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This Keds headline may not make sense any more, but it was a clever way to mock rebok’s tagline at the time, “Reeboks Let U.B.U.” (which was attention-grabbing, only because it may have been one of the dumbest advertising campaigns ever)…
Like all 1960 advertisements from DDB advertising agency (VW, Avis, etc.) this attention grabbing illustration matched with the all-lowercase, blunt headline creates powerful intrigue. (They chose the opposite of a safe, expected, and unremarkable headline like ‘8 Inexpensive to keep the kids quiet…’) And the conversational body copy is a joy to read: 8 cheap […]