1960s
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
It's that time of year again when we roll out those holiday movies, pop mountains of corn, and gather the whole family in front of the TV to enjoy them yet again.Here's one of the (ahem) better offerings from 1964.
Posted By: Expat47 - Sun Dec 16, 2012 -
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Category: Movies, 1960s
The Charlie Brown School of Dance
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 14, 2012 -
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Category: Comics, 1960s, Dance, Parody
Lunar Fashion
Back in 1968, the artist Gianangelli unveiled these metal bathing suits that he described as the "lunar fashion from the year 2000." In hindsight, his belief that we'd still be going to the moon in the year 2000 was more wrong than his fashion prediction. [Calgary Herald]
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 07, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Space Travel, 1960s
Jose Jimenez
Not a song, but still another entry in our fine old catalog of comedy that nowadays would have the PC-minded bearing down on you faster than a truck full of tortillas on Cinco de Mayo.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 30, 2012 -
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Category: Humor, Racism, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s
Summer of ‘63
Those crazy mixed-up kids and their wacky venereal diseases....
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 28, 2012 -
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Category: PSA’s, Sexuality, Teenagers, 1960s, Disease
Fake Facial Hair for Sale
[From Playboy for November 1968. Click to enlarge.]
I can imagine a man being follicle-challenged and able only to grow a patchy beard or mustache. But most of us can grow a perfectly fine crop of facial hair for free. Why would anyone spend money for a fake? And the price! The Inflation Calculator I always use says: "What cost $30 in 1968 would cost $185.89 in 2010."
But the weirdest thing is the appeal to scam your girlfriend or one-night-stand with fake hair. Huh?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 27, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Magazines, Sexuality, 1960s, Facial Hair
Emilio Pucci’s Bubble Bonnet
In 1964, Braniff airlines was looking for a way to differentiate itself from its competitors by adding a touch of glamour and weirdness to its service. So it hired Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci to design the uniforms of the stewardesses. What he came up with was the plexiglass Bubble Bonnet, aka the Space Bubble Helmet. Its purpose was supposedly to protect the hair of the stewardesses from wind and rain as they crossed the tarmac. Stewardesses complained that it was hard to hear anyone while wearing the things. Read more here and here.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 14, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s
Intermission Ads: An Abandoned Artform
Artforms are not eternal. Sonnets don't get written much anymore. And certainly the Golden Age of the intermission advertisement is, lamentably, long gone.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 12, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Food, Movies, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s
Most Useful Tool Ever—But Which?
I know December 1965 is a long time ago. But this mystery propounded in that month's issue of Popular Science remains unsolved.
Which item is the best? The Poprivet Gun, or the Dual Heat Soldering Gun?
Please state your reasoning with your vote.
Original ad here. (Scroll down several pages for second one.)
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 18, 2012 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Tools, 1960s
Goliath and the Vampires
Just to get you in a Halloween mood. If you need more, the full movie follows.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 17, 2012 -
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Category: Movies, Fantasy, Myths and Fairytales, 1960s, Fictional Monsters
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