Oh advertising, it’s been around as long as there’s been consumers. Originally, it was just word of mouth, maybe a few posters, that spread the news. But now, corporations shell out tons of money pushing their products in all forms of media. And, as it turns out, a lot of those ads used to be… pretty bad. Like, it’d be hard to even look at them. Here are cringeworthy ads from the past that were all too real.
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Celebrity tidbits...
Matthew McConaghay is afraid of revolving doors.
George Lucas owns his own firetruck and employs 14 full-time firefighters to use it.
A new species of horsefly discovered in Queensland, Australia was named after Beyonce. Its scientific name is "Scaptia beyonceae" because of the golden hairs on its abdomen.
Stephen Baldwin has a Hannah Montana tattoo because a 15-year-old Miley Cyrus said that he could guest star on her show if he got one. Unfortuantely, he never got to make an appearance.