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CAPTION: Ladies, are you tired of feeling flat? Then get pumped up with Last Kiss Tires!
Our bulging, bouncing beauties are firm and always ready for fast and furious action!
Don’t have an embarrassing bust!
Inflate to plump perfection!
Trade in your old, tuckered tires for new, terrific Last Kiss Tires today!*
*Free hot air with every purchase!
IMAGE: Smiling woman in greet in front of a large tire.
WOMAN: men used to snicker whenI drove by! But now they lust for my...Last Kisses!
1919 Advertising Art for Kelly Tires Artist Unknown
Tired Humor: John Lustig
1919-AAA_Kelly-Tires
Our bulging, bouncing beauties are firm and always ready for fast and furious action!
Don’t have an embarrassing bust!
Inflate to plump perfection!
Trade in your old, tuckered tires for new, terrific Last Kiss Tires today!*
*Free hot air with every purchase!
IMAGE: Smiling woman in greet in front of a large tire.
WOMAN: men used to snicker whenI drove by! But now they lust for my...Last Kisses!
1919 Advertising Art for Kelly Tires Artist Unknown
Tired Humor: John Lustig
1919-AAA_Kelly-Tires
Our rubbers can take miles and miles of good, hard pounding! And that’s the real reason Kelly keeps smiling!
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She had a heart like a wheel. And thighs like an on ramp. That’s why everyone called her Route 44.
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At first, Kelly was surprised and thrilled by how cheap the rent was for a 1 bedroom tire. But her savings were soon eaten up by the spiraling Dramamine addiction it brought on.
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In a 1974 interview, Lotta Miles would recollect, “Well yes. I did have to put up with a lot of crude jokes over the years because of my name. But compared to my cousins, Ima Cummings and John Tinkles, it was manageable.”
I am officially and completely impressed, Jams! That’s some funny, funny riffs on a tire ad!
Oh I don’t know John– after reading them all, I feel a little tired, maybe run over. But then again, I am a retread. I think I’ll watch the tube.
Thighs like an on ramp… HA!
Brings to mind the old question, “What’s the speed limit on Route 69?” “Lickety Split”.
Any Bob & Tom fans out there? Remember the Love Brothers and Air Hogans?
(Something like that?)
Sorry, I couldn’t find a good link to it, so y’all have some homework!