Home sweet home
Bob's sister Hannah
Bob's sister Ada
Bob's brother Otto
Bob's sister Eve
Bob's sister Nan
A baby picture of Bob and his siblings (clockwise from upper left: Otto, Eve, Hannah, Ada, Bob, and Nan)
Bob's childhood home
Bob's mom and dad
Bob in his youth
Bob's cousin Alphonse
Bob's Uncle Ralph and Aunt Edna
Bob's cousin Archibald
Bob's stepbrother Herbie (who really needs to quit smoking)
Bob's cousin Chester
Bob's Great Uncle Norbert and Great Aunt Phyllis
Bob's cousin Saffron (who will do anything for a drink)
Bob's cousin Thorndike
Bob's brother-in-law Vinnie
Bob's cousin Orville, who loves the Green Bay Packers
Bob's nieces Lulu and Bitsy, the biker chicks
Bob's stepsister Eloise, with the twins, Rudy and Trudy
Bob's Uncle Henry and Aunt Rowena
Bob's niece Esmerelda (who likes to live dangerously)
Bob's Great Uncle Arthur up in Saskatchewan
Bob's cousin Louie, the grackle of grumpiness
Miss Screech, Bob's journalism teacher
Bob's nephew Winthrop, who loves sports
Bob's Uncle Seymour and Aunt Bernice
Bob's second cousin Schlomo in Brooklyn
Bob's nephew Baxter
Bob's cousin Darrell
Nigel, Bob's pen pal in New Zealand
Bob's sister-in-law Delphine, who volunteers at the animal shelter
Percy the Pickpocket, Bob's third cousin once removed (the relative no one likes to talk about... every family has one)
The Bluebird of Happiness™ (no relation to Bob)
A pair of boobies (also no relation to Bob, but included for readers who desire titillation)
A pair of tits (in case the boobies were insufficiently titillating)
Bluebird Bitter™, the beer they named for Bob
bluebird of bitterness 
OMGOSH! Those kid are so creepy! especially the fig-newten and red dye kid.
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I was laughing and cringing at the same time looking at them.
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My first thought is how wordy the are. Did people really read all that bumf?
And did they really think it was a good idea to give kids laxatives? Seems like it’s saying ‘be on the safe side and use this product’.
The little girl dying everything in sight amused me. Poor cat!
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In those days, mothers wanted your insides to be “cleaned out.” Enemas were popular. with soapy water in them. I remember it well 🙂
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Mine too! I don’t know why but from the 1970s(ish) onwards adverts started incorporating less and less text until now they’re just an image and a logo. It really annoys me though when you want some INFORMATION and it’s not there.\
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Ahhh, memories. I was the one shopping with mom for Chubby Girl sizes. Unlike this ad claims, they weren’t very slimming! 😕 I must have eaten too many Mars bars and those cookies. Haha…
Not sure how a desperate baby under a tub would make you buy Pear Soap…go figure!
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Oh, boy! I bet girls wanted to gain weight so they could wear those beautiful Chubbettes–not! Mother gave me Ex-Lax when I had appendicitis (not yet diagnosed). It was not a good idea. She also told me it was a Hershey bar. It very clearly was not.
Love,
Janie
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I love old ads like these. The older ones (from the early ’60’s and before) use drawings instead of photographs, and some of them are real works of art.
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Cringe worthy!
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Fig Newtons – they have a different name here in Lockdownunder, but unofficially they’re known as pillow biscuits.
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I had one of these products earlier today. The 8 vegetables in a can. 😀
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I remember “Look mom, no cavities” ads. Back then “Chubby” was skinnier than today’s normal.
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That was my thought as well. The “chubby” girl in that ad is downright svelte compared with most of her 21st-century counterparts.
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There’s so many words in those adverts. I was wondering why… I suppose they date from the time before TV totally ruled, so a print ad back then was more like a TV ad now… (?) Maybe…(?)
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Did someone spike that kid’s ginger ale?
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Some of those people look scary. And that Pears soap ad would put you off the product for sure.
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Amazing how many of the brands are still with us.
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I have never ever said “Whee!” about fig newtons 🙂 And what is going on in the Pears soap ad? It’s a little scary. Some of those products have been around a long time, though. Either the ads worked or the products sold themselves!
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Sometimes advertisers shoot themselves in the foot when they try too hard to get attention, and that’s funny.
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Dixie Cups!!!
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