I think it looks like David Carradine so maybe it has something to do with him being in the musical hair
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Apparently ran in the Sun in 1973. http://real70s.blogspot.com/2008/06/unusual-ways-of-trying-to-make-money.html
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When Mark ran this in early 2012 it seemed believable, but ridiculous. (Great comments in that post, esp. the jibe at Adobe CS subscriptions.)
Next time youâre in Guildford, you should go ask them yourself, Cory.
I scaled it down, so as to not overwhelm everyone, but if you look carefully, you can make out âHairstylist for Ladies and Gentlemenâ. Bonus: thereâs a Tandoori restaurant just a stoneâs throw away. According to Google, itâs only about an hour and a half away by BMW.
/Yâknow: Bus, Metro, Walk
The unfortunate thing is the the contemporary version wouldnât have abandoned the concept, just sold it as âa best-of-breed managed toupee solution providerâ.
Managed Toupee Solutions are not all created equal. The quality of the maintenance makes all the difference. My own rug has been going strong for nearly thirty years. Regular oiling and de-lousing keep it in tip top shape. Iâm confident that the ladies canât even tell how old I am anymoreâŚ
According to a piece by Fran Lebowitz in Metropolitan Life there was, at one time in New York, at least one ânail bankâ where womenâs cut fingernails were saved so they could be glued on to other womenâs nails, to repair breaks or just make them longer.
If that was real then this seems plausible.
Could pitch that one to Donald TrumpâŚ
I was thinking Tim Allen.
I dunno, if youâre the sort of guy whoâs decided he needs a hairpiece, it could make sense to pay a constant, budgetable monthly sum instead of one big lump up front and more big payouts at unpredictable intervals.
You omitted âartisanalâ and âcurated.â Otherwise A+!
Iâm all for pitching things at Donald Trump, but pelting him with wigs is definitely the best idea.
Naturally, the internet happens to have precisely the image that this brought to mind.
âPelting?â
I remember that one! Whereâd it appear? Private Eye?
Me too, but no idea where. It doesnât seem right for Viz, so maybe PI.
Seems kpkpkp was right on the button. Itâs from the Gud Bok itself. And yes, Vizâs ads were cartoonier than that.
Oh, hey, has anyone posted this yet?
I believe this is actually a fake ad from the back of the Brand New Monty Python Bok, later reissued as the Brand New Monty Python Papperbok. Donât have my copy handy but Iâm pretty sure this is the source.
