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Martin King

Martin King

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Lucky Dog

Lucky Dog

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I found this. I can't quite make out the text. Was planning on making part of our log book for guest
 

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Martin King said:
I was going through some old boxes and came across some classic old
Ericson tearsheets I had saved. This 46 ad takes the prize for macho, sexist,
bluster!! Ahhh, the good old days. For your enjoyment...

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That is a real hoot! Sort of like what I imagine you would get if you asked the "Mad Men" folks at Sterling-Cooper-Draper-Price to do an ad for Ericson.
 
mherrcat

mherrcat

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Any idea who the ad agency was for Ericson when these ads were done? Working in advertising myself, I am very curious.
 
bayhoss

bayhoss

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Ericson Ad

Hi Martin, Thanks for the look at the ad - pretty cool! Do you by chance know the date it was published?
Thanks!
Frank
 
Martin King

Martin King

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That ad would have been 1971 vintage. The gentleman doing the
ads for Ericson at that time was named Ed Greer. In todays world of
political correctness, you will never see anybody running copy like
that. I still grin every time I see it. When was the last time a boat
ad did that for you? That last paragraph is priceless!

Martin
 
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lbertran

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Political Correctness

And here I thought that rather than political correctness we just know BS when we see it.:egrin:
 
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