1960s
Saved goldfish from drowning
Well, I certainly didn’t know that.
Waukesha Daily Freeman - Aug 13, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 13, 2019 -
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Category: Fish, 1960s
Stoney Burke
Jack Lord AND Bruce Dern AND Warren Oates? How did this show not succeed?
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 02, 2019 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, Television, 1960s
Strange Canadian Custom
Source. (Scroll down)
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 30, 2019 -
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Category: Government, Hygiene, Foreign Customs, 1960s, North America
Follies of the Madmen #423
Flock of giant mutant kiwis in human shoes more disturbing than whimsical.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 29, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, 1960s, Australia, Fictional Monsters
Unauthorized Dwellings 9
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 26, 2019 -
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Category: Unauthorized Dwellings, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, United Kingdom
Vincent Price’s WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 24, 2019 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Horror, Fantasy, Myths and Fairytales, 1960s, Actors
Bette Davis Sings
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 18, 2019 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Follies of the Madmen #421
Perfect today for our climate-change world!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 07, 2019 -
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Category: Armageddon and Apocalypses, Business, Advertising, Nature, 1960s, Alcohol
Crucified by his wife
The strange case of Daniel Waswa, a member of the Dini ya msambwa sect, who imagined that God had ordered him to die on the cross “for the sins of all Kenyans.” So he had his wife nail him to a cross, which she did. She then promptly dropped dead (of shock?). As for him:I'd never heard of the Dini ya msambwa sect before, but some googling reveals that the name is better translated as "Religion of the Ancestral Customs" (not Creed of the Cross). It was founded by Elijah Masinde. The stories about Waswa make it sound like a radical Christian cult, but Wikipedia defines it as "an African traditional religion that has been labeled an anti-colonial religion."
The Ottawa Citizen - Oct 29, 1965
San Bernardino County Sun - Jan 7, 1966
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 06, 2019 -
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Category: Religion, 1960s
Gateway Drug
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 06, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Drugs, Candy, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
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