The Museum of Marketing Madness tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2009-06-16://5 2011-06-05T05:24:28Z The Museum of Marketing Madness is a meticulously curated, virtual exhibition space comprised of the crap that assaults our senses daily in the service of marketing and advertising. Movable Type 4.34-en I'm So Happy This Bank Makes People Happy tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.312 2011-06-05T05:06:24Z 2011-06-05T05:24:28Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1 HSBC_happy_comp.jpg

Look at how HUGE and HAPPY these people are!!  You got Dreadlocks Mulatto Happy...Swedish Blonde With Bangs Happy...Older But Casual Enough To Wear T-Shirt With Blazer Happy...Confident Vaguely Middle East/South East Asian/Possibly Latino Happy...Aloha-wear Tan and Grey Mustache Happy...and let's throw in Asian Kid Happy!!!
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I MUST BANK HERE AND BECOME HAPPY!!!!


]]> Making an Idiot Out of Yourself Can Change Your Life tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.310 2011-05-28T02:00:49Z 2011-06-05T04:54:07Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1 shoes-change-lives1.jpg

]]> Protest at the Consolidated Plastics Catalog Shoot tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.311 2011-05-24T02:16:51Z 2011-05-24T02:28:32Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1 consolidated_plastics5.jpg

]]> You're LOST Without The Salad Guide tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.309 2011-05-09T03:21:22Z 2011-05-09T03:25:27Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1
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I rest my case.

]]> The Website Is Like Paper Which Is Like a Leaf Which is Like a Sticker tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.305 2011-05-07T18:01:20Z 2011-05-07T18:09:49Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1
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Save paper...be green...like a leaf...which you are not...but it signifies that...sort of.



]]> If You Like Hip-Hop, You're Gonna LOVE This KitchenAid Appliance! tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.308 2011-04-23T03:07:17Z 2011-05-15T17:57:23Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1
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Then again, DJs love to mix their sound into a heady brew, sprinkled with beats that vacuum up the fans....

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]]> We Saved Water! And Destroyed Everything Else! tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.307 2011-04-18T22:42:09Z 2011-05-07T22:53:26Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1
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That 3' x 3' heavy steel panel took a lotta carbon and iron, natural resources up the wazoo.  But hey you're saving water, so what the hell! 


]]> Why Maki? Because We Said Maki! tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.306 2011-04-14T22:29:48Z 2011-05-07T22:34:14Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1 opening day of this brand spanking new sushi joint...and the "M" is missing off their walls!  Not a good start, not a good start at all.
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]]> If You're Never Impressed, Then...You're Never Impressed tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.304 2011-04-03T02:59:12Z 2011-05-07T17:58:54Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1
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]]> Live Radiantly (miserable) tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.303 2011-03-22T02:31:26Z 2011-03-23T02:50:19Z From the School of Black and White Photography of Serious Models, comes this uplifting message of utter despondency...smile much?... lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1
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]]> Notice they didn't call this "Queen Pills" tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.302 2011-03-21T02:00:04Z 2011-03-21T02:17:58Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1

You can't tell me this catalog copywriter isn't having some fun. 





]]> Exclamation Marks Sell Crap! Kitchen Crap!! tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.301 2011-03-02T19:54:12Z 2011-03-02T20:20:07Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1 Of course!
But look how this drugstore's kitchen utensils section became Exclamation Central!
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Desperately trying to keep up with the sophisticated Exclamation Mstk Approach of these other brands, Marcel tries it too....and fails!exclamation_fail.jpg

]]> This Guy Looks Insane. He Must Be SO Cool! tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.300 2011-03-01T20:24:37Z 2011-03-01T21:16:13Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1

Diesel realized their brand name is a fossil fuel that might be fashionable if worn.  So they take a shaved-head guy, lose his shirt and throw oil on him!  Then call it...DIRTY!

Here's the full window display. 

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But the bottom line is summed up in that box on the bottom right:
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"For those who don't work hard, but want to look like they do."  Yup...that'd be your customer!
]]> "I Am Walking Out Of The Subway" tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.298 2011-02-26T19:41:45Z 2011-02-26T20:06:55Z lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1

Oh YOU are guiding me through the morning?!  Then why the hell do my mornings suck? 

Huh...tell me that O Great Morning Guiding Light of News 4 New York??

]]> Our New Ad Campaign Is Your Bad Headache tag:www.madnessmuseum.com,2011://5.299 2011-02-24T20:08:21Z 2011-02-26T20:13:47Z And my laundry room is a meth lab...is that what you mean??... lee sachs http://madnessmuseum.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=5&id=1

And my laundry room is a meth lab...is that what you mean??
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