Friday, September 01, 2006

This Blows My Mind

Did you know that in 1965, Braniff Airlines ran a campaign called "Air Strip" which called for its stewardesses to do a fake striptease in the aisle?

Yep, they did. NPR mentioned it in a story yesterday. For full effect, be sure to click the image of Braniff's promo poster on the NPR page.

The mind boggles to imagine such a thing today, but in the days when airplanes were mostly full of businessmen downing drinks, it was - umm - acceptable?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wacko! But the graphics on the poster are fabulous.