1960s
Dimensions
Dimensions by Bernard Longpré, National Film Board of Canada
Ostensibly a primer in spatial awareness for kids, this drug-addled escapade is really an elaborate allegory for sexual tension. The geeky male's inability to physically connect with, mate with, or ultimately please the attractive female. Watch, and see if you don't agree.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 27, 2012 -
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Category: Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, Drugs, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Sexuality, Stupidity, Surrealism, 1960s
Gender-Differentiated Toy Film Projectors
Guess which model is for boys, and which for girls....
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 25, 2012 -
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Category: Movies, Toys, Gender, 1960s
Walter Pichler’s TV Helmet of 1967
From db-artmag.com:
Read more here.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 18, 2012 -
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Category: Art, 1960s
Bowling, the Sport of Kings
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 04, 2012 -
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Category: Sports, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s
Regretably Prophetic Oil Company Ad
[In two halves: click each to enlarge]
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 01, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Nature, Natural Resources, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1960s
Three Weird Games
More instances on his YouTube channel.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 27, 2012 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Toys, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Follies of the Mad Men #186
Before The Muppets came--sadistic, coffee-touting puppets?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 26, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Violence, 1960s
Mike Grost, Supergenius
This child is Mike Grost, as he appeared in a 1965 article in Life magazine. At the time, he was said to have an IQ of 200+.
Whatever happened to Mike? A 2005 interview from the MSU State News had this to say:
Michael Grost was only 10 when he began at MSU in 1964.
Grost declined comment for this story, but in a 2002 interview with The State News, the Southfield
resident described his life in college as similar to having "40,000 brothers and sisters."
Grost held his first job on campus working with computers his freshman year, which propelled him into
software design after his 13-year college career - five of which were spent at MSU. He also attended
Yale University and U-M, earning a doctorate degree in mathematics at age 23. Grost currently is a
system architect at a computer company in Detroit.
"I really owe (MSU) a lot for the huge chance they took on me as a kid," Grost said in the 2002
interview.
Gee, I don't know. Kinda underwhelming. Shouldn't he be a Silicon Valley zillionaire by now?
Even his home page is kinda lackluster.
Oh, well--maybe as a certified genius he knows that material success is a sham.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 15, 2012 -
Comments (11)
Category: Children, 1960s, Natural Wonders, Brain, Child Prodigies
Hercules McElroy
Read all about short-famed black strongman Hercules McElroy in the pages of EBONY magazine.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 28, 2012 -
Comments (6)
Category: Human Marvels, 1960s
Playtime Submarine
Billionaire moviemaker and undersea explorer James Cameron's got nothing on this Swinging Sixties couple!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 24, 2012 -
Comments (7)
Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Technology, 1960s
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