1950s
Follies of the Madmen #426
Favorite shirt of pistoleros everywhere!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 27, 2019 -
Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Guns, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #425
Would any "respectable" company today use, oh, Dita von Teese as their product spokeswoman?
Oh, wait a minute--they would!
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 16, 2019 -
Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Sex Symbols, 1950s, Twenty-first Century
Jack in Pack
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 05, 2019 -
Comments (0)
Category: Tobacco and Smoking, 1950s, Pranks
Masquerade Party
Here's what's really weird about this show: a poet, Ogden Nash, and an author, Ilka Chase, were not considered too highbrow for a game show, and were recognized by the mass audience. Try that today!
Of course, having Dagmar on the show did not hurt.
The other parts of this episode also on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 04, 2019 -
Comments (0)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Celebrities, Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Games, Literature, Television, 1950s
The Crazy Otto Medley
Number 2 on the Billboard Charts in 1955.
The man's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 03, 2019 -
Comments (0)
Category: Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, 1950s, Europe
Miss Los Angeles Teenager of the Year 1960
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 25, 2019 -
Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, Teenagers, 1950s
Fearless Fosdick TV Show
A show derived from a parody within a newspaper comic strip--and using puppets.
That's meta!
Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 14, 2019 -
Comments (1)
Category: Cops, Puppets and Automatons, Television, Comics, 1950s, Parody
Cabaret Girl
Very educational if you wish to open your own club.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 11, 2019 -
Comments (0)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Entertainment, Fashion, 1950s, United Kingdom
Wisconsin Queens
A bevy of contest winners from Wisconsin, including "Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification."
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 05, 2019 -
Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, 1950s, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #420
Commies were a useful foil to sell things.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 28, 2019 -
Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Appliances, Historical Figure, 1950s, Russia
| Who We Are |
|---|
| Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. He has recently begun blogging on many curious topics with three fellow writers at The Inferior 4+1. Contact Us |