Follies of the Madmen #560

Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 29, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Body, Cryptozoology, Health, Advertising, 1960s, 1970s

The Littlechaps

Read an extensive history at the link, with many scary pictures.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 22, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Family, Horror, Jobs and Occupations, Toys, Dolls and Stuffed Animals, 1960s

The Hurricane Party of 1969

Based on the press coverage from 1969, it sounds like the couples who remained in the path of Hurricane Camille to have a "hurricane party" certainly deserved to become Darwin Award winners (bestowed on them in 2000 by Wendy Northcutt in her Darwin Awards book).

Orlando Evening Star - Aug 19, 1969

But digging deeper into the story, thirty years after the hurricane people began challenging the tale of a "hurricane party." According to the debunkers, there was no party, and the people who stayed had been told by the apartment manager that the building could withstand a hurricane because it was a designated Civil Defense shelter.

One apartment resident who survived the hurricane continued to insist that the people on the third floor had been having a party. But this woman also claimed insanity as the reason she killed her 11th husband. So not the most credible witness.

More info: Hurricane Camille party in 1969: Fact or fiction? -- Hurricane Party

image source: Acts of God: the Old farmer's almanac unpredictable guide to weather and natural disasters

Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 21, 2023 - Comments (6)
Category: Death, Dinners, Banquets, Parties, Tributes, Roasts and Other Celebrations, 1960s, Weather

Running Bear

The singer's Wikipedia page.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 18, 2023 - Comments (8)
Category: Death, Music, 1960s, Native Americans

Follies of the Madmen #559

That endless red-carpet SFX is pretty impressive for the 1960s. Plus, an eight-track player!

Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 16, 2023 - Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Special Effects, 1960s, Cars

Mad Drums

Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 12, 2023 - Comments (2)
Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, 1960s

Clown Cushions

The Australian Women's Weekly - Mar 23, 1966
Click to enlarge

via Undine

Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 11, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Clowns, 1960s

RIP Jerry Samuels, aka Napoleon XIV

An obit is here.

His Wikipedia page.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 11, 2023 - Comments (3)
Category: Music, 1960s, Mental Health and Insanity

Miss Paramount Week

This beauty prize is plenty weird on its own. Most beauty queen titles are not delimited by a timeframe. Of course, the winners of the most famous contests generally reign for a year. A week seems a short splurge. But this winner, actress/singer/model Sandy Warner, also notches up another claim to WU fame. She was the cover girl for many of Martin Denny's exotica albums. Read about her at the link.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 10, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Movies, Music, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, Television, 1950s, 1960s

Hypnosis Test for Divorce

Uncertain about whether to get divorced? Dr. Herbert Mann promised that hypnotism would provide an answer.

Passaic Herald-News - Oct 18, 1965

Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 08, 2023 - Comments (2)
Category: Hypnotism, Mesmerism and Mind Control, Divorce, Marriage, 1960s