Based on the supercut above, it's clear that advertisers in the 50s and 60s had a clear-cut message they were trying to convey in regards to coffee: "Ladies, you coffee is atrocious.

1950S-1960S COMMERCIALS By Jerry Beck | 03/23/2005 9:31 am | Be the First to Comment! Stay informed with free updates: Sign up to get our news digest — delivered directly to your inbox twice a week.

Hahaha, you thought women couldn’t vote. (Joke’s on us for the first two, I guess?) That’s why I like these Christmas commercials from the 1950s and 1960s so much.

In the U.S., far-reaching advertising trends were established in the cultural and economic environment of the 1950s. Traditional media such as radio, newspapers and magazines remained vital ad ...

Larry talks with author Gerald Nachman about his new book, Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s (Pantheon). It profiles rebel comedians of the 1950's and 1960's like Mort ...