Monsanto: Poisoning You Since 1943 (At Least)

This ad was a gem of a find because all the previous Monsanto Ads that I have found dealt with the manufacture of Bakelite.  This was the first ad I could find that dealt with food and I can only imagine that Monsanto took up the mantle of of chemical food production as a part of the war effort.  Unfortunately this set them on the path to eventually making the GMO foods that people are only just now waking up to.  The artwork is the typical goofy chef guy throwing a pinch of something in a pot, it's only after you read the ad that you discover what an unhealthy substance this is.  Honestly the look on his face is disconcerting, like he's trying to hold in a fart or something.  Also, heath departments were rather lax in the vintage era because the cigarette over the ear would never pass muster today.

Captain Obvious Ad Company

Apparently beans are only baked if the label says "baked" on it.  Who knew?  All this time I was shelling out the lettuce to buy cans of garbanzo beans and they're not baked, only canned.  This ad was clearly brought to you by the Captain Obvious Ad Co since I think an old yokel would be able to tell the difference between canned beans and baked beans... but one never knows.  People must have been lining around the corner to  thank Heinz for saving us from those nasty unbaked boiled beans in a can that everyone else was selling.  Apparently baking made all the difference in the final product as it was more "digestible".

The Greatest Thing To Ever Happen To Berries

No it's not the crisping drawer in the refrigerator, it's Rice Krispies.  It's so wonderful and amazing we have to spell it with a "K".  I haven't had Rice Krispies in years, mostly because I'm getting older and look for the higher fiber stuff now but I seem to remember that Snap, Crackle and Pop looked much different now than they do in this ad.  As a matter of fact I suspect that after our 3 wayward elves left the Keebler factory in the tree and landed a contract for Rice Krispies, there was some plastic surgery going on here.  I think I would too if I had a nose like a zucchini and ears you could fly away with.  And what's with the crane loading the strawberries into the bowl?  Is this some horrible Monsanto experiment gone wrong, strawberries the size of boulders.  Maybe we're making breakfast for Paul Bunyan, who knows but this is certainly the battiest artwork in an ad that I've seen for awhile.