A Disembodied Dividend

Weird Gifts Life Jul 9 1965Look at all these great gifts you could get in 1965 with cigarette coupons!

A little blackbird in a really big cage (with the door open). Some golf clubs. Some skis. A plant. A Siamese cat who brought along a pair of black lace-up shoes. A TV with a handle so you can lug it around. An iron. A white telephone. A white hatbox/ vanity case (actually, I kind of like that).

But most of all: that HEAD! Rising up out of the wrapping paper from its red box. How can this lady sit there smiling when that HEAD! is coming out of the box – yes, the worst Disembodied Head in an ad, ever.

The lady is hypnotized by this bizarre onslaught of weird gifts. Maybe she has not even seen the head-in-the-box.

So…what kind of dividend is in store?

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5 Responses to A Disembodied Dividend

  1. That's hysterical…and she looks so pleased with herself, like "look at all the crap I have, I'm hot stuff". Today she would be on "Hoarders". My, how times have changed!

  2. File this one under WTF?! Seriously. What's the deal with that head! I wonder what other body parts are available?

  3. Crikey, the seventies were a miasma of misguided drug taking by advertisers weren't they?Is the head a convenient replacement should she ever get throat or mouth cancer?

  4. how many dividend coupons does the lady head cost? i would like to take up smoking and order her. she could be my assistant and answer my telephone.

  5. They threw a little head into the offer to attract male clientele… duh! 8-)What's really confusing is the handfuls of straw on top of the suitcase and behind the skis. A coupon for a roll in the hay? Hell, why not, after a little head!

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