1960s
King Vitaman Cereal
Because the Middle Ages were known for healthy eating.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 05, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Royalty, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s
Skippy and Hellmann’s
Odd partners in advertising: when Skippy and Hellmann's teamed up in 1963, claiming Together Tremendous!
The recipes for those peanut butter/mayo sandwiches, enlarged:
Update: Astute readers noted that if this was a nationwide ad campaign, then the version of the ad that ran west of the Rockies should have referred to Best Foods mayonnaise, rather than Hellmann's. I checked, and it turns out this was exactly the case. It was an identical ad, but with Best Foods substituted for Hellmann's.
San Francisco Examiner - Oct 13, 1963
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 02, 2019 -
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Category: Food, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #442
Those who drink our booze are eccentric tree-climbing idiots.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 31, 2019 -
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Category: Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Business, Advertising, 1960s, Alcohol
Jon & Robin
Their Wikipedia page.
Many more songs here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 19, 2019 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Regionalism, 1960s
Midcentury Modern Clocks by Portescap
The current company seems to have gotten out of the clock business, alas.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 10, 2019 -
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Category: Design and Designers, Technology, 1960s
The GE Blue Max Radio
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 01, 2019 -
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Category: Design and Designers, Inventions, Technology, 1960s
The Air-Conditioning Show
In 1966, the art group Art & Language (which, at the time, was Terry Atkinson and Michael Baldwin) debuted the Air-Conditioning Show. This consisted of an air conditioner in an empty room. The only vaguely art-like part of the exhibit (in a conventional sense) was ten sheets of paper pinned to the wall by the door, on which were written line after line of cryptic sentences, such as, "It is obvious that the elements of a given framework (and this includes the constitution of construct contexts) are not at all bound to an eliminative specifying system."This exhibit is now regarded as a significant moment in the development of modern art. One art historian noted that what made it original was that, "the body of air in a particular gallery space was singled out for art-status." Another says:
In a 2012 article in the Independent, Charles Derwent singled it out as, "the moment when the visual arts in Britain were beginning to turn un-visual, when mere visuality was becoming suspect."
The sheets of paper are now preserved at the Tate Museum of Modern Art.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 30, 2019 -
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Category: Art, 1960s
George Price and Altruism
During the 1960s, scientist George Price came up with a mathematical formula to explain the evolution of altruism. This equation has been described as "the closest thing biology has to E=mc2."Legend has it that Price subsequently became obsessed by proving that altruism was a genuine phenomenon, extending beyond family relations. He did this by giving away all his possessions to random, needy people — to the point that he himself became penniless, was evicted from his apartment, and after living in various squats throughout London, eventually committed suicide.
That's the legend, but Laura Farnworth discovered that, while the story is basically true, there's slightly more to it than that. Such as that Price was also suffering from psychotic delusions. Read more at nautil.us.
George Price
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 23, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #436
Those are plainly loony bin attendants in the background, denoting that this clothing line is worn by crazy people. Gratuitous tape recorder also puzzling.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 22, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, 1960s, Brain Damage
Warhol Flies Braniff
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 21, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Business, Advertising, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s
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