Morning Tonic: HoJo Mojo
6 Comments Published by Joel February 16th, 2007 in Tonic, Travel. Share This
I wish I had a better quality version of this Howard Johnson’s ad from (presumably) the ’70s or early ’80s, but we’ll have to take what we can get. And it’s plenty to be proud of: a beturtlenecked man laughing on the way to his Mercury space coupe, remembering fondly the chicks he banged before his continental breakfast. It reminds me a lot of the awesome old “I’m getting too old for this space rainbow shit” Atari “Super Breakout” art. It could very well be the same artist.
If I could have a full-sized version of either, I’d hang them up in an instant.
Slightly better quality version [Dethroner]
I’d put that somewhere between 1972 and 1974. And thanks for the new wallpaper! ;)
It’s absolutely beautiful as a stand alone piece of art and an uncanny representation of the HoJo experience
THis story got me jonesin for some classic ads, so i did a little search and came up with this site… http://www.adclassix.com/sitemap.htm
couple of notable hotel ads i found there…
http://www.adclassix.com/ads/68bestwestern.htm
http://www.adclassix.com/ads/64sandshotel.htm
I met my wife at a Howard Johnson…
Funny, I had to go to the UPS website shortly after seeing that image, and this is what they have up before you pick your location:
http://www.ups.com/img/global_image.jpg
LMAO! I never looked at the super breakout art like that before, and I do agree that the spacedue is saying “I’m getting too old for this space rainbow shit”.