if the ad world 's top gunslingers now rely on more modern methods of reaching their audience including hopping across multiple media platforms to reach them .
we 've unearthed some of the more comical adverts that were regularly placed in the nation 's national newspapers or glossy magazines , all of which hoped to persuade shoppers to part with their hard-earned cash .
with wide collars , precision-cut suits and intense expressions , the men in the ads have something of the don draper from hit series mad men about them .