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Beer In Ads #2459: Evening Guinness

November 13, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1962. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, a man has the evening newspaper and a glass of Guinness, I’m guessing a pairing made in heaven back when people still read newspapers.

Guinness-1962-evening

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2458: Stray Doggerel

November 12, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1961. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, marked “Guinness Pets Page No. 5,” there are five short poems about several different breeds of dog, all in a humorous vein, and all leading to another Guinness.

Guinness-1961-stray-doggerel

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2457: The Animal’s Best Friend

November 11, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1961. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, marked “Guinness Pets Page No. 1,” there’s a poem about how people love animals, which makes us the animal’s best friend. I guess that’s poetic license.

Guinness-1961-animals-best-friend

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2456: Paradogs

November 10, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1961. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, marked “Guinness Pets Page No. 2,” there’s a poem about dog lovers and how they want their masters to drink Guinness.

Guinness-1961-parradogs

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2455: The Torpid Terrapin

November 9, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1961. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, marked “Guinness Pets Page No. 3,” there’s a poem about a turtle who drinks a cup Guinness, of course, and is rev’d up.

Guinness-1961-torpid-terrapin

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2454: Life And Litters

November 8, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1961. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, marked “Guinness Pets Page No. 4,” it talks about how rabbits make great pets, and then finish up by also mentioning they’re great in a stew, too, with a Guinness, of course. Pets or meat, I guess.

Guinness-pets-4-1961

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2453: A Soupçon Of Guinness’s

November 7, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1955. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, it illustrates a quote by English cleric, novelist, and humorous poet Richard Barham — who wrote under the nom de plume Thomas Ingoldsby — from his 1842 work The Ingoldsby Legends.

1955-Guinness-Alcohol-Stephen-Green-Richard-Barham-Py

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2452: The Story Of Fidgety Philip

November 6, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Guinness, from the 1930s. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, a tale called “The Story Of Fidgety Philip,” which is apparently an extract from “The Guinness Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures.” The story’s about a kid who can’t sit still, but after drinking a Guinness a day for a month he’s all better. That’s the best reason for fidgeting I can think of.

1930s-uk-guinness-fidgety-philip

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2451: Have A Glass Of Guinness When You’re Tired

November 5, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1946. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, four men golfing — who frankly look angry rather than tired — are having a hard time finding their balls on a rocky white beach next to the links. When all the rocks are the size of golf balls, and the same color, I imagine it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. So yeah, they could probably all use a beer, I’m just not sure why they’re characterized as “tired.”

Guinness-1946-golf

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2450: A Guinness Page For Coronation Year

November 4, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1953. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, for Elizabeth II’s coronation year, the page is divided into nine sections. One has the title, “A Guinness Page For Coronation Year,” another shows a Guinness bottle from before 1850 and a current one and a third shows a contemporary advertisement. The other six each contain historical anecdotes, most of which reference Guinness in some way. In 1953, if you liked the ad you could send away for a poster of it. I wonder if anybody did?

Guinness-1953-coronation

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History

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