Creepy Vintage Ads: Gillette

Retro Comedy put together a list of Creepiest Vintage Ads of All Time (I found this via BoingBoing) and it is a godsend on this slow Tuesday afternoon. The full list shows 15 of our history's worst marketing campaigns, including one that features a wife, "locked" out by her husband (with cartoon locks) because she wasn't protecting the daintiness of her lady-parts by scrubbing them with Lysol.

The ad below is straight out of St. Paul's own razor factory, just the place you would expect to see an infant.
This baby is not only shaving himself with a Gillette Safety Razor, but he is also rehearsing for his forthcoming American Idol audition, which will probably happen like this:

Baby: ....[finishing the song, "Umbrella," by Rihanna]

[extremely long and awkward pause, during which the baby spits up on itself, grows a beard and then shaves it off]

Simon: I think you are absolutely, without a doubt, one of the most ridiculous people to have ever been on this show.

Paula: You're adorable. I love you. You're a star.

Randy: It just wasn't the right song for you, pup.