About the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, Chrysler says it's time to "eschew the traditional and embrace the progressive," but it'll take us some time to get comfortable with the new midsize SUV's radical front ...

When you`ve got a winner, hang on to it. That`s why the new advertising campaign for Budweiser beer will be similar to its recent pitches, at least those dating back to 1979, when ”This Bud`s for You” ...

General Motors did a magnificent job of squeezing every last dollar out of its rear-wheel-drive B Platform from the 1959 through 1996 model years, particularly the 1977-1990 version that underpinned ...

When you sell something, you've got to build a nice story around it. I mean, if you're offering a good product at a competitive price, then you're good, people will want to buy it regardless, just ...

A friend of mine, who fancies himself an idea man, said, ”You`ve got to write about the talking toilet bowls.” The what? ”The toilet bowls that talk to each other. It`s a TV commercial. You`ve seen it ...

One of my favorite lockdown pastimes has been trawling the history books for old adverts of tech. The best finds are those that are so far ahead of their time they’re laughably mundane by today’s ...

The January 1985 issue of The Atlantic Monthly offered its readers an assortment of wonders. A cover story on "Theaterphobia"—a moviegoer's experience on Broadway—penned by one David Denby. A humor ...

Before she became known all over the world for playing Monica Geller on Friends, Courteney Cox had another claim to fame - as the first person to say the word “period” in a US TV commercial. Now, 37 ...

Courteney Cox has updated her iconic Tampax advert, taking the opportunity to give a PSA about the menopause. The Friends actress became the first person to say the word ‘period’ on TV in the 1985 ad, ...