I just happened to catch this scene on Mad Men a few weeks ago and was surprised to see this 1960's Maybelline ad still up on the active client bulletin board. (in the upper left corner.)
Mad Men takes place in 1968 this Season. My great uncle Tom Lyle Williams had just sold the Maybelline Company to Plough Inc. December 29th, 1967.
The same Maybelline ad appeared on Mad Men,
last Season in 2012.
Roger Sterling, ‘Mad Men”s sophisticated sliver-haired ad executive, went on an LSD trip with help from the 1966 Beach Boys classic ‘I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
Beach Boy's I Just Wasn't Made For These Times.... My cousin Chuck Williams BB1 and The Beach Boys
Next week I will be posting the entire 1960's chapter of Maybelline Story, (the chapter that was glossed over in my book.) It is by far the most extensive "behind the scenes view" of The Maybelline Company ever told, by one of the last living Maybelline 'Mad Men,' Executives, Harris A Neil Jr. Be sure to check in on Monday. PAST POSTS ON MAD MEN Mad Men Returns Which Means Don Draper Is On The Prowl Mar 20, 2012
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