The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
Nov 01 1962
•0h 18m
•Comedy, Animation
A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.
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David de Keyser
Dick Emery
Vernon Greeves
Ronnie Brody
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