1960s
Bowling, the Sport of Kings
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 04, 2012 -
Comments (3)
Category: Sports, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s
Regretably Prophetic Oil Company Ad
[In two halves: click each to enlarge]
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 01, 2012 -
Comments (11)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Nature, Natural Resources, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1960s
Three Weird Games
More instances on his YouTube channel.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 27, 2012 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Toys, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Follies of the Mad Men #186
Before The Muppets came--sadistic, coffee-touting puppets?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 26, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Violence, 1960s
Mike Grost, Supergenius
This child is Mike Grost, as he appeared in a 1965 article in Life magazine. At the time, he was said to have an IQ of 200+.
Whatever happened to Mike? A 2005 interview from the MSU State News had this to say:
Michael Grost was only 10 when he began at MSU in 1964.
Grost declined comment for this story, but in a 2002 interview with The State News, the Southfield
resident described his life in college as similar to having "40,000 brothers and sisters."
Grost held his first job on campus working with computers his freshman year, which propelled him into
software design after his 13-year college career - five of which were spent at MSU. He also attended
Yale University and U-M, earning a doctorate degree in mathematics at age 23. Grost currently is a
system architect at a computer company in Detroit.
"I really owe (MSU) a lot for the huge chance they took on me as a kid," Grost said in the 2002
interview.
Gee, I don't know. Kinda underwhelming. Shouldn't he be a Silicon Valley zillionaire by now?
Even his home page is kinda lackluster.
Oh, well--maybe as a certified genius he knows that material success is a sham.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 15, 2012 -
Comments (11)
Category: Children, 1960s, Natural Wonders, Brain, Child Prodigies
Hercules McElroy
Read all about short-famed black strongman Hercules McElroy in the pages of EBONY magazine.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 28, 2012 -
Comments (6)
Category: Human Marvels, 1960s
Playtime Submarine
Billionaire moviemaker and undersea explorer James Cameron's got nothing on this Swinging Sixties couple!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 24, 2012 -
Comments (7)
Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Technology, 1960s
The Wellingborough Carnival
The town of Wellingborough, UK, has been holding a carnival for over 100 years. The old affairs certainly featured things that look weird to us today. Here's a photo album to peruse.
And the Wellingborough Carnival home page reveals this year's affair is on July 7th! Plenty of time to make your plans to attend!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 22, 2012 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Holidays, Parades and Festivals, Weird Theory, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Europe
Bang! Bang! You’re Dead!
Tony Randall = James Bond? Not in my book!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 19, 2012 -
Comments (6)
Category: Movies, Spies and Secret Agents, 1960s, Parody
Constipation Blues
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 29, 2012 -
Comments (3)
Category: Eccentrics, Jabberwocky, Scat Singing, Nonsense Verse and Glossolalia, Music, Excrement, 1960s, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations
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