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Category: Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, 1940s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 09, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Movies, Surrealism, 1940s
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 13, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, 1940s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 08, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Music, 1940s, 1980s
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 11, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Nature, 1940s
[The critics] all commented on the audience fleeing the scene of the crime at intermission. They, alas, were stuck with the second act.
The plot? Of course I can tell you the plot. There’s a baby food manufacturer who is looking for an act he can use to promote his product on a radio show. This guy has a sixteen member all-girl band, the Hairpin Harmonettes, led by his girlfriend and singing triplets. The trio consisted of the real life teenaged Clawson sisters, who billed themselves as Triplets, but actually Barbara was a year older than twins Doris and Dorothy. (These girls were managed by their dad, who got some radio spots for them before and after this disaster. Poor Barbara was professionally renamed “Dawna.” They were named Miss Subways in May 1944, which brings to mind a whacked out alternate version of ON THE TOWN, in which Gabby falls for all three of them…)
Anyway, the band promoter himself is the one who gets the gig (ooh, spoilers!) because he has a fine falsetto. So he wears diapers (for a radio spot? Well, maybe PR photos?) and talks baby talk, thus saving the day for everyone.
Except Harold Orlob.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 02, 2022 -
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Category: Entertainment, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1940s
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 01, 2022 -
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Category: Inventions, Chindogu, Patents, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Ridiculousness, Foolishness, Public Ridicule, Silliness, Goofiness and Dumb-looking, 1930s, 1940s
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 29, 2022 -
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Category: Death, 1940s, Alcohol
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 27, 2022 -
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Category: Advertising, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Marriage, 1940s
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 16, 2022 -
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Category: Military, Advertising, 1940s, Cars
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