1960s
Follies of the Madmen #484
Somehow not quite as humorous nowadays.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 29, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Death, Family, Photography and Photographers, 1960s
Pronouncing the Scientific Names of Seashells of North America
You can download the MP3 files here. Note: clicking the link does not initiate the download. You choose to do so at the new page.
R. Tucker Abbott begins with a statement sure to dissuade us from listening further. "Actually, there are no official correct pronunciations of these Latin names..."
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 28, 2020 -
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Category: Boredom, Languages, Nature, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1960s
Porpoise in toilet
I've heard of alligators in the sewer, but not porpoises in toilets.I haven't been able to find out if there was ever a solution to the mystery of how a porpoise came to be in the toilet of the Glasgow train station. I'm assuming student pranksters were probably involved.
Ottawa Journal - Dec 7, 1965
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 27, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Fish, Bathrooms, 1960s
Frestonia
CHAZ? Nothing new in the world.Good article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 26, 2020 -
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Category: Government, Stupid Criminals, Unauthorized Dwellings, 1960s, United Kingdom
Henry Gibson Anti-Littering Ads
Anyone of a certain age recalls Henry Gibson and his "naive" poems on LAUGH-IN. Apparently, some ad agency thought he'd be perfect for their anti-littering campaign.
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And they were even collected in a book, by the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 25, 2020 -
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Category: PSA’s, Television, Poetry, 1960s
Telemeter: 1960s Pay TV
Pay TV in the 1950s and 1960s? Yes, it was a thing, as the article below explains.
Here is the Wikipedia entry on the topic.
Here's a good article on the Canadian version.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 24, 2020 -
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Category: Regionalism, Technology, Television, 1950s, 1960s
What’s New at the Zoo?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 22, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1960s
Apollo 11 Cuisine
I'm formally a day late with this entry--but yet, the Apollo 11 astronauts were still on the Moon 51 years ago today! Eating their ham-salad sandwiches.Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 21, 2020 -
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Category: Anniversary, Food, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1960s
The Wreck of the City of San Francisco
One weird thing about this once-famous train crash: no perp was ever found.
Even with this lead, from a contemporary account.
Rather reminiscent of the One-Armed Man from the 1960s TV show THE FUGITIVE.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 15, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Unsolved Mysteries, 1930s, 1960s, Trains
It’s Tough to Be a Bird!
A definite Disney-Does-Monty-Python vibe in the closing credits.The Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 05, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Humor, PSA’s, 1960s
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