] From Fark: [I’m not sure what part of this picture is the creepiest](http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/cello54a.jpg). [/QUOTE] Jesus CHRIST. :eek: :eek: :eek: You said it, dude. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-old-coca-cola-ads-freak-me-out/377554.md?page=1)