Saturday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1952. 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. This ad, one of many that used Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (at least I think this is one that did) features an ostrich, with three more in the background, one of which swallowed the zookeeper’s pint glass. And at the bottom is this simple poem:

The Ostrich, travelers recall,
Enjoys his Guinness, glass and all.
How sad the Guinness takes so long
To get to where it does belong!

Friday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1952. 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. This ad, one of many that used Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (at least I think this is one that did) features a kangaroo, with another one in the background surprising a zookeeper. And at the bottom is this simple poem:

Ma-supials have a pouch, or bin
To stow their little treasures in.
Not strange if Mrs. Kangaroo
Should poppa a Guinness in it, too!

Thursday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1952. 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. This ad, one of many that used Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (at least I think this is one that did) features a roaring lion, with another one in the background chasing a zookeeper who’s holding a bottle and glass of Guinness on a tray. And at the bottom is this simple poem:

Insatiable carnivore!
Oh, how voraciously you roar!
Is it because, like us, you feel
You need a Guinness with your meal?

Wednesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1952. 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. This ad, one of many that used Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (at least I think this is one that did) features a couple of sea lions, one of them balancing a glass of Guinness on its nose. And at the bottom is this simple poem:

You must admire the sea-lion’s flair
For catching fishes in mid-air:
And this sagacious creature knows
How well, with sea-food Guinness goes.

Friday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1952. 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. This ad, one of many that used Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, and is a parody of the poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” which was originally in Through the Looking-Glass. In this parody, the Guinness-themed poem begins “If seven men … sailed seven ships,” and is about some odd looking ships and their captains trying to find Guinness “from China to Peru.”