Nothing creepy about this. (1955)

7 days ago by EnmebaraGuesser to c/vintageads

I first suspected it might be AI or photoshop, but there are people selling vintage newspaper versions of the ad on ebay, so I don't think it is. If that turns out to be wrong I'll remove this post. The brand traded under this name from 1880 to 2004 and is now owned by Campbell.

The company's 1950s ads feel a bit off. That's not just me, right? 1956:

Franco-American

Here's one of their 1800s ads, which doesn't give me spaghetti-cult vibes. It seems more like the style a lot of ads were in the 1800s.

terranoid 16 points 7 days ago

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Can Spaghetti

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saltesc 6 points 7 days ago

"Finish your milk, fruit, and 4-5 cans of spaghetti, Frank."

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Bubbaonthebeach 10 points 6 days ago

Many vintage adverts, photos, look creepy. I don't doubt that some of what looks normal now will probably look creepy in the future as well.

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stephen 9 points 7 days ago

Franco-American was one of Campbell’s earliest acquisitions. It’s been a Campbell’s brand for over a century.

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zabadoh 9 points 7 days ago

They lost the canned spaghetti wars to Chef Boyardee

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orbituary 8 points 7 days ago

I went to school with a Campbell kid back in the 80s. He looked just like the first painting in this post. He was a fuck face shitbag even then.

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Asafum 6 points 7 days ago

Jimmy that's your dessert hotdog, you cut spaghetti with your dinner hotdog!

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assembly 5 points 7 days ago

It never occurred to me to google it but there is a NOFX song called Franco Unamerican and I never realized it probably had to do with a reference to this brand. Never heard of it before now. TIL

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0ops 2 points 6 days ago

That was also my first thought

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SeeMarkFly 4 points 6 days ago

Are those hot dogs setting on the table?

They don't appear to be cooked or even warmed up.

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Obituarykidney 3 points 6 days ago

Looks like a breadstick to me. They were always on the table when we had "Italian" as a kid in the Midwest.

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SeeMarkFly 1 point 6 days ago

That makes much more sense, thanks.

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Rhynoplaz 3 points 6 days ago

Personally, I'm going to believe that he dips raw hot dogs in his canned spaghetti.

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SeeMarkFly 2 points 6 days ago

I was more concerned with the raw meat on the table without a napkin.

A warm, moist, high protein place to grow whatever microbe is living in the bare wood tabletop.

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OldChicoAle 2 points 6 days ago

Only the middle one seems weird? I mean it's vintage marketing art. This is what it looked like.

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Geobloke 2 points 6 days ago

No way to go Franco Unamerican

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ChicoSuave 1 point 6 days ago

Breadsticks are such bullshit. It's an unsalted long cracker that has no purpose.

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Proprietary_Blend 1 point 7 days ago

What's your beef stranger?

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fedikitty 1 point 6 days ago

Total will smith spaghetti vibes. I guess people can draw weirdly in any era.

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