Beware the Nauga

Posted by Queuebot in Home & Garden on January 27, 2009 at 1:34 am

Back in the l960s when the watchword was "better living through chemistry,"  furniture manufacturers created an impervious vinyl upholstery and named it Naugahyde. 

To encourage consumers to buy it, some advertising folks came up with the Naugahyde monster campaign:  "The Nauga is ugly.  But his vinyl hide is beautiful."   Those clever Mad Men!

Link – via pzrservices

From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by Marilyn Terrell.

 
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