Times change and so does the media we consume. Many of our favorite movies and shows could never get made today and often that's a good thing. It's especially true in the realm of advertising.
Here are 19 shows, movies, and commercials that aged like warm milk.
1
"Sixteen Candles," 1984
Sixteen Candles stars a supposedly 16-year-old girl, but doesn’t treat her as such. That’s an issue.
2
Switch
Switching more things than one.
3
‘70s Ad for Asbestos
Can an ad age any worse than this?
4
Maybelline
Suggesting the roster.
5
Cashmere Bouquet
Talc Good housekeeping in 1946.
6
007
Um, that's not what that means.
7
"Porky’s," 1981
This early ‘80s comedy is all about a group of young boys exposing themselves, and peeping at young women. It even got two sequels.
8
Campbell's Tomato Soup
"Like a pretty girl entering the room," 1935.
9
A Want Ad
Looking for Mr. Right (amount) in 1896.
10
Olivetti
That actually looks like every woman's worst nightmare.
11
“Just One of the Guys,” 1985.
A girl tries to join a football team, including some questionable locker room shenanigans.
12
Dickies
Campus tigers are a thing of the past.
13
"No Small Affair"
Just read that description.
14
Converse
But what if she wants the game to be over?
15
No Floor Show
And what does this have to do with Delta?
16
“The Dukes of Hazzard,” 1979 - 1985.
With a car named “General Lee,” and consistent Confederate imagery, this show had some issues, even back in the early ‘80s.
17
Paper Dress
There are more normal ways to visualize this.
18
"Revenge of the Nerds," 1984.
In a classic athletes vs nerds movie, a nerd disguises himself as an athlete to get with an athlete’s girlfriend.
19
Anti-Skinny Ad fFrom the 1930s
For ironized yeast.
