1960s
How Now, Dow Jones
The weird premises of certain Broadway shows is a theme encountered before on WU. Here's another instance.How Now, Dow Jones, set in Wall Street, follows Kate who announces the Dow Jones numbers. Her fiancé will not marry her until the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 1,000.
The author William Goldman offers his analysis.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 22, 2023 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Money, Music, Theater and Stage, 1960s
The Third Man Theme
Semaphore and calisthenics as dance moves.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 20, 2023 -
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Category: Music, 1960s, Dance, Graphics
Fried Marbles
The singer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 18, 2023 -
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Category: Fads, Games, Jewelry, Music, 1960s
Karloff’s Version of THE PEPPERMINT TWIST
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 16, 2023 -
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Category: Horror, Music, Television, 1960s, Dance
Jan and Kjeld
Boy band, 1959-style.Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 14, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Children, 1950s, 1960s, Europe
Robot Man
Early endorsement of cyborg sex.The singer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 11, 2023 -
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Category: Music, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Fetishes, 1960s, Sex
Questo/Touch Fabric from Allied Chemicals
I'd love to know exactly what this miracle fabric was made of, but can't find any description of it.The ad reminds me of the famous Monty Python skit where a man is executed by a running pack of topless women. See beyond the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue May 09, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Fashion, Advertising, 1960s, Women
Armpitin
Dec 1965: The Canadian Medical Association Journal published a "very original article" detailing the discovery of a new contraceptive called "Armpitin." When women applied it under their armpit, it had the simultaneous effect of increasing female libido and temporarily making men who smelled it sterile.Most readers recognized the article as a joke (even though the journal wasn't known for its humor). However, the author, Julius Greenstein, later reported that he received an inquiry from a French pharmaceutical firm seeking to acquire the patent rights to Armpitin.
You can read Greenstein's full article ("Studies on a New, Peerless Contraceptive Agent: A Preliminary Final Report") here.
Minneapolis Star - Mar 10, 1966
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Posted By: Alex - Sat May 06, 2023 -
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Category: Medicine, 1960s, Satire
Unauthorized Dwellings 30
We surveyed this community earlier in this series, but I thought it deserved a followup chronicling its demise.The whole saga of Maplewood Mudflats is told in an article here.
Source: The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 05 Sep 1972, Tue Page 25
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 04, 2023 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, 1970s, North America
Follies of the Madmen #563
Obviously whatever this gal was cooking smelled so hideous that she needed to conceal the odors.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 01, 2023 -
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Category: Domestic, Food, Advertising, 1960s, Smells and Odors
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