May 2023
May 26, 2023
Bust Cream or Food
If it doesn't enlarge your bust, you can serve it for dinner.Source: 1897 Sear Roebuck Catalogue
Posted By: Alex - Fri May 26, 2023 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Nineteenth Century
Pete Drake’s “Forever”
What is the weird device used by the guitarist? Let his Wikipedia page explain:You play the notes on the guitar and it goes through the amplifier. I have a driver system so that you disconnect the speakers and the sound goes through the driver into a plastic tube. You put the tube in the side of your mouth then form the words with your mouth as you play them. You don't actually say a word: The guitar is your vocal cords, and your mouth is the amplifier. It's amplified by a microphone.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 26, 2023 -
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Category: Aliens, Music, Technology, Adaptations, Reworkings, Recastings and New Versions, 1960s
May 25, 2023
Jizai Arms
"Doc Ock" becomes a reality. Although it's unclear to me how one would control these arms or if they're functional at all. Brief explanation from the creator's website:
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 25, 2023 -
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Category: Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons
Cinejukebox
The Wikipedia page.A very good article here, with great pictures.
A list of films in this format.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 25, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Technology, 1950s, 1960s
May 24, 2023
Shoes sold for peanuts
We've previously posted about cases in which advertisers used the word 'bananas' as slang for dollars, and then had to sell the product (a car and a stereo system) for the appropriate number of bananas.Here's the identical situation, but with peanuts.
Macon Chronicle-Herald - Sep 13, 1949
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 24, 2023 -
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Category: Money, 1940s
Marvin Parson’s Inner Wilderness
Marvin Parson’s Inner Wild Wilderness, Fred Casia, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 24, 2023 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Death, Food, Cartoons
May 23, 2023
Iced Tea Queen
I wonder how long they made her sit on that block of ice. At least they gave her a towel to sit on.
Southern Illinoisan - June 2, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Tue May 23, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #565
Ninety-second commercial appears to think it's an epic movie.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 23, 2023 -
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Category: Games, Languages, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1970s
May 22, 2023
Kicked To Death By A Camel
According to the article "Camel-Related Deaths" in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology:Some searching for examples of camel-related deaths led me to discover a book with the oddball title, Kicked To Death By A Camel, published in 1973.
The author, Clarence J.L. Jackson, was a pseudonym for Richard W. Bulliet, a history professor at Harvard (and later Columbia University). On his Amazon page he writes:
Sounds like it could be a fun read. If you're interested, you can either buy a used copy or check it out via archive.org.
Shreveport Times - Sep 23, 1973
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 22, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Books, 1970s
How Now, Dow Jones
The weird premises of certain Broadway shows is a theme encountered before on WU. Here's another instance.How Now, Dow Jones, set in Wall Street, follows Kate who announces the Dow Jones numbers. Her fiancé will not marry her until the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 1,000.
The author William Goldman offers his analysis.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 22, 2023 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Money, Music, Theater and Stage, 1960s
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