1960s
The Sounds of Camp
Can't afford to send your child to summer camp this year? Just stick 'em in the front yard under a sprinkler and play them this album.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 09, 2022 -
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Category: Day Camps, Away Camps, Outdoor Activities and Recreational Retreats, Children, 1960s
The Teppaz Transistradio
Besides having an unpronounceable name and being ugly, this French radio-turntable looks like very kludgy tech.The entry at the Radio Museum.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 08, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Radio, Technology, 1960s, Europe
What is Mrs. Ed Flynn doing to her husband tonight?
She's polyunsaturating him.
National Geographic - Sep 1969
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 05, 2022 -
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Category: Advertising, 1960s
A Touch of Magic
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 01, 2022 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Cryptozoology, Surrealism, 1960s, Dance, Cars
Sugar sweetens dispositions
Betty is cranky. Give her some sugar "and watch her bounce back—fast."That is, until the sugar high wears off and the crankiness returns worse than ever.
Ladies Home Journal - Jan 1966
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 27, 2022 -
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Category: Drugs, Advertising, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #536
How would you like the angry Amazing Colossal Man for your Dad or husband? While the females are appalled, the boy seems thrilled.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 25, 2022 -
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Category: Domestic, Money, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, 1960s
Rome fire-fighting cadets, 1962
Firemen as acrobats.
Newsweek - July 23, 1962
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 22, 2022 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, 1960s
Liberace and the Young Folk Perform “Feelin’ Groovy”
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 11, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Television, 1960s
Unauthorized Dwellings 23
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 02, 2022 -
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Category: Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, United Kingdom
Greasy Kid Stuff
Television commercials for Vitalis hair tonic during the 1950s and early 60s included the line, "Are you still using that greasy kid's stuff on your hair?In 1962, this inspired two young entrepreneurs to come out with a hair product called "Greasy Kid Stuff".
Charlotte Observer - Feb 15, 1963
It enjoyed brief popularity as a fad product, but within a year had disappeared from shelves.
But the phrase 'greasy kid stuff' also inspired both a song that became a Top 40 hit and (in the 1990s) a popular radio show.
More info: Ad Nauseam
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 28, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Advertising, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling
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