Artists in Ads: Andy Warhol for Braniff Airlines

Another entry in our Artists in Ads series. This time, we look at Andy Warhol's commercial for Braniff Air. Warhol always took great delight in selling out - he made it an art form in itself, and he did plenty of commercials and print ads over the years. Still, his appearance here with boxer Sonny Liston was quite probably the most strained, awkward ad that Warhol ever did. (Liston just sits there silently glowering at Warhol through the entire ad, and I'm not sure if that's supposed to be funny or if Liston just really hated Warhol's guts.)





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