A magazine ad for Vaseline, showing a portrait of a smooth-faced white man at the top. The text reads as follows: a scenario of comfort for men (Choose your own theme song) Time . . . Any morning Place . . . In front of your shaving mirror Cast . . . You, in person (Author's note: In the midst of comedy and slapstick, we present this moving drama of home life—unique, with a cast of only one man. Our dear, clever Public will readily see that this is a new-fashioned picture in spite of its MORAL which is—"There's shaving comfort in that jar!") ACTION — CAMERA — MICROPHONE [continued in next]

[continued from previous] You enter, yawning. Rub your bristly beard. Scowl darkly. Mutter. Open the medicine chest. Pick up jar of "Vaseline" Jelly. Look dubious. Open it and spread a little over your beard. Get out shaving cream and apply in your customary fashion. Still look unconvinced. Start to shave. Look surprised. Try another stroke. Register "What! No razor pull?" Whistle theme song and finish shaving. Dry face. Feel it. SMOOTH. No soreness. Looks fine, too. Express delight. Exit, still whistling theme song. Step right up, boys, and join the "Vaseline" cast—buy a jar or tube for your personal use. And remember when you buy that the trade mark Vaseline on the label is your assurance that you are getting the genuine product of the Chesebrough Mfg. Co., Cons'd, 17 State Street, New York. (©Chesebrough Mfg. Co., Cons'd, 1930) VASELINE Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. PETROLEUM JELLY

I kind of love this? It's like a television ad from before TV was a thing. (From THE ILLUSTRATED LOVE MAGAZINE, Nov. 1930.)

A part of me DESPERATELY wants to see this acted out in, like, a YouTube or TikTok video, pfft. #Vaseline #ChooseYourOwnThemeSong #ScowlDarkly #Mutter #LookDubious #SMOOTH