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"It’ll be a Relief to Get Back to Plain Old Horror Shows"
Bemoaning the endless negativity in election advertisements, Herblock portrays a couple sitting on a couch wishing they could watch horror shows. The Democratic Party’s famous advertisement featuring a little girl counting petals on a daisy while nuclear holocaust ensued rarely aired during the 1964 election, but its pessimistic tone echoed throughout mass media. As a result, political advertising itself became a campaign issue. The Democratic Party hired ad agency Doyle Dane Bernbach to shape their image; the party won not only the presidency but maintained control of the House and Senate.
"It’ll be a Relief to Get Back to Plain Old Horror Shows," 1964. Published in the Washington Post, October 30, 1964. |