1960s
The Wellingborough Carnival
The town of Wellingborough, UK, has been holding a carnival for over 100 years. The old affairs certainly featured things that look weird to us today. Here's a photo album to peruse.
And the Wellingborough Carnival home page reveals this year's affair is on July 7th! Plenty of time to make your plans to attend!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 22, 2012 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Holidays, Parades and Festivals, Weird Theory, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Europe
Bang! Bang! You’re Dead!
Tony Randall = James Bond? Not in my book!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 19, 2012 -
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Category: Movies, Spies and Secret Agents, 1960s, Parody
Constipation Blues
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 29, 2012 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Jabberwocky, Scat Singing, Nonsense Verse and Glossolalia, Music, Excrement, 1960s, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations
Follies of the Mad Men #183
I ripped this ad out of a Reader's Digest a long time ago, so I don't have the exact issue attribution. Other sources on the web claim 1960.
In any case, this is a fine example of the category of subliminal ad known technically as "You can put the liquid from your long thick bottle into my melting ice cream anytime, honey!"
Here's a fascinating version for what was then perceived as a different market.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 22, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Sexuality, Junk Food, 1960s, Double Entendres and Nudge-Nudge, Wink-Wink
Beatnik Jokes
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 12, 2012 -
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Category: Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Jokes
Most Televised Girl in America
Was the rightful bearer of this distinction Rita Morley?
Or was it Sue Read?
Morley's claim is better documented. I can't really learn much about Read other than this:
Anyhow, who could rightfully claim the title today?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 13, 2012 -
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Category: Celebrities, Television, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Kali Bahlu
We haven't had any music in a while. so let's try this period piece as a test of your inner hippie.
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 10, 2012 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
John Graham
[Click either to enlarge]
Apparently, the painter John Graham was highly eccentric, both in his personal life and in his art. One fascination he had was with crossed eyes, as seen above.
His self-portrait below shows a certain, ah, uniqueness.
Read more about him in this LIFE magazine article and at this site.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 05, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Eccentrics, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Russia
The Collector
Nowadays, stories about men, women and children being kept prisoner in strange circumstances--sometimes for years or decades--are so common that I'm certain Chuck will soon declare them "no longer weird."
But fifty years ago, such stories seemed more rare. One such inspired the classic novel by John Fowles, The Collector, which appeared in 1963.
The trailer of the film version can be seen above.
Fowles was inspired in part by a true story. I believe I've found that account, as seen below.
Enjoy the debut of what was to become a whole category of weird news.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 02, 2012 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Collectors, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, 1950s, 1960s
Follies of the Mad Men #180
[From Playboy magazine for September 1968. Click to enlarge.]
Our clothes make you look like the cliched madman who thinks he's Napoleon.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 27, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, 1960s, Brain Damage
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