1960s
Invasion of Astro-Monster
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 29, 2012 -
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Category: Aliens, Death, Destruction, Disasters, Movies, 1960s, Asia, Fictional Monsters
Emma Peel Unpeeled
Anyone who ever fell for Diana Rigg as Emma Peel--and judging from the comments lately, there are many such among the WU-vies--will have their heads (and possibly other body parts) explode upon viewing this clip, which was banned in the USA at the time of its release.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 26, 2012 -
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Category: Television, Sex Symbols, 1960s, Europe
A Missile Named Mac
Nuclear Armageddon has a reassuring voice!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 20, 2012 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Armageddon and Apocalypses, Death, Cartoons, Documentaries, 1960s, Weapons
Follies of the Mad Men #173
The Rolling Stones for Rice Krispies.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 05, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Music, 1960s
Mystery Gadget 5
What is the nature of this machine inside which the bikini-clad woman resides?
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 30, 2011 -
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Category: Technology, 1960s
Season’s Greetings!
I hope everyone has a Space Age Christmas!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 23, 2011 -
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Category: Holidays, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1960s
The Wild Wild Planet
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 10, 2011 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Movies, Science Fiction, 1960s
Herb Bartlett
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Let us all hail the great American tradition of amateur inventors, personified today by the forgotten Herb Bartlett, whose love for hovercraft extended to making his plans available to the youth of the USA, contacted through his ad in Boys' Life magazine
Original ad here. (Scroll down a bit.)
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 07, 2011 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Engineering and Construction, Inventions, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Motor Vehicles, 1960s, 1970s
Men’s Adventure Magazines
Here is a site guaranteed to chew up hours of your idle time.
My pal, Phil Stephensen-Payne, runs a page dedicated to the history of magazines. He recently put together a wing dedicated to the "true story" men's mags.
If you follow this link, you come to a page containing the names of over 150 such zines. Click on any title and be presented with a gallery of cover images like the one above.
Happy viewing!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 28, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Destruction, Magazines, Sexuality, Sports, Stereotypes and Cliches, War, Foreign Customs, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Men, Fictional Monsters, Graphics
The Amazing Transparent Man
Is "transparent" somehow different or better than "invisible?"
Watch the whole thing here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 10, 2011 -
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Category: Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Movies, 1960s
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