Wednesday’s ad is for Old Vienna, the Canadian O’Keefe’s brand, from 1953. While painting the floor red — why?, only heaven knows — the family dog knocks over both the painter and the can of paint. What to do next? The ad suggests that you “cool off” and “open a bottle of sparkling, light-bodied Old Vienna Beer. Is that before or after you smack the dog with a rolled-up newspaper?
Dig those crazy red socks! Did he paint those,too?
Maybe, it wouldn’t surprise. What I can’t get out of my head is that goofy expression on his face.
The whole drawing’s somewhat incongruous – the guy’s falling backwards, & the dog’s running the other way; the dog’s tail is also wacko.