Oy Vey!

[rain_gryphon]

From The Comics Reading Library comes this comic book ad from 1954:



Words fail me. I think we can safely conclude that Jesus purging the moneylenders from the Temple was not the favourite Bible story of whoever thought this up.

Comments

[rapidtrabbit.livejournal.com]

Back in those days I've seen the exact same ad and copy to sell some other merchandise door-to-door that wasn't religious in nature.

[jordan179.livejournal.com]

It is not just crass, it is also exceedingly illogical. How does sending this guy money fight the various social ills described in the upper left-hand corner?

[ben-mouse.livejournal.com]

I notice one thing the giant godly fist -isn't- slamming down on is "greed." Coincidence? >.>

[ben-mouse.livejournal.com]

I am not sure why a religious group is offering the "Roy Rogers Flash Camera." Who would want a picture of Roy Rogers flashing? Besides Dale Evans, that is.

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

Dang. You really should share this on the Vintage Ads lj community.

[crow-lover.livejournal.com]

"Send No Money - We trust you" xD

Wow, where did you find this?

[xolo.livejournal.com]

I've seen the same thing bazillions of times, yeah. It's probably the same company, even. This one just amazed me because of the religious tie-in.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

Well, I think the moral improvement is supposed to stem from people hanging the "Religious Wall Motto Plaques" on their walls. That's what he wants you to sell.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

A salient observation indeed!

[xolo.livejournal.com]

Do they even let you have firesticks there? And I need your address to send you that software, too.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

I'm not on it, but you're entirely welcome to repost it there if you like.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

From The Comics Reading Library (http://comicreadinglibrary.blogspot.com/) comes this comic book ad from 1954...

[xolo.livejournal.com]

I notice as well that one of the prizes is a 'vanity set'...

[kitten-goddess.livejournal.com]

It's a high school fundraiser crossed with A Christmas Story! This is priceless!

[rev-marcus.livejournal.com]

Love the ad! I remember ones like it when I was young. I like the phrase "Serve the Lord and get prizes". The prosperity gospel tele-evangelists still do that--"Send us money and get this great prize"

[xolo.livejournal.com]

Those Red Ryder BB guns were real, and apparently quite common too. There were still a few of them around when I was a kid :)

[xolo.livejournal.com]

I thought of televangelists too, yeah. It's very much the same pitch. This was the back-cover ad in an absolutely lurid horror comic too, which kind of weirds me out.