Fireball Jungle

The Wikipedia page.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 15, 2024 - Comments (4)
Category: Hygiene, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1960s, Cars

Kilty as charged

A case of being guilty of being Kilty.

The Guardian - Feb 25, 1969

Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 10, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Law, Judges, Odd Names, 1960s

Lollipop Ladies Lit Up

Des Moines Register - Nov 23, 1969

Daily Mirror - Oct 10, 1969
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Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 07, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Fashion, 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #587

We have seen instances of this theme before: a giant nuclear mushroom cloud does not indicate death and destruction, but rather it shows your product is powerful.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 07, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Death, Music, Advertising, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1960s, Weapons

Wrong turn leads into coal mine

That's a serious wrong turn!

I had to look up the meaning of a "pit prop." It's a post that holds up the roof of a coal mine.

Brantford Expositor - Jan 8, 1963

I asked Microsoft's AI image creator to illustrate the news story. After a few false starts, this is what it came up with. Not too bad.

Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 06, 2024 - Comments (2)
Category: Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, 1960s, Australia, Cars

Miss Fluffy Rice

She was an animated corporate mascot, but her name also alluded to all the "miss" titles popular at the time. Thankfully the ad men didn't put her in a bikini. Though she is topless, which is a bit risqué.

Ladies' Home Journal - Feb 1962

Oakdale Journal - Sep 10, 1959

Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 04, 2024 - Comments (2)
Category: Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1960s

Roll Rock ‘n Roll That Hula Hoop

The creators.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 03, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Fads, Music, Toys, Twins, Lookalikes & Doppelgangers, 1960s

You Are All Alone

Several famous works of science fiction, horror and fantasy play with the solipsistic notion that only certain individuals are "real," while the rest of the world is fake. One of the best such tales is Fritz Leiber's highly recommended "You're All Alone," depicted below.



But it seems weird for an ad campaign to promote such a notion, as Van Heusen shirts did in the late 60's. A critical survey explains:

Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 01, 2024 - Comments (1)
Category: Fashion, Paranoia, Suspicion, Solipsism, and Non-Player Characters, Advertising, 1960s

The Highwaymen, “The Bird Man”

For our category of Actors Who Unwisely Attempt "Singing"

Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 30, 2024 - Comments (1)
Category: Animals, Crime, Movies, Music, 1960s

Face-O-Metrics

Jessica Krane was the inventor of "face-o-metrics." This was a technique for removing wrinkles by stroking your face. At least, Krane claimed that wrinkles would disappear.



I like that the blurb on the jacket of her book declares, "BASIC WOO is for you— and so is EXTENDED WOO!"

'Basic Woo' was one of her wrinkle-removal techniques, but of course 'woo' can also mean bunk, poppycock, etc. Was the highlighting of this word some kind of surreptitious message to readers from a copywriter?

My Macbook's dictionary notes that the meaning of 'woo' as bunk originated in the 1970s "probably in imitation of a wailing sound traditionally attributed to ghosts and humorously associated with mysticism and the supernatural." So, since Krane's book was published in 1969, 'woo' wouldn't have yet had it's modern meaning. Still, an odd coincidence.



You can read Krane's book online at archive.org.

Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 29, 2024 - Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Books, 1960s, Skin and Skin Conditions